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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (HHMI) Melissa J. Moore, PhD, has been appointed Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology with tenure at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Dr. Moore joins the Medical School from Brandeis University where she was professor of Biochemistry...Read More

Dr. Oliver Rando, an assistant professor in BMP, received a new NIH R01 grant entitled, “Genomic Analysis of Histone Replacement Dynamics in Yeast”.  Over the next five years...Read More

Dr. Dan Bolon, an assistant professor in BMP, received an American Cancer Society (ACS) grant to study kinase maturation mediated by the Hsp90 orchestrated chaperone system...Read More

Phillip D. Zamore, PhD, the Gretchen Stone Cook Chair in Biomedical Sciences and Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, one of the most prestigious and sought-after scientific awards in the world...Read More

Dr. Aaron Hoskins, a joint postdoctoral fellow with Melissa Moore and Jeff Gelles (Brandeis University), was awarded an NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award for developing single molecule methods for studying pre-mRNA splicing...Read More

Marcus Noyes, a graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology and Program in Gene Function and Expression, has been selected to receive the 2009 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award sponsored by the Basic Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle...Read More

Nicholas Willis, Marcus Noyes and Trevor Morin were several of the honorees on a picture perfect Commencement afternoon on the UMMS Campus green. Dr. Willis delivered the GSBS Student Commencement Address. He and...Read More

Hooray!! The new BMP Website went live today. Our site has been redesigned such that the content will be current and useful to departmental members, as well as provide a modern presence on...Read More

As a response to our evolving departmental responsibilities, Bill Kobertz has graciously accepted my invitation to serve as the Director of the BMP Graduate Program. Bill will manage the BMP...Read More

Stephen Miller an assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and Mark Alkema an assistant professor of neurobiology have been awarded funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Through...Read More

It has been a long standing question how the human genome, which is up to two meters long, is folded up inside the cell nucleus.  The Dekker lab, in collaboration with the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, developed a new molecular technology, Hi-C, for determining the three-dimensional structure of the human genome at high resolution. The results...Read More

The passage of genetic information from one generation to the next allows for the propagation of a species. While nucleic acids provide relative genetic stability, it takes years, if not millennia, for the for the genetic code of a species to adapt to abrupt changes in the environment. Assistant Professor Ollie Rando...Read More