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Welcome to the Biochemistry Department Website. Our Department is the administrative home to 17 faculty members, approximately 60 graduate students (both Ph.D. and M.S. programs), 800 undergraduate Biochemistry majors, 11 postdoctoral fellows, and 25 support staff. Our major mission is to engage in basic biochemical and molecular biological research and instruction.
The faculty of the Department is responsible for presentation of the undergraduate major in Biochemistry, which has three emphases: Biology, Chemistry, and Medical Sciences. The faculty of the department, in collaboration with 28 Cooperating Faculty in five other departments, constitutes the Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology which is responsible for presentation of the Ph.D. and M.S. programs. Areas of research specialization represented within the Biochemistry Department and the Graduate Program span contemporary biochemistry and include the following areas of concentration: molecular biology, physical biochemistry, molecular endocrinology, plant biochemistry & molecular biology, signal transduction, macromolecular chrystolography, and biomedical research.
Biochemistry is a diverse discipline, and a bachelor's degree in it allows entry into fields such as biotechnology, cell biology, and the health professions. The Department of Biochemistry offers a B.S. or B.A. degree and students can choose one of three emphases - Biology, Chemistry, and Medical Sciences -- to meet their academic and career goals.
- Faculty in Biochemistry have highly active research programs in basic biochemistry on subjects that cut across the disciplines of biomedical sciences, chemistry, plant sciences, molecular biology, and structural biology.
- The large undergraduate program with over 800 majors that provide each student with an individual faculty advisor. Rigorous upper-division laboratory requirements and individual research opportunities are key factors in students' success. Biochemistry undergraduate courses also contribute to other programs at UCR, notably the majors in Biological Sciences, Biology, and Engineering.
- The graduate program in Biochemistry (34 Ph.D. and 47 M.S. candidates) is not only the principal source of graduate students for department faculty, but also provides excellent M.S. and Ph.D. students for faculty across the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, in Engineering, and in Biomedical Sciences. About one quarter of Biochemistry's Ph.D. students conduct research in other departments.
Biochemistry Publications
News Releases
- Biochemist to Study How Crops Can Increase Protein Production
- More Than Half the World’s Population Gets Insufficient Amounts of Vitamin D, Says Biochemist
- Biochemist Recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Biochemistry Cooperating Faculty Member and UCR Biomedical Sciences Dean Honored by NAACP Riverside Branch
- Renowned Biochemist to Lead UCR’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
- Biochemistry Student Saves Woman From Hundreds of Miles Away
- Biochemistry Undergraduate Student Accepted to Eight Top Medical Schools
- Biochemistry Cooperating Faculty Member Receives Top Scientific Honor
Events
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April 3 |
Brendan Gongol Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, University of California Riverside |
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April 10 |
Lei Wang Assistant Professor, Frederick B. Rentschler, Chair The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
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April 17 |
Yinsheng Wang Professor of Chemistry with research in Analytical & Biological Chemistry, Department of Environmental Toxicology at University of California Riverside |
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April 24 |
Alex McPherson Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences at University of California Irvine |
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May 1 |
Joseph Horwitz, Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Lens Biophysics Laboratory Jules Stein Eye Institute,University of California Los Angeles |
| May 8 |
Yumiko Nobumori Graduate student, Department of Biochemistry, University of California Riverside |
| May 15 |
John Tainer Professor,Department of Molecular Biology The Scripps Research Institute & The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology |
| May 22 |
Whitney Yin, Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Texas at Austin |
| May 29 |
Jim Kadonaga Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology University of California San Diego |
| June 5 |
David Chan Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology |