Second Annual BMP Ice Cream Social - Welcome Summer Interns!

Dr. Dannel McCollum and faculty from W.P.I. were awarded a collaborative grant from NSF to study mechanical regulation of cell death.

Several pharmaceutical companies have entered into a pre-competitive collaboration to make available a large number of innovative high-quality probes, including all probe-associated data, control compounds and recommendations on use.

Congratulations to this BMP faculty member!

GSBS Student Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony honors BMP lab students 

Dr. Ari Salinger of Thompson Lab has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschtein fellowship by NIH

The development of first photoswitchable Protein Arginine Deiminase (PAD) inhibitor is described. The light-activated cis-isomer of the inhibitor is 10-fold more potent than its trans-isomer.

Congratulations to the BMP Student who successfully defended her thesis and was awarded a PhD in April 2018!

UMMS 20th annual Educational Recognition Awards ceremony recognizes 3 BMP faculty members for excellence in teaching.

Dr. Teresita Padilla-Benavides manuscript accepted for publication

2018 Gregory Pincus Medal awarded to Patricia Donahoe, MD by Chancellor Michael Collins and Dr. Thoru Pederson.

Congratulations to the BMP Student who successfully defended his thesis and was awarded a PhD in March 2018!

The story of women faculty, and women in academic medicine, echoes the history of UMass Medical School.

A team of UMMS researchers including BMP’s Miller and Han labs were awarded an NIH shared instrumentation grant.

SACNAS-UMMS Chapter announces SACNAS New England Regional Conference 2018 

Congratulations to the BMP Student who successfully defended his thesis and was awarded a PhD in February 2018!

Padilla lab paper regarding Cu requirements for myogenesis was accepted for publication on Metallomics.

SHARE members participate in “Working People’s Day of Action”.

Congratulations on the BMP Students who successfully defended their thesis and were awarded a PhD in January 2018!

SACNAS congratulates Dr. Tere Padilla-Benavides on being awarded SACNAS Outstanding Research and Professional Mentor!

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) has named Job Dekker, PhD, the recipient of the 2018 Edward Novitski Prize. The award honors investigators who have exhibited “an extraordinary level of creativity and intellectual ingenuity in the solution of significant problems in genetics research.”

Congratulations on the BMP Students who successfully defended their thesis and were awarded a PhD in November/December 2017

Thoru Pederson, PhD, the Vitold Arnett Professor of Cell Biology, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, and associate vice provost for research, was one of 67 scientists named a 2017 fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology.

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy & healthy new year!

Dr. Rhind is excited to work to educate the government at all levels about the importance of basic research and to advocate for policies that support the research enterprise.