Biochemistry @ Iowa

Charles Brenner, PhD

Welcome

Welcome to the home page of one of the fastest growing departments of biochemistry in the U.S., where our faculty have developed superb educational and research programs. Learn more about our department. 

Charles Brenner, PhD
Chair and DEO, Department of Biochemistry

Education

A wide array of educational opportunities are available in the department's undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs.

Research

Learn more about the eight primary areas of investigation within the department.

Meet Our Team

Learn more about the department's faculty members, students and staff.

News

Events

Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture - Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD

Thursday, September 20, 2018, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Dr. Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD, will visit campus on September 20, 2018 to present a lecture on "The Ups and Downs of Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism" at 4:00pm in the Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110A MERF). Dr. Lazar is the Willard and Rhonda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. ...

Biochemistry Workshop: Brandon Davies, PhD

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Regulation of Lipid Partitioning: The Fine-tuning of Fat Fate" Dr. Brandon Davies Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Iowa