PhD student Basila Moochickal Assainar is the first author of a research article in Nature Communications.

Lung disease specialist comes to Michigan from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine to lead largest department

A study from the University of Michigan Medical School developed off-switches useful for improving the safety of the Type I-C/Cas3 gene editor.

PhD student Mason Myers of the Zhang lab at U-M Medical School is a lead author of "Exploiting activation and inactivation mechanisms in type I-C CRISPR-Cas3 for genome-editing applications."

A large study shows having bipolar disorder is associated with a four- to six-fold risk of dying prematurely, suggesting more preventive efforts needed. Visit Health Lab to read the full story.

Congratulations and best wishes to Audrey Seasholtz, PhD, Professor Emerita of Biological Chemistry and Research Professor Emerita, Michigan Neuroscience Institute.

U-M Medical School researchers Ryan Baldridge, PhD, and Billy Tsai, PhD, are recipients of a $1.3 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation.

Xin Li and Jiaqian Li in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the U-M Medical School have received Rackham International Student Fellowships for 2023–24.

Biological Chemistry PhD student Natalia Ubilla-Rodriguez shares her research with the general public as a Science Communication Fellow of the U-M Museum of Natural History.

Congratulations and best wishes to Ruthann Nichols, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Biological Chemistry.

A sculpture by researcher Jean-Marc Fontaine is in the Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Trainee Awards! The awardees were recognized at the Biological Chemistry Department Retreat at the Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center in September.

The Cheng lab published a research article in Nature Immunology.

The University of Michigan researchers found some bacteria ship cellular cargo by “surfing” along proteins called ParA/MinD ATPases

Nineteen new students are joining the Department of Biological Chemistry in 2023–24.