Welcome to the Home Pages of the Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Kansas
University Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. The
Department is located on the fourth floor of Wahl Hall,
with some research groups on the second floor of the new Biomedical
Research Facility (BRF). Other programs and facilities
are also located at the Kansas City Veterans Administration
Medical Center (KCVAMC). These Web Pages are to
acquaint you with the Department, its Faculty,
and its Research and Graduate
programs. They are also intended to be a helpful Resource
for prospective students, for present faculty, students and
research staff of the Department, and for the KU Medical School
community. Pointers to other information, such as how to contact
the Department and individual people, can be found at the bottom
of this page.
The Department is an integral part of the School of Medicine, as well as of the Graduate School, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Sixteen full-time faculty members are engaged in active research and teaching. Lectures and laboratory experience are offered for students pursuing M.S., Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. degrees. In addition, post-doctoral research scientists, research faculty, and visiting faculty members contribute to the Department's activities. Strong collaborations exist with Basic Science and Clinical researchers within the KUMC community, with research groups elsewhere on a national and international level, and with established and emerging biotechnology industry.
General research areas pursued in
the Department currently include, but are not limited to:
