Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology

The Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology is one of 16 basic science and clinical departments of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Biochemistry is one of four partner programs in the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) graduate program, which awards PhD degrees in Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Genetics, and Microbiology & Immunology through the Division of Arts & Sciences at Dartmouth College. Currently there are over 160 graduate students in the MCB program.

Biochemistry & Cell Biology's commitment to excellence in research, education, and service is an important part of our mission. Collegial and collaborative interactions among faculty, postdoctoral research associates and fellows, graduate students, Dartmouth undergraduate students and staff are integral to our culture. A general theme of our research is focused on defining molecular mechanisms that underlie fundamental cellular processes and yet our studies continue to provide key insights on atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes, neurotransmission, prion disease, kidney disease and a range of human health related issues.

November 2018
Chris Shoemaker, PhD
With his broad interest in science, Chris Shoemaker, PhD, could easily have ended up specializing in any number of areas within biomedical research. "A lot of the grad students I went to school with seemed to know exactly what they wanted to focus on; by contrast, every time I'd hear about the science someone was doing I'd think, 'I want to do that,'" recalls Shoemaker, with a laugh. Read more...

November 2018
Dean Madden, PhD
When it comes to research, Dean Madden, PhD, finds beauty in small things. A professor of biochemistry and cell biology, Madden's interests lie in understanding the fundamental characteristics of ion channels in terms of their molecular structures and their interactions with protein partners. Read more...

October 2018
Life Sciences Symposium Program Announced
Registration for the 2018 Dartmouth Symposium for the Life Sciences, “Cell Polarity Across the Diversity of Life” is now open. The symposium program will focus on cell polarity mechanisms that underlie cellular structure and function in virtually every cell type from simple bacteria to multicellular humans. Read more...