Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Committed to providing a wide array of educational opportunities from undergraduate to postdoctoral level.

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

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[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

WE ARE HIRING!! The Lu Lab is seeking qualified individuals to fill open positions: a Post-Bacc Research Intern position (Job #981) and a Postdoc Scholar position (Job #4625). To view requirements & apply online, go to https://t.co/DbGSNmjo2E & search for the job number.

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to Sydney Walker on successfully passing her PhD Thesis Defense!!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to David Price on a new publication in Molecular Cell!
https://t.co/6P0umwsgLX

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to Dr. Sheila Baker and Karina Kruth for their recent publication in the Journal of Neurochemistry! https://t.co/FLYgcJR1TJ

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congrats to 4th-year PhD Candidate Sarah Jordan for being selected for the 2025-2026 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award by the @uiowa Council on Teaching!! Well done!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to 1st-Year PhD Candidate Nathan Clack for receiving a US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to our undergraduates selected for honors awards this year!!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

On Tuesday, April 28th, we celebrated the research accomplishments of our undergraduate students at the Gene F. Lata Undergraduate Research Symposium. Also pictured are Paul and Lori Lata. Thank you to everyone who attended to support our students!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to our faculty who were recognized by the 2026 graduating class of undergrads for making a difference in their lives at Iowa!!

[Ksenia Krupina @krupina_lab]

A very exciting day for the Krupina Lab — our Nikon W1 SoRa spinning disk super-resolution microscope is being installed right now! Can’t wait to start using it for experiments and to see what we discover with it.

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Our next seminar speaker is Dr. Michael Lagunoff of the Univ of Washington on April 9. He will present "Alteration of Cellular Metabolism and Lipids by the Oncogenic Virus, KSHV" at 10:30am in 2117 MERF. Welcome Dr. Lagunoff! Co-hosts are Drs. Miles Pufall and Jessica Tucker.

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Today we are celebrating Nick Hammons's successful thesis defense! Congratulations Nick!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Today we celebrate a successful thesis defense by Logan Dawson! Congratulations!!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

On Mar 12, we welcome Dr. Robert Eoff from the Univ of Arkansas for Medical Science as an invited speaker presenting "Translesion Synthesis-Mediated Control of Persistent Single-Stranded DNA: Discovering New Partnerships that Minimize Genomic Vulnerability".

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

The Krupina laboratory is seeking a post-bacc research intern. More information and the application is available online at

https://t.co/t4FGUm07Mr.

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Next week we welcome Dr. David Kast from WashU Medicine as an invited speaker presenting research on "Organelle Dynamics in Metabolism and Immunity". This seminar is open to the public and we hope you can attend!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

On Feb 26, we welcome Dr. Rui Zhao from the Univ of Colorado Anschultz as an invited speaker presenting research on "Mechanisms and Modulation of 5' Splice Site Recognition". This seminar is open to the public and we hope you can attend!

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

The Mandala laboratory is seeking a post-bacc research intern. More information and the application is available online at
https://t.co/x4vFzPiTUX.

[Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @IowaBiochem]

Congratulations to Grace Ciampa for passing her dissertation defense! Grace completed her PhD studies in Dr. Long-Sheng Song's lab.