December 4, 2024
If you’re in the sciences, odds are you’ve crossed paths with Kate Doran. Maybe in your genetics or biochemistry or anthropology or engineering or chemistry or biology courses. Kate seems to be a jack of all trades in the College of Science. Originally from Stephentown, New York, Kate is a junior double majoring in genetics […]
November 21, 2024
At the American Society of Microbiology Joint Branch Meeting of South Caroina (SC ASM) on November 9th, biochemistry and molecular biology master’s student Bryson Woodard received an Honorable Mention for his poster presentation titled, “Construction and Characterization of Transgenic Cell Lines for the Analysis of Glycosome Heterogeneity in Trypanosoma brucei“. Bryson works in Dr. Meredith […]
November 7, 2024
Associate professor of genetics and biochemistry at Clemson University, Dr. Lukasz Kozubowski earned his bachelor’s and then master’s degrees in pharmaceutical sciences at the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland, whihc is one of the oldest and the largest medical schools in Poland. The first academic department of medicine was established as far back as […]
October 29, 2024
In late October three junior biochemistry students represented the department at the annual Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting (BMES) in Baltimore, MD: James Marturano, Kathleen Doran and Addison Schaff (pictured left to right). Established in 1968, BMES strives to be the professional home for biomedical engineers to assist you in navigating your career path and striving […]
October 8, 2024
When Derrill Schumpert, M.D. was in middle school, he briefly wanted to be in a rock band when he grew up. He did end up being a rock star, just in a different capacity. A life-long Clemson fan, Dr Schumpert’s love for the university was sort of passed down – his grandfather, father and brother […]
September 25, 2024
Senior biochemistry major Harmon Vison has been on both sides of the medical field. Around a year old, he was diagnosed with a genetic disorder called Hemihypertrophy, which gave him the inspiration to study biochemistry and eventually go on to medical school. Hemihypertrophy is a condition in which one side of the body or a […]
September 24, 2024
5th year Ph.D. student in Dr. Jennifer Mason’s lab Josh Turner was recently awarded an Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) $500 travel grant to attend the EMGS annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA. EMGS provides a forum for the establishment and support of scientists in the field of environmental mutagenesis. The society seeks to […]
September 19, 2024
Before her thyroid cancer diagnosis at 13, Brittany Avin McKelvey, Ph.D. knew she wanted to pursue a career in science. The diagnosis just inspired her more. “Even prior to my cancer diagnosis, I knew I wanted to go into science,” says McKelvey. “After my diagnosis I knew I wanted to specifically go into research and […]
September 13, 2024
If you google Adam Bachman II, you will find the normal items – a social media page, some photos of him playing music, some others with the same name – but if you scroll down a bit more you will even find an IMDb page. 2015 biochemistry alum Adam Bachman is a man of many […]
September 11, 2024
When senior biochemistry major Justyn Stevens was in high school, he started taking chemistry, biology and anatomy and immediately fell in love with life sciences. That passion coupled with his love of the campus and the knowledge that he wanted to go into the medical field made the biochemistry major at Clemson the perfect place […]
