"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 7 out of the 10 Goldwater Scholars at OSU since 2004 have been BB majors.
NEWS AND EVENTS:
* Nine BB students win Summer 2011 URISC Fellowships click here
* Pallavi Phatale, graduate student in the Freitag lab, wins Genetics Society of America award – again!
At the 26th Fungal Genetics Conference held from March 15-20, 2011 at Asilomar, California, Pallavi has won a second consecutive poster award sponsored by the Genetics Society of America (GSA). She presented a poster entitled “Genetic analyses of centromere-specific histone H3 proteins from three ascomycetes in Neurospora crassa” on the genetics and epigenetics of centromeres. Part of the research she presented has been accepted for publication in “Molecular and Cellular Biology”; the second part will be submitted to “Genetics” in late spring. Two year’s ago, at the 25th FGC Pallavi won awards from both the GSA and American Society for Microbiology. To win twice in a row is exceedingly rare in a field of ~200 graduate students participating in the awards competitions at these meetings. Congratulations to Pallavi!!
| * Which BB course taught by this professor was recently featured in the Protein Data Bank Newsletter? |  |
* Nine BB Undergraduates Win Winter 2011 URISC Fellowships click here
* BB majors enjoy Fall trip to the Oregon coast.
* BB graduate student Rick Cooley has won the prestigious Yerex Fellowship for 2010. Rick is pictured here with his major professors Dan Arp and Andy Karplus.
* BB undergraduate Caitlin Crimp named 2010 Goldwater Scholar. click here
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is a national scholarship awarded to Junior and Senior Undergraduates who have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering, especially in the research aspect of their careers.
