Official page of WPI Chemistry and Biochemistry Chemists and Biochemists study the actions and interactions of atoms and molecules.
These fundamental studies can lead to the creation of new materials, the discovery of both causes and cures for diseases, and methods for cleaning up our environment. Our faculty and students work on a broad range of topics including building devices to monitor levels of electrolytes in the blood, studying the movement of metals across membranes, detecting the response of molecules as they absorb
09/02/2024
Sad new this past week. Our colleague Prof. Jim Dittami passed away on Thursday.
Obituaries in Worcester, MA | Worcester Telegram & Gazette James P. "Jim" Dittami, 71, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at UMass University campus, surrounded by his loving family, after...
08/29/2023
Information about URISE@WPI for undergraduates interested in getting an early start on research in the image!
12/12/2022
Our department's summer '23 REU applications are open for external rising sophomores, juniors & seniors. Apply soon! https://www.nsfetap.org/award/642/opportunity/656
06/11/2022
Dempski group reports on Heterologous Expression of Full-Length and Truncated Human ZIP4 Zinc Transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae https://buff.ly/3zqe3r6
06/08/2022
Scarlata group reports Activation of Gαq sequesters specific transcripts into Ago2 particles https://buff.ly/39gzY9s
Thurs 6/9 10 AM GP1002 Lela Jackson (Scarlata Group). The Role of Gαq-Mediated Stress Granules in Neuron Function https://buff.ly/39KfPZ7
05/17/2022
Scarlata group reports on Deformation of caveolae impacts global transcription and translation processes through relocalization of cavin-1 https://buff.ly/3NlfiLW
05/13/2022
Tue 5/17 10AM Yuting Liu (Dempski Group). Expression, function and oligomerization of the hZIP4 membrane domain https://buff.ly/3FxGmVn
05/03/2022
Tue 5/3 9 AM Zoom Trevor Paratore (Gericke Group). Decoding the Language of Phosphoinositides: Probing Transbilayer Communication in Asymmetric Model Membranes
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04/28/2022
Helpful information for the last few days of classes this spring from Twisteddoodles
04/25/2022
Forget Wordle, did you solve today's Periodle? https://buff.ly/3EI7YqB
04/23/2022