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The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology welcomes ten new graduate students in Spring 2025.

The students come from the Integrated Life Sciences program, which serves as a portal to multiple life sciences PhD graduate programs at UGA.

BCMB has been named a recipient of the 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine for demonstrating an outstanding

The department's biannual retreat was held at Unicoi State Park near Helen, Georgia, this year. A total of 88 faculty, graduate students, and research staff attended and participated in poster and oral presentations.

The 2024 BMB Professors Award for Academic Excellence went to Matthew Li, a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology major with a minor in Spanish. He is also the department's first graduating Double Dawg in Comparative Biomedical Sciences. His research mentor was Dr. Michael Terns, and his research…

The 2024 Sisodia-Patel Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Graduation was awarded to Grace Watterson, who also minored in Statistics.