biochemistry

Across the United States, a routine doctor’s visit isn’t always simple. For many patients, understanding medical information, navigating online portals or even knowing what questions to ask can feel overwhelming. This reality led to the creation of the Health Fluency Project (HFP), which aims to…

Ayra Ajay was always impressed by bodybuilders, but she was convinced she didn’t have enough muscle or the proper nutrition to pursue it herself. However, in the fall of 2024, something shifted in Ajay, and she launched a year-long campaign to enter her first bodybuilding competition. Now an…

Bhagya Nallaperuma, a specialist in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, co-authored a review on natural polymer-based hydrogels in Food Biomacromolecules by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Titled “Natural polymer-based hydrogels: Types, functionality, food applications, environmental…

Two years ago, high winds in St. Louis threatened the University Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships. For pole vaulter Victoria Zhao, the weather made an already-nerve-wracking event even more daunting, as vaulters take off down the runway to soar a dozen feet in the…

Hannah Kondolf, a student in the MD/PhD program, was named a Journal of Biological Chemistry Herbert Tabor Early Career Award winner. Kondolf conducted the PhD portion of her program in the lab of Derek Abbott, professor of medicine. Kondolf worked on pore-forming proteins important in…

Can we trust the experts? Focco Van den Akker, associate professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will discuss the problem of truth-seeking institutions and the difficulty of discerning fact from fiction in the modern world during an upcoming talk. Part of…

Neekkan Dey, a postdoc in the Department of Biochemistry, wrote an article accepted for publication in Molecular Cancer Research Journal by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Dey works in J. Alan Diehl’s group based at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dey’s study, titled…

During his first week as an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University, Eric Mosher made a pivotal decision: he joined a lab. That experience laid the groundwork for a four-year research experience as he earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with a minor in chemistry,…

Neekkan Dey, a postdoc in J. Alan Diehl's group in the Department of Biochemistry at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, had work accepted for publication in the Molecular Cancer Research Journal by the American Association of Cancer Research. The study, “miR-217 regulates normal and tumor cell…

Although most instructors at Case Western Reserve University are aware of the end-of-semester online evaluations that are used to collect feedback about their courses, they might not know about mid-semester options, such as stop-start-continue. These provide feedback at an earlier point in the…