Johns Hopkins Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Congratulations to BMB Assistant Professor Brittany Jenkins-Lord on receiving a Johns Hopkins University Nexus research award for her project with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Epidemiology Department Associate Professor Avonne Connor! Check out the HUB story for more details ⤵

Johns Hopkins announces funding for Washington, D.C.-based projects and research The Nexus Awards Program supports a diverse range of programming, research, and teaching activities at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center

The final BMB seminar of the 2025-2026 series features a presentation by Yogesh Goyal, Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, Northwestern University, and Investigator, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub:
🗓️Wednesday May 27
🕚11 a.m.
📍W5030

BMB Seminar | Single-Cell Cartography: Mapping Plasticity and Drug Resistance in Cancer | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Yogesh Goyal of Northwestern University and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub will present the April Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar

🎓Congratulations graduates!🎓 At today’s Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Convocation we celebrated the 14 MHS, 55 ScM, and 9 PhD graduates who completed their degrees in our Department this academic year. We're proud of all you've done here at BMB and are excited to see what you do next!

Today is the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health convocation, and we'd like to send congratulations to this year's Master of Arts in Public Health Biology graduates! The MAPHB is an interdepartmental program from BMB, Johns Hopkins Environmental Health & Engineering, and W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology!

At the Johns Hopkins Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, we do innovative research to understand the cellular processes and biological systems that form the foundation of medical and public health advances, while creating a dynamic, collaborative environment where students can learn and flourish. Take a look inside ⤵️

Johns Hopkins Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department As the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, we are at a unique intersection of basic biology...

Today’s the application deadline for our MHS program and the interdepartmental MAPHB! Make sure your application is submitted in SOPHAS by 11:59 p.m. ET! Full details on how to apply ⤵️

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Congratulations to Dr. Srushti Kittane on receiving an AACR-Breast Cancer Research Foundation Scholar-In-Training award! Srushti, who successfully defended her PhD thesis earlier this month, presented about her work in the Toska Lab on the role of FOXA1 in breast cancer at the AACR 2026 general meeting.

One week left to apply for our MHS program and the interdepartmental MAPHB! Applications are due in SOPHAS on May 1 – find full details on the application process ⤵️

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If you’re attending , you can find out about some of the newest research from our department!

On Sunday, April 19, check out Kavran Lab PhD student Jon Vose’s poster (565/3), “Establishing the mechanistic link between chemotherapy response and Hippo-YAP signaling in ovarian cancer,” in the poster session starting at 2 p.m., and learn about Weeraratna Lab research at postdoc Murilo Ramos Rocha’s talk, “Age related phenotypic changes in melanoma create a tumor vulnerability to ferroptosis,” at 4:20 p.m.

On Tuesday, April 21, BMB Chair Ashani Weeraratna will chair the “Tumor-secreted Factors: The Next Hallmark of Cancer?” session starting at 10:15 a.m., and present “A Complex TIME: The impact of age on tumor progression” at 11:10 a.m. She'll also co-chair the “Innovative Targeted and Cellular Therapies for Exploiting Cancer Vulnerabilities” session at 2:30 p.m.

Congratulations to Dr. Kittane! Srushti Kittane successfully defended her PhD thesis today. At her seminar this afternoon, we learned about her work in the Toska Lab on “Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation in Hormone-Driven Cancers and Development”