Biochemistry

A research team at the University of Chicago is exploring how cells remember and respond to environmental pressure. In a simulated actin network, actin filaments start out randomly oriented (left) but align after pressure is applied (right).

UChicago scientists experiment with materials that can “remember”

Scientist works in lab holding pipette

UChicago, Argonne scientists zero in on molecules that could fight COVID-19

Illustration of mitochondria, golgi bodies, etc inside a cell

UChicago scientists pioneer new method of measuring electricity in cells

Stress Fibers and Microtubules in Human Breast Cancer Cells.

New nanotechology design provides hope for personalized ‘vaccination’ to treat cancer

illustration of organelle in a cell

Spies like us: UChicago scientists develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets

cartoon rendering of a coronavirus particle up close

UChicago chemists race to decode RNA of new coronavirus

Two twining strands of RNA in different colors

Surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression

Krishnan lab

DNA devices perform bio-analytical chemistry inside live cells

Herbert Friedmann, biochemistry scholar and mentor, 1927-2014

Rama Ranganathan BW

Rama Ranganathan

Title: Joseph Regenstein Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College

Expertise: Molecular engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Biophysics, Chemistry

Departmental website: https://pme.uchicago.edu/rama_ranganathan/

Lab website: http://ranganathanlab.org/