Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry
  • 1 Doisy Graduate Research Scholarship
    The Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is seeking outstanding applicants for the Doisy Graduate Research Scholarship. Additional information is available here.
  • 2 Edward A. Doisy Research Center
    Scientific research performed in the Edward A. Doisy Research Center focuses on five areas: cancer, liver disease, heart and lung disease, aging, and vaccine development.
  • 3 Edward A. Doisy Research Center
    Completed in 2007, the Edward A. Doisy Research Center cost $82 million to complete, is ten stories tall, and totals over 206,000 sq. ft. of research space.
  • 4 Edward A. Doisy Research Center
    Fun Fact: The fleur-de-lis lantern at the top of building weighs 19.5 tons. However, that is actually only one-fifth the mass of a blue whale.
Job Postings
The Department has several positions available. Please see the Position Details below for more information.

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Graduate Students
Research Opportunities
The Department offers research opportunities in structural biology, biophysical research and molecular mechanisms of systems relevant to health and disease.
We are part of the multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. Students have the opportunity to explore research in multiple disciplines during the first year of training.

Applications are due Feb. 1, 2011.

Doisy Scholarship
Doisy Graduate Research Scholarship
The Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine is accepting applications for the Edward A. Doisy Graduate Research Scholarship to support an outstanding Ph.D. graduate student in the Program of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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Talk Science blog
Talk Science
A new blog to discuss science and recent research has been set up. The site posts will be created primarily by medical students, graduate students, and postdocs in the Department of Biochemistry. However, anyone is welcome to read and comment on the posts.

Talk Science
Upcoming Events

May

15

Cardiovascular Research Center Works in Progress: Engineering autoactivation in trypsin-like proteases

Nicola Pozzi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Di Cera Lab
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

8:00 a.m.
DRC 468

Muffins, bagels, and coffee will be served.

May

17

Defense of Dissertation: The functional role of SALL1 and the NuRD complex during kidney development

Darcy Denner, B.S.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

1:00 p.m.
DRC 9th Floor

Mentor: Michael Rauchman, Ph.D.

May

21

Biochemistry Seminar: Protein engineering of inhibitors and allosteric activators of the HGF serene protease domain for Met signaling

Robert Lazarus, Ph.D.
Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry
Genentech, Inc.

3:00 p.m.
DRC 468

May

23

Cancer Center Seminar: Treatment of Cancer with Human Genomic DNA, From the Bedside to the Bench and Back

Don Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
University of Kentucky, Louisville

3:00 p.m.
DRC 368
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