Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) at the University of Tennessee. We are home to almost 400 undergraduate majors at the University of Tennessee. Our research teams of faculty, undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are working on hot topics that range from molecular structure to organismal levels. Browse our web site to learn more about our research, and be sure to check our latest news and upcoming events. See also the Message from the Head.
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» BCMB TOP NEWS: BCMB Student Leads a Biology High School "oUTreach" Program
Ryan Rickels started the high school outreach program because he remembers his lack of interest in science as a teenager, partly due to misconceptions he had. Part of his mission is to address misunderstandings of science by raising consciousness of what a scientist does at his or her job and why he or she does it. He feels that by speaking about his personal experience in the lab...
Jeremy Smith is Involved with ORNL Research that Could Advance the Understanding of Metal
Supercomputer Reveals New Details Behind Drug-processing Protein Model
UT/BCMB Student, Chelsea Knotts, Encourages Homeless to Run
Dr. Jae Park Hosts a Molecular Biology Workshop for Knox County High School Teachers
BCMB Student Organizes Running Club for the Homeless
Dr. Beth Mullin named Professor Emerita
BCMB Faculty Involved in Curriculum Reform—Bringing Research to the Classroom
UT Graduate Students in the Division of Biology Help Break Graduation Bottlenecks
REU Students Present Final Reports
Incoming Freshman Life of the Mind Project has a Biology Focus
"STEM Majors are on the Increase at UTK"
Summer Explorations into “Sensing and Signaling”
Dr. Rebecca Prosser Participating in the UTK Women’s Leadership Program







