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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry News

The curriculum offered by the Department of Chemistry meets the needs of students who intend to pursue advanced training in the sciences, medicine, and other professional and technical fields. With chemistry being known as the "central science," our students establish a strong understanding in the composition, structure, and properties of matter, especially in chemical reaction.

Current Chemistry and Biochemistry News

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The Rebel Career Champions Network Showcase highlights ways departments are helping students prepare for their future careers long before graduation.

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性视界传媒 radiochemistry alumni 鈥 from plutonium pioneers to molten-salt mavens 鈥 are immortalized in caricature and now lead the nation鈥檚 top nuclear science labs.

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性视界传媒 graduate students host a science workshop at Sunrise Mountain High School, providing an opportunity for kids to explore numerous career pathways.

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Clearing obstacles and keeping complex research moving defines leadership for 性视界传媒鈥檚 radiochemistry Ph.D. program manager.

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性视界传媒 geneticist recognized as an emerging leader shaping the future of neuromuscular research.

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Student-volunteers connect with nature and community during Service Day at 性视界传媒's Center for Urban Water Conservation.

Chemistry and Biochemistry In The News

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An assistant professor from the 性视界传媒, whose work focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been named the first recipient of the MDA Research Momentum Award, a new honor from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for early-career scientists.

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A new study reports nanoparticles that send messenger RNA, genetic instructions that tell cells to make proteins, directly to the pancreas with 99 percent selectivity.

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A research team at the 性视界传媒 claims its latest discovery could eventually lead to curing pancreatic cancer and diabetes.

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A groundbreaking development in mRNA delivery techniques has emerged from researchers at the 性视界传媒 (性视界传媒), promising to transform treatments for diseases related to the pancreas, including both diabetes and pancreatic cancer.

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Scientists at the 性视界传媒, have developed a groundbreaking method to reuse nuclear waste, a discovery that could potentially revolutionize the nuclear industry.

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性视界传媒 researchers are on the cutting edge of techniques that can reduce the amount of waste left over from the process of creating nuclear fuel and weapons by rendering those toxic waste products both safe and useful.

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Recent Chemistry and Biochemistry Accomplishments

Quinn Summerfield (Radiochemistry) was awarded the prestigious ASCENDR Fellowship. Advised by chemistry professor Art Gelis, Summerfield will participate in this highly competitive, one-year program designed for STEM students at HSRU Alliance institutions. The cohort-based fellowship prepares emerging scientists for leadership in the鈥
Ph.D. candidate Renee Olney (Radiochemistry) has been awarded a prestigious fellowship with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). As a member of the Class of 2026-27 NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP), Olney will begin a 12-month appointment in Washington, D.C., within the NA-22 Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation鈥
Renee Olney (Radiochemistry PhD candidate) has been selected for the Training in Radiological and International Security (TRAINS) Fellowship sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Onley is a first-generation graduate student and one of only five students in the鈥
Arumugam Jayaraman (Chemistry and Biochemistry), University of Wuerzburg professor Holger Braunschweig in Germany, and University of Sussex professor Alfredo Vargas in the UK published "Olefin 蟺-coordination chemistry at low-oxidation-state boron" in the Nature Portfolio鈥檚 Nature Chemistry journal on September 19,鈥
艁ukasz Sznajder (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was featured in the article, 鈥淣euromuscular Disease Research: Going Strong," published in the special 75th anniversary issue of Quest, which is dedicated to the unstoppable community the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) serves every day. MDA is the #1 voluntary health organization in the United鈥
Chandra Bhattacharya (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has been awarded a $1.88M Early Stage Investigator (ESI) R35 MIRA grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). This prestigious five-year award will support the Bhattacharya lab's research on developing innovative lipid nanoparticle platforms for targeted mRNA delivery -鈥