生物化学 is a fast-growing and dynamic field that allows you to apply chemistry to life and understand biological systems at the molecular level. You'll learn by working closely with faculty who are not only dedicated teachers, but also enthusiastic reSearchers.
As a 生物化学 major at WLC, you’ll learn how to apply chemistry to biological systems and create new medical treatments, 操纵和研究DNA, 蛋白质, and other macromolecules that make up the basis of life.
What medical breakthroughs could you help create?
You may assist on such projects as engineering microbial phosphate biosensors using recombinant DNA technology, applying cellular and molecular genetic strategies to investigate heart development, 分析土壤, studying 蛋白质 structures and enzyme kinetics, 生物化学分析, and designing and synthesizing new antibiotic drugs.
This interdisciplinary major gives you a powerful toolkit to use in this versatile, 以及不断变化的职业领域.
Participate in impressive undergraduate reSearch
The number of faculty-guided undergraduate reSearch projects is always growing. You’ll assist faculty on reSearch projects like using molecular genetic techniques to engineer microbial phosphate biosenors, heart development and non-embryonic stem cell biology, field and greenhouse soil science, subcelluar workings of bacteria to identify targets for new antibiotics, 植物发育遗传学, 以及传染病.
You’ll have an opportunity to conduct reSearch both in the lab and in the field. Previous projects include improving water quality in constructed wetlands, studying Ag nanoparticle effects on zebrafish, 构建印刷传感器, performing stop-flow kinetic measurements, and experimentation with sulfonamides. 我们的前辈设计, 捍卫, and conduct experiments in a capstone reSearch project designed to demonstrate the practical application of scientific principles in their area of interest. 除了, you may attend and present at national conferences, contribute to academic journals, and take part in academic competitions.
Work alongside expert faculty and enthusiastic reSearchers
Our students learn by working closely with faculty who are not only dedicated teachers, but also enthusiastic reSearchers. Like professors at many major reSearch universities, nearly all WLC faculty members in the biology, 生物化学, and chemistry departments hold a doctorate degree and have made meaningful contributions to their field of expertise. But unlike these larger schools, you will never find yourself supervised by a teaching assistant.