Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

The alumnus-turned-faculty member reflects on how his undergraduate years set the stage for his life’s work. 

The recent honors recognize Maquat’s foundational research on the RNA mechanisms that contribute to a wide range of diseases.

Past director of the Center for Oral Biology, will be acting director of the nation’s foremost medical research agency.

‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition winner Jeffrey Beard demonstrates how to communicate science to the public.

Researchers in Rochester are developing a “completely new diagnostic platform” that could prove to be a valuable clinical tool for detecting exposure to multiple viruses from a single drop of blood.

RNA research at the University of Rochester provides an important foundation for developing antiviral drugs, vaccines, and other therapeutics to disrupt the global spread of coronavirus.

Faculty members Benjamin Miller and Marvin Doyley have been inducted as fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

The four 2017 graduates on Team Meliora are days away from learning if their project to build refugee housing from recycled plastic bricks will go from wildcard winner to finalist in the Hult Prize.

After being eliminated in the regionals, four international students have been chosen as wild cards for the Hult Prize, the largest social entrepreneurship competition in the world, with a reward of $1 million seed money.

"You can see the most incredible images in things you never would have thought of," says Hajim School of Engineering dean Wendi Heinzelman describing the student artwork on display in the the annual Art of Science Competition.