Dr. Hailing Jin's research shows that plants and fungi exchange RNA through extracellular vesicles (EVs) during infections, enabling both to harm each other. This RNA communication occurs across all life domains which highlights RNA's vital role in biological interactions. The full article about these findings can be found on the Quanta Magazine site, titled Cells...
Nicolas Sanchez '24, a UC Riverside Biochemistry graduate, used violin playing with Dr. Stephanie Dingwall to manage academic stress. Read more on the CNAS site here.
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Dingwall for assuming the position of CNAS Divisional Dean of Student Academic Affairs! Discover more about Dr. Dingwall's appointment here.
Congratulations to this year's BCH 162 Leland M. Shannon Scholarship Award Winners! Winter 2024: David Chen | Samantha Drake | Onur Gazioglu | Jiayang Li | Gift Egbujor | Sol Yoon Spring 2024: Aimee Valdez | Jordan Goad | James Ramos | Brandon Niemiec | Alyssa Vera | Kenneth Baldovinos The Leland M. Shannon Scholarship...
Dr. Stephanie Dingwall led a panel at the Post-Congress Workshop on improving undergraduate education. She shared her success in making her Introductory Biochemistry course more interactive using PowerPoint templates. The full article about Dr. Dingwall's teaching techniques can be found on the UCR News site, titled A Template for Innovation.
From UCR News Article by Iqbal Pittalwala: "A multiyear cancer-research project, stemming from a newly established partnership between the University of California, Riverside, and the City of Hope – Comprehensive Cancer Center (CoH-CCC), has received funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health to develop collaborations, resources, and training programs...
Congratulations to the Randolph T. and Mary K. Wedding award scholarship winners, Jeffrey Pino & Jessica Tran. This award is presented annually to meritorious graduate students in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate program who have made the most significant contribution to the peer reviewed scientific literature in biochemistry and molecular biology from the pool...
Congratulations to this year's BCH 162 Leland M. Shannon Scholarship Award Winners! Winter 2023: Avantika Bangaru | Justin Edwards | Isabelle Gereaux | Evelyn Han | Eric Trinh | Isaac Uriarte | Joshua Wong | Eden Yu Spring 2023: Shahad Ali | Diana Avagyan | Chelsea Berganza | Logan Eyer | Jonathan Malafa | Boe...
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Larsen and his lab for receiving $1.5 million from the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment to fund research in carbon capture technology. Dr. Larsen was quoted in a recent article from UC Riverside News. You can read the article here: https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2023/03/07/ucr-receives-15-million-support-carbon-capture-technology-research
Congratulations to BCMB Graduate Student Rittik Ghosh, from the Len Mueller Group, for receiving this years Mary K. and Randolph T. Wedding Award! The Mary and Randolph T. Wedding prize is presented annually to one or two meritorious graduate students in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program at the University of California, Riverside. The...
Congratulations to all of our Class of 2022 graduates! Ernie Chambers, a Biochemistry major, was recently featured in an article, copied below, by Sandra Baltazar MartÍnez on UCR News. To view the full article, please visit the UCR News site here. Ernie Chambers This biochemistry major’s mission is clear: become a medical doctor to help...
Congratulations to BCMB Graduate Student Mahamaya Biswal, from the Jikui Song lab for receiving this years Mary K. and Randolph T. Wedding Award! The Mary and Randolph T. Wedding prize is presented annually to one or two meritorious graduate students in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program at the University of California, Riverside. The...
Congratulations to Timothy Tam, from Biochemistry, who has been awarded an Outstanding Teaching Assistant (OTA) Award 2021-2022 from the UCR Graduate Division! A full list of this year's recipients can be found here:
Congratulations to this year's BCH 162 Leland M. Shannon Scholarship Award Winners! Winter 2022: Krystal Adan | Elizabeth Liu | Rachel Nguyen | Sunny Trieu Spring 2022: Brian Chong | Samantha Kuong | Jason Ly | Jeff Yang The Shannon Scholarship Awards are presented to students enrolled in BCH 162 (Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory). The students...
From UCR News Article by Iqbal Pittalwala: "The study led by Sihem Cheloufi and Jernej Murn, both assistant professors in the Department of Biochemistry, shows how a protein complex, called chromatin assembly factor-1, or CAF-1, controls genome organization to maintain lineage fidelity. The report appears today in Nature Communications." Read more at the UCR News...
From the UCR News Article by Iqbal Pittalwala: "The University of California, Riverside, has received a $2.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health that will help researchers target critical oncogenes of the B-cell lymphoma 2, or Bcl-2, family of proteins that regulate all major mechanisms of cell death...
The Biochemistry department is proud to announce that we have received a GAAN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) grant! The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) is a national fellowship program which funds stipends of up to $34,000 per year for students with demonstrated financial need. The BCMB Program is currently...
From the UCR news article by Sandra Baltazar Martinez: Meet the 2021 Goldwater, Fullbright Scholars "Gates will be starting his third year in the fall. The biochemistry major conducts research with Ernest Martinez in the Department of Biochemistry. Gates wants to discover a new drug target to help patients suffering from breast cancer. After completing...
Congrtulations to Dr. Sihem Cheloufi who collaborated with Dr. Qi Chen's group at the Biomedical Department to examine small RNA dynamics during cellular reprogramming and their function in embryonic stem cells. From the UCR Article: A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new RNA-sequencing method— “Panoramic...
Congratulations to Professor Jeff Perry on being selected as a faculty recipient of the 2020-21 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement. The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement is given annually to two graduating seniors who have conducted outstanding research or creative work and to two faculty...
