The research interests of our faculty span a broad spectrum of biochemistry ranging from cell and developmental biology to structural biology. The unifying theme defining us is an interest in biological processes at the molecular level. The department is home to state of the art facilities and instruments for X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, fluorescence microscopy, to name just a few. A collaborative and collegial atmosphere makes the Biochemistry Department an ideal place to do science and train for a wide variety of biomedical science careers.
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Mailing Address: Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry BSB - 3rd Floor 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226
Project Title: The role of serum response factor in coronary vascular endothelial cell differentiation
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Brandon T. Larsen MD, PhD and Christopher R. Henry MD
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Dr. Brian Volkman, Associate Professor, and Davin Jensen, Research Technologist III, Coauthors of "Abscisic Acid Inhibits Type 2 C Protein Phosphatases Via the PYR/PYL Family of ABA-Binding START Proteins" published in Science.
Gene Reader structurally defined—MCW scientists in the Department of Biochemistry have recently defined the three-dimensional structure (see the figure) of the protein machine that reads the genetic information of genes from eukaryotic cells like those of humans. Read More
Employment in Biochemistry
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Mary L Holtz, PhD and Ravi P Misra, PhD have a paper that has been published in BMC Developmental Biology. Read More.
Jamie Wieting in the Volkman Lab.
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