Admissions
The information for the Biochemistry Department below comes from the Stanford Bulletin.
Emeritus: (Professors) Robert L. Baldwin, Paul Berg, Douglas L. Brutlag, David S. Hogness, A. Dale Kaiser, I. Robert Lehman
Chair: Mark A. Krasnow
Professors: Patrick O. Brown, Gilbert Chu, Ronald W. Davis, James E. Ferrell, Jr., Daniel Herschlag, Mark A. Krasnow, Suzanne Pfeffer, James A. Spudich
Associate Professors: Pehr Harbury, Julie Theriot
Assistant Professors: Rhiju Das, Aaron Straight
Courtesy Professors: Chaitan Khosla, Sharon Long
Biochemistry is a department within the School of Medicine. Department offices and labs are located in the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine at the Stanford Medical Center. Courses offered by the department may be taken by undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students. A basic series in biochemistry (200, 203) is taught by the entire staff. Students who elect to enroll in any of the above courses should have a good background in organic chemistry and cell biology.
Advanced courses in more specialized areas are offered and emphasize the most recent developments in biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular biology. These courses include physical and chemical principles of biochemistry, enzyme reaction mechanisms, membrane trafficking and biochemistry, molecular motors and the cytoskeleton, mechanisms and regulation of nucleic acid replication and recombination, the biochemistry of bacterial and animal viruses, the molecular basis of morphogenesis, molecular and cell biology of yeast, and the structure and function of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic chromosomes.
Opportunities exist for directed reading and research in biochemistry and molecular biology, utilizing a small but excellent departmental library as well as the most advanced research facilities, including those for light and electron microscopy, chromatography and electrophoresis, protein and nucleic acid purification, synthesis and analysis, single molecule analyses using laser light traps, and computer graphic workstation facilities for protein and nucleic acid structural analysis. Ongoing research utilizes a variety of organisms, ranging from bacteria to animal cells.
Affirmative Action
The department is committed to increasing representation of women and members of minority groups in its graduate and postdoctoral training programs and particularly encourages applications from such candidates.
