biochemistry

Work has potential implications for new therapies to treat cancer and neurodegenerative disorders A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers has found a way to measure key characteristics of proteins that bind to RNA in cells—a discovery that could improve our understanding of how gene…

Major: BiochemistryYear: First-year First-year student Phuong Nguyen wasted no time in getting involved at Case Western Reserve University—and she did it all while studying remotely from her home in Maryland. Nguyen first got involved with the Physical Resource Center when she learned about it…

Program: Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts in BiochemistryYear: Senior As a child, not only did Nicole Renee Palmer learn to read from a student encyclopedia of human anatomy—it’s where her awareness of our collective similarities first dawned. “I remember staring at a photo from the…

Two rising seniors at Case Western Reserve University—William "Sam" Nutt, a biochemistry and Chinese major, and Christine Smothers, a nursing student—are 2019 recipients of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, established by…

Case Western Reserve University has been selected by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to offer valuable research grants and extensive mentorship to undergraduate students in chemistry and the biological sciences. The university is one of just 12 institutions chosen nationally in 2018 to…

RVS Rubber Solutions, a startup company co-founded by Case Western Reserve University student Pavel Galchenko, is among just 36 finalists chosen from around the world to compete in Singapore this week in an international business competition. “I still can’t believe it,” said Galchenko, a junior…

After sustaining three major concussions in just four years playing football and rugby, Sean Baxley was familiar with the immediate effects of the injury. But after the third, he decided it was time to look into the long-lasting impact of concussions. That’s what led him to the topic of chronic…

School of Medicine’s biochemistry department team, in partnership with Q2 Pharma, to develop antivirulence agents that disarm bacteria of deadly toxins Case Western Reserve University and Q2 Pharma Ltd., an Israeli biopharmaceutical company, have signed a two-year option to license small molecule,…

One of eight startups competing in Midwest regional Clean Energy Challenge (Update: RVS Rubber Solutions won the Feb. 9 competition and $50,000 grant, moving on to the national competition in June.) According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about 100 million pounds of tire…