Penn State Hershey College of Medicine Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program provides outstanding opportunities for advanced study in molecular structure determination, molecular mechanism of membrane trafficking, protein folding, signal transduction, mechanisms, gene structure and nucleic acid chemistry.

Our distinguished faculty pursue vigorous and productive research programs in all of the major areas of modern biochemistry. Many of the faculty are also engaged in collaborative research programs bringing together knowledge and talent from different areas to focus on important multidisciplinary problems.

The Department of Biochemistry provides research training to graduate, postdoctoral, medical, and allied health sciences students. Graduate-level courses are presented covering the major subdisciplines of biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology by faculty with particular expertise in these areas. These advanced courses emphasize recent findings as well as relevant fundamental background information. Seminar programs within the department and in the surrounding biomedical community provide students with an opportunity to actively participate in discussions on the most recent advances in the field of biomolecular sciences.