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Biochemistry

Graduate Program Summary

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S.; Ph.D.
Specializations - what's a specialization?
Bioinformatics
Areas of Study
Cancer, Disease, and Aging; Plant Biochemistry; Protein Structure and Function; Redox Biology; Signal Transduction

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   Fall: March 1   Spring: September 15

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Description of Program

The Center for Biological Chemistry (CBC) offers a graduate program which is interdisciplinary. Research opportunities exist in a variety of areas, including plant biochemistry, photosynthesis research, plant and animal metabolism, metallobiochemistry, enzyme mechanisms, cancer biology, redox biology, and molecular biology. Biochemistry faculty and participating faculty in animal science, agronomy, chemistry, entomology, and biological sciences contribute to the program.

Instructional programs are focused within the George W. Beadle Center for Genetics and Biomaterials Research. The Center contains state-of-the-art research laboratories, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, microscope facilities, a greenhouse complex, and many of the core facilities of the Center for Biotechnology. These facilities include laboratories for recombinant DNA, cell analysis, DNA sequencing and oligonucleotide synthesis, protein sequencing and peptide synthesis, and monoclonal and polyclonal antibody production and plant transformation.



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Contact

Graduate Chair
Dr. Melanie Simpson
Graduate Admissions Chair
Dr. Donald Becker
dbecker3@unl.edu
402-472-9652
Department Address
N200 Beadle Center
Lincoln NE 68588-0664
Department Website
http://biochem.unl.edu/g...

Faculty and Research

Cheryl Bailey Protein Regulation Systems; SUMO Proteins; Sumoylation; Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms
Joseph Barycki Crystallographic and Biochemical Characterizations of Enzymes
Gilles Bassett Biochemical Geneticist
Donald Becker Redox Enzymology; Gene Regulation; Multifunctional Proteins; Proline Metabolism
Paul Black Fatty Acid Transport; Fatty Acid Transport Proteins; Metabolic Transformations
Concetta DiRusso Nutrient Fatty Acids; Fatty Acid-Dependent Regulation; Fatty Acids in Health and Disease
Vadim Gladyshev Biochemistry and Genetics of Selenocysteine Proteins; Cancer Prevention; Bioinformatics; Redox Regulation of Cell Processes
Mark Griep Biodefense Research; Antibiotic Discovery; Pathogenic Bacteria; DNA Replication; Bioinformatics
Jaekwon Lee Metal-Ion Metabolism; Copper Transporters; Oxidative Stress Response
Marjorie Lou Biochemical Mechanisms of Ocular Degenerative Diseases and Aging; Redox Regulation and Metabolism
John Markwell Photosynthetic Efficiency; Higher Plant Photosynthetic Pigments; Soybean Proteins as Allergens
Jess Miner Mechanisms Regulating Energy Balance in Mammals
Kenneth Nickerson Fungal Dimorphism; Quorum Sensing in Fungi; Bacterial Detergent Resistance; Microbial Insecticides
Lawrence Parkhurst Rapid Reaction Kinetics; Laser Spectroscopy; Eukaryotic Transcription
Gautam Sarath Biomass and Forage Qualities; Warm-Season Prairie Grasses; Prairie Legumes; Seed Germination and Plant Development; Histone Biotinylation
Melanie Simpson Prostate Cancer; Tumorigenesis Mechanisms; Extracellular Control of Gene Expression
Greg Somerville Staphylococcus Aureus and S. Epidermidis Infections
Robert Spreitzer Structure-Function Relationships of Rubisco; Photosynthesis; Chloroplast Molecular Genetics
Paul Staswick Plant Molecular Biology; Crop Plant Quality; Disease Resistance Mechanisms
Julie Stone Plant Molecular Biology; Programmed Cell Death; Signal Transduction
Donald Weeks Plant Molecular Biology; Genetic Engineering of Plants
Mark Wilson Protein X-ray Crystallography; Neurodegenerative Diseases
Charles Wood Molecular Biology of HIV and Human Herpesviruses
Janos Zempleni Chromatin Biology; Biotinylation of Histones; Gene Regulation; DNA Damage and Repair; Cell Stress and Senescence; Biotin and Riboflavin
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