Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

SPORE renewal funds four projects

Pancreatic cancer research funded for next five years.

Nov 4, 2014

Microscope will make a huge impact at UNMC

New instrument allows UNMC to go toe-to-toe with academic health science centers across the world.

Oct 13, 2014

Jimmy Talaska and Janice Taylor, research technologists at the UNMC Advanced Microscopy Core facility, work with the new Zeiss ELYRA PS.1 super-resolution system.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Oct 3, 2014

UNMC Faculty Women’s Club Scholarship recipients were honored at a recent luncheon.  Pictured above are five of the nine recipients:  Erica Jasa, College of Dentistry; Heather Talbott, Graduate Studies; Susan Hageman, College of Medicine; Pat Leuschen, Ph.D., (retired), FWC president; Alexandra Dugan, College of Pharmacy; Charlene Vance, School of Allied Health Professions; and Mary Gallagher-Jansen, M.D., Internal Medicine and FWC executive board member. Dr. Leuschen estimates that approximately $250,000 supporting student scholarship has been contributed over the years by the organization.  Recipients not pictured:  Morgan Mowrey, Dental Hygiene; Jacquelyn Ryan, Nursing; Allison Anderson, Nursing; and Bianca Christensen, Public Health.

COBRE grant lets UNL, UNMC collaborate on obesity

Five-year funding of $11.3 million will establish the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases through Dietary Molecules.

Aug 27, 2014

Members of Dr. Mott's laboratory are (left to right): Sathish Natarajan, Ph.D., Cody Wehrkamp, Justin Mott, M.D., Ph.D., Mary Anne Phillippi, and Ashley Mohr, Ph.D.

New faculty spotlight: Rebecca Oberley-Deegan, Ph.D.

Dr. Deegan’s research aims to improve quality of life for cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

Aug 11, 2014

Rebecca (Becky) Oberley-Deegan, Ph.D.

Intercampus effort may impact cancer treatment

UNMC, UNL, UNO collaborate to explore the potential of a molecule that may unlock treatment strategies.

May 30, 2014

Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor and chairman of UNMC's Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Time out with T.O. – The ABCs of BMB

The biochemistry and molecular biology department celebrates a milestone anniversary.

May 22, 2014

BMB faculty member Paul Sorgen, Ph.D.; BMB former faculty members Terry Donohue, Ph.D., James Shull, Ph.D., and Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, Ph.D.; keynote speaker Vann Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., of Duke University; and BMB chairman Surinder Batra, Ph.D.

Milestone for UNMC’s Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Department marks its 100th anniversary with series of events.

May 19, 2014

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2013-14.

Awards mark teaching excellence

Medical students present Hirschmann, Golden Apple Awards.

May 13, 2014

Grant helps Dr. Teoh-Fitzgerald target breast cancer

National Institutes of Health grant will help examine the microenvironment of breast tumors.

May 5, 2014

Melissa Teoh-Fitzgerald, Ph.D.