"Revealing how life works"
Welcome! Our hope is that you will be able to find what you want to know about our Department within these pages. If not, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Our mission in Biochemistry & Biophysics is:
- to carry out significant original research that reveals the molecular mechanisms underlying life of all varieties and that provides excellent training for undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows;
- to provide excellent classroom and laboratory training of both major and non-major undergraduate students at Oregon State University and in so doing prepare them for success in their chosen careers and in life.
In carrying out our mission, Biochemistry & Biophysics is home to about 160 undergraduate majors and 25 graduate students. We grant B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Our faculty oversee research funded by grants and contracts of nearly $4 million annually. Our undergrads are among the best at OSU, as 8 out of the 12 Goldwater Scholars at OSU since 2004 have been BB majors.
NEWS AND EVENTS:
BB Undergraduate Annika Swanson Awarded 2012 Goldwater Scholarship
Annika Swanson is one of two OSU students to be recognized with a 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. This is a merit-based national scholarship from the U.S. government for undergraduate students in pursuit of careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. Annika is the 8th OSU Biochemistry and Biophysics student to receive this prestigious award. Read More
Five BB Undergraduates Win Summer 2012 URISC Awards
The Research Office has announced the awards for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) Summer 2012 solicitation. Of 51 submitted proposals, 13 were funded, and of these, 5 were awarded to BB students. For BB awardees, the $1800 URISC award will be matched by a $2200 Francis Cripps Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) award. The combined support will allow the students to pursue their research interests full time in an OSU laboratory throughout the summer. Read More about the five proposals selected for funding that were submitted by BB undergraduates.
Kyle Pomraning, a graduate student in Michael Freitag's lab, wins DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics.
Administered by the Genetics Society of America, the DeLill Nasser Awards are given twice a year to promising post-docs and graduate students to attend national or international meetings. Aided by the $1,000 cash award, Kyle attended the 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics ("ECFG11") in Marburg, Germany, in April 2012. He gave two talks, one (entitled "A dynamin-like protein affects both RIP and recombination") in the session on "Genome Structure", and one (entitled "Tracking homologous recombination by whole genome analysis") at the Neurospora Satellite Meeting. This conference allowed him to meet some of his many European collaborators (from Germany, France and Austria) for the first time. It was also the first time that Kyle has traveled to Europe. Here he is shown after a spin on one of the original German mountain bikes, perhaps designed by Baron Drais himself. Read More
* BB Club Undergraduates team up with BB Faculty for Whitewater Odyssey on Oregon's Clackamas River
Work hard/play hard. To get to know their teachers better and vice versa, eight BB undergraduates (Kyle Ireton, Annika Swanson, Boya Fang, Michael Power, Alec Peters, Andres Alvarez, Jonathan Gallion, Gavin McHale, Tiffany Soto, and Tiffany Kornberg) joined three BB faculty members (Gary Merrill, Joe Beckman, and Ryan Mehl) for a whitewater trip down the Clackamas River with "Blue Sky Rafting". More photos soon.
* Nine BB Undergraduates Win Winter 2011 URISC Fellowships click here
* BB majors enjoy Fall trip to the Oregon coast.
