Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

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Minneapolis Office:
Dept. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
6-155 Jackson Hall
321 Church St.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-625-6100
Fax: 612-625-2163

St. Paul Office:
Dept. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
140 Gortner
1479 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108

Phone: 612-624-7755
Fax: 612-625-5780

Email: bmbb@umn.edu

Graduate School Application:
For questions,
please contact:
Darlene Toedter
612-625-5179
djt@umn.edu
or
Sue Knoblauch
612-624-7470
smk@umn.edu

Email: Webmaster

An Undergraduate Biochemistry Club has been establlished at the University of Minnesota to improve the educational experience, provide career advancement tools and specialized leadership training opportunities for majors.

The department has equally strong interests in the following three areas of research:

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of metabolic diseases and cancer
Developing novel strategies in biocatalysis and biotechnology
Advancing our knowledge through structural biology and molecular biophysics

BMBB Mission Statement

Ann Johnson

Ann Johnson caught this northern pike at the last BMBB retreat at Arrowwood Lodge in Alexandria Minnesota. At the BMBB retreat, graduate students and postdocs shared their recent findings through a combination of oral presentations, posters and small group gatherings. The next BMBB retreat is scheduled for fall of 2009 in Chanhassen Minnesota.

Minneapolis tied for 1st place in the "Top 10 Most Literate U.S. Cities" by LifeScience.

The Twin Cities metropolitan area ranks consistently in the "top 10 "best places to live" by Money Magazine and City Rating.

Forbes lists Minneapolis as FIRST among "Most affordable places to live well."

Local area information

Tuesday, November 24
Student Seminar
12:20 pm in 2-137 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis Campus
Presented by: Leah Randles
Defining How the 26S Proteasome Recognizes Ubiquitinated Substrates.

Wednesday, December 2
BMBB Deaprtmental Seminar
4:00 pm in 2-137 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis Campus
Presented by: Dr. Joseph Metzger
Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
Bio-sensing in the cardiac sarcomere.

Friday, December 4
St. Paul Student Seminar
12:00 pm in 239 Gortner lab, St. Paul Campus
Presented by: Ilya Tikh

BMBB-BTI Professor Lawrence Wackett develops biochemical test to detect melamine in milk. An enzyme purified in the Wackett laboratory by BMBB undergraduate (and Beckman Scholar) Naomi Kreamer is now used in a commercial testing kit to detect melamine in milk supplies. For full details see http://www.bti.umn.edu/gateway/melamine.html

Click here to view the recent KARE-11 TV report on Wackett's Study.

Justin Haworth and Anja-Katrin Bielinsky were part of a study that elucidated the structure of a key component of the eukaryotic replication machinery, MCM10. This is the first 3D structure of a core component of the eukaryotic replisome.

Science Daily Article

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