Kansas State University


Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
141 Chalmers Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6121
785-532-7278 fax
biochem@k-state.edu



Biotechnology Core Facility
206 Burt Hall
785-532-5956
785-532-6297 fax



Biomolecular NMR Facility
37 Chalmers Hall
785-532-2345

Upcoming events

Final Examinations

May 13-17

Spring Commencement

May 17 - Graduate
1:00 p.m. Bramlage Coliseum
May 18 - Undergraduate
8:30 a.m. Bramlage Coliseum

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Images of the Department of Biochemistry, including Chalmers Hall

Chalmers Hall is home to the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Main Office and Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility, in addition to the majority of faculty offices, research laboratories and classrooms.

Located in Chalmers and Burt Halls, the BMB Program offers B.A., B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Departmental faculty have research programs supported by over $3 million in annual extramural support for studying various aspects of biochemistry in animals, plants, insects and microorganisms. Founded in 1961, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

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Recent achievements

 
Obdulia Covarrubias

Named a 2013 McNair Scholar, April 22.

Jenny Barriga

Awarded a 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Press Release

Prashant Wani

1st place in the Biological Sciences division poster competition for his presentation of "Chaperone mediated assembly of Proteasome: Constructing the destruction", at the 2013 K-State Research Forum on March 27.

Anna Zolkiewska

A four-year $1.245 million grant from the National Cancer Institute -- at the National Institutes of Health -- to study a promising breast cancer marker called ADAM12. The grant is titled "ADAM12 in breast tumor initiating cells." Press Release

Sara Duhachek-Muggy

1st place for her poster presentation, "An essential role of metalloprotease-disintegrin ADAM12 in triple-negative breast cancer", during the 2012 University of Kansas Cancer Center Research Symposium held at KUMC on November 8, 2012. Collaborators: Hui Li, Yue Qi, and Anna Zolkiewska

John Tomich

Science Daily published an article from Communications and Marketing, “Newly Discovered Molecule Could Deliver Drugs to Treat Diseases,” on Tomich's research.

Adriana Avila Flores & Yue Qi

2011-2012 Excellence in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Teaching Award

Xiangming Li

2011-2012 Excellence in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Research Award

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