Our Values and Identity
As a department, we are strongly committed to building a welcoming community that attracts talented faculty, students, and postdocs from broadly different backgrounds who are supported and enabled to do their very best science and to use their talents to benefit society.
Our Faculty
Our Postdoctoral Fellows
Our Graduate Students
Trainee Support Fund
Thank you to everyone who donated to Biochemistry's Trainee Support Fund in 2024! These funds will make a difference!
The funds remain open.
What's Your Story?
Every couple of months, we feature a short bio from one of our trainees. The full interview, along with archived stories appear here.
Queren Apuque Alcantara
(January 2025)
I was born in the northeast of Brazil but was adopted and raised in a small city in São Paulo state. This act saved me from a life of uncertainty and gave me a humble but loving home. Growing up, I didn’t have science role models or anyone in my family who had finished high school. My parents, unable to pursue education themselves, deeply believed in its power to change lives. They worked tirelessly to ensure I could attend school, and as a child, my father and I took on extra work at night to cover my school expenses. Their sacrifices instilled in me an enduring sense of gratitude and determination.