We are Nebraska's premier biochemistry program. Our graduates excel in their careers — both academic and in private industry — focusing their talents on medicine, law, pharmaceutical, bio-technology, agriculture, dental and many other fields.
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Your degree at Nebraska is accredited by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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Graduate Studies
Our multidisciplinary programs give you access to more than 20 faculty members mentoring approximately 30 students.
Undergraduate Studies
We are inventing medicines to save lives, finding new ways to combat cancer and unlocking new sources of biofuels to power the world.
Our Facilities
We get students out of the book, and into the lab. World-class facilities managed by award-winning faculty.
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We develop the world’s next great scientists by getting students out of the book and into the lab.
Students learn hand-in-hand with our distinguished faculty — internationally recognized, award-winning researchers who work at science’s cutting edge, maintaining externally funded laboratories that investigate the world’s most exciting questions.
We work on high-impact research projects addressing real-world problems in metabolism and metabolic engineering, structural and chemical basis of protein function, molecular mechanisms of disease, plant and microbial biochemistry and biotechnology.
Events
Biochemistry/Redox Biology Sponsored Seminars
External speakers from around the world are regularly invited to share their cutting-edge science in seminars and at symposia throughout the year. The Biochemistry Department Seminar series allows faculty and students to host speakers of international renown each week.