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Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Undergraduate Program
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHE321 (3) Inorganic Chemistry (Fall) CHE320 (3) Physical Chemistry (Spring) CHE413 (4) Instrumental Analysis (Fall) CHE312 (3) Chem. of Biological Systems (Spring) MCH311 (3) Chemistry of Drug Action (Fall) CHE455 (3) Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Spring) MCH401 (3) Principles of Med. Chem. (Fall)
Recent graduates in Biochemistry have been employed in the following ways: Most go on to medical or graduate school. Recent grads have jobs as technicians in academia and industry.
Transfer Students:
- Special admissions criteria: Contact Departmental office to arrange an interview.
- Is preference given to UB students? No
- Other advice for transfer students: We require 82 credit hours of science and math.
- Colleges which have transfer agreements or 3/2 programs with Biochemistry: N/A
- Colleges which have good feeder programs for this department: N/A
Combined courses of study:
- Official joint majors with Biochemistry: N/A
- Minors which complement a Biochemistry major: Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering
- Majors which benefit from a Biochemistry minor: No minor is available in Biochemistry
- Courses outside the major which could improve employment opportunities: N/A
The Classroom:
- The typical class size for:
- Freshman/intro level courses is: N/A
- Sophomore/intermed. level courses is: N/A
- Upper level/advanced courses is: 15-30
In the Biochemistry Department, what do student teaching assistants (TA's) do?
TA's assist in lab and survey courses.
Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities:
The Biochemistry Department at UB offers these graduate degrees: M.A. and Ph.D.
The department does have a formal system for tracking graduates of its graduate programs. The department estimates that:
- 80 percent of its graduates go on to graduate or professional school
- 20 percent of its graduates are offered related employment
Departmental Honors:
To receive Departmental Honors students must have the appropriate overall GPA for Latin Honors. Students must also prepare a research paper on their BCH 498 research project. The format for this paper consists of an Abstract ( one page maximum); Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (minimum 5 pages, double spaced); Data - Figures with Figure Legend and/or Tables; and a Reference Section with a minimum of 5 papers with authors, year, article title, journal, volume and inclusive page numbers.
Awards:
John Moran Memorial Award: Presented to the graduating senior with the highest grade in BCH403.
White Memorial Award: Presented to the graduating senior with the highest overall GPA and acceptance into Medical School.
Outstanding Senior Award
Faculty Distinctions:
Research Career Development Awards have been presented by the National Institutes of Health to five professors in Biochemistry. Two faculty members have received the Siegel Teaching Award from the Medical School, and one of these is a Distinguished Teaching Professor. Many faculty members serve on national editorial boards and grant review panels.
Department Resources:
Student researchers have access to state-of-the-art facilities for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology projects. This equipment includes: protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis equipment, ultracentrifuges, scintillation and gamma counters, a densitometer, spectrophotometers, protein sequencing facilities, oligonucleotide synthesizer, polymerase chain reaction thermocyclers, computer stations for word processing and data analysis, an electron spin resonance spectrometer and a sophisticated nuclear magnetic resonance facility.
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