anno ‘About | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | UMass Amherst Seoren UMass Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology About Department at a Glance Points of Pride +"650+ undergraduates are the result of 2 6S increate over 3 years + 520 of BME undergraduate majors are on the Deans Lis. + 1494 of our majors have a GPA of 3:9 or 40 + MB Faculty mere awarded over $49 milion in funding for research inthe areas of biomedicine and plant growth and development from the following sources: «+ National Institutes of Heath © ational Seiance Foundation + US, Department of Agrieuture + US. Department of Eneray > Burroughs Wellcome Fund * Merck Education and Career Development +" 35% of our majors choose to get hands-on experience through independent projects in research labs, + New course “Biochemistry in the Real Worl” includes career panel with BM alumni speakers Faculty Achievements * Li Gierasch received the 2014 Mildred Cohn Award In Biological Chemisty from the American Soclety for Blochemistry and Molecular Biology; named 2 2014 Fellow of the Biophysical Society, and appointed to the National insttutes of Health's Council of Councils + Jenifer Normanly 's the ectr of the newly published High-Throughput Phenotyping in Plants: Methods and Protocols. + Alejandro Heuck developed a patent licensed by Seaharse Biosciences + Members of OMB faculty serve on a dozen editorial boards of major journals Undergraduate Achievements inthe past 4 years, 2ME majors have; been named Goldwater Scholar, received the 2ist Century Leader Award, Willarn F, Fle Alumni Scholarship, Leaders in the Making Auard, Senior Leadership Award, an ASPE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, have bean faccepted into the Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program at Harvard Medical School, four were selected for the Howard Hughes Medica Institute Summer Research Internship Program and nine were selected forthe junior Fellows Program in the Life Sciences at UMass ©2017 University of Massachusetts Amherstihttp:/umass.edu Site Polielesthttp/umass.edu/site-pliles) site Contact hipikwwwumess eduibiochervabout 1"