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NATHANS LAB
Axons in a gestational day 13 mouse embryo visualized with anti-neurofilament immunostaining followed by tissue clarification
POTTER LAB
False-colored image of a fly brain showing olfactory projection neurons
XIAO LAB
E. coli cell division machineries
QIU LAB
Expression of a mechanically-activated ion channel in the mouse lung visualized by X-gal staining
ROBINSON LAB
The molecular basis for the mechanics of cytokinesis
Multiciliated cells require programmed centriole amplification
HOLLAND LAB
E17.5 mouse hepatocyte
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MATUNIS LAB
Ectopic expression of the female sex determinant Sex-Lethal in the adult testis disrupts tissue morphology
Wild type Drosophila ovary
Wild type Drosophila testis

Welcome to the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, one of the oldest multidisciplinary graduate programs in the country. Our mission is to train independent research scientists for productive careers by providing a broad foundation in basic science and promoting the study of problems of biomedical importance from a mechanistic perspective. Learn More from our director

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Recent Accomplishments

Our students accomplish great things.

2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2019 Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2019 Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Research Award
2019 David Yue Research Award

Recent Publications

Our latest research and discoveries.

Cairns L, Patterson A, Weingartner KA, Koehler TJ, DeAngelis DR, Tripp KW, Bothner B, Kavran JM., 2020 May 1, “Biophysical characterization of SARAH domain-mediated multimerization of Hippo pathway complexes in Drosophila,” J Biol Chem. 295(18):6202-6213 doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.012679. PubMed  
White CJ, Lee J, Choi J, Chu T, Scafidi S, Wolfgang MJ., 2020 Apr 28, “Determining the bioenergetic capacity for fatty acid oxidation in the mammalian nervous system.” Mol Cell Biol. 40(10) pii: MCB.00037-20. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00037-20. PubMed
Jiao Z, Cai H, Long Y, Sirka OK, Padmanaban V, Ewald AJ, Devreotes PN., 2020, “Statin-induced GGPP depletion blocks macropinocytosis and starves cells with oncogenic defects,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Feb 25;117(8):4158-4168. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1917938117. Epub 2020 Feb 12. PubMed

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  • Phone: 410-955-4145
  • E-mail: bcmb@jhmi.edu

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