Welcome to the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

We are 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 News

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Updates and news from our department.
Nov 25

We had a great time at this year’s BCMB Retreat.  A day and a half filled with science, community, exploring,... Read More

Upcoming Events

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Seminars and events. Know what’s coming

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Recent Accomplishments

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Our students accomplish great things

2024 Young Investigators Day: The Mette Strand Research Award

2024 Young Investigators Day:  The David Yue Research Award

2024 Young Investigators Day: The Bae Gyo Jung Research Award

2024 Young Investigators Day: The Michael A. Shanoff Research Award

2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Honorable Mention), Raygan Murray

Recent Publications

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Our latest research and discoveries.

Shu DH, Ho WJ, Kagohara LT, Girgis A, Shin SM, Danilova L, Lee JW, Sidiropoulos DN, Mitchell S, Munjal K, Howe K, Bendinelli KJ, Kartalia E, Qi H, Mo G, Montagne J, Leatherman JM, Lopez-Vidal TY, Zhu Q, Huff AL, Yuan X, Hernandez A, Coyne EM, Zaidi N, Zabransky DJ, Engle LL, Ogurtsova A, Baretti M, Laheru D, Durham JN, Wang H, Sunshine JC, Johnston RJ, Deutsch JS, Taube JM, Anders RA, Jaffee EM, Fertig EJ, Yarchoan M., 2024, Immunotherapy response induces divergent tertiary lymphoid structure morphologies in hepatocellular carcinoma, Nat Immunol., 25(11):2110-2123. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-01992-w. PMID: 39455893  PubMed

Beaver AK, Keneskhanova Z, Cosentino RO, Weiss BL, Awuoche EO, Smallenberger GM, Buenconsejo GY, Crilly NP, Smith JE, Hakim JMC, Zhang B, Bobb B, Rijo-Ferreira F, Figueiredo LM, Aksoy S, Siegel TN, Mugnier MR., 2024, Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, Nature, doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08151-z. PMID: 39478231  PubMed

Palmer T, Kessler MD, Shao XM, Balan A, Yarchoan M, Zaidi N, Lopez-Vidal TY, Saeed AM, Gore J, Azad NS, Jaffee EM, Favorov AV, Anagnostou V, Karchin R, Gaykalova DA, Fertig EJ, Danilova L., 2024, SpliceMutr enables pan-cancer analysis of splicing-derived neoantigen burden in tumors, Cancer Res Commun., doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0309. PMID: 39470352  PubMed