BioNIUM
Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) at the Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami.
The Department of Biochemsitry and Molecular Biology is home to 25 Primary Faculty, 28 Secondary Faculty, 20 Volunteer and Emeritus Faculty Members, over 260 undergraduate students, over 125 graduate, medical, and MD/PhD students, postdoctoral, medical residents and fellows, research scientists, and a dozen Administrative Staff Members.
Our Core Mission
- Educate and train students to become critical thinkers and leaders in the fields of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Generate new knowledge through team science multidisciplinary discovery research
- Translate our discoveries to the clinic
- Serve the scientific and global communities through outreach programs and service in governmental, industrial, and professional organizations
- Promote social justice in science and increase diversity in the STEM fields
BMB Department Performs Research in Diverse Areas
- Bionanotechnology and Molecular Diagnostics
- Cellular Stress Response
- Drug Discovery and Drug Delivery
- Environmental Health and Toxicology
- Microbiome
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Molecular Biology of RNA, DNA and Epigenetic Modifiers
- Molecular Neuroscience of the Brain
- Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism
Striving for Excellence
BMB’s ranking has improved continuously in the last ten years; it is now ranked overall #32 in the nation and top 15 among private universities in the U.S., and, importantly, # 1 in the South, from East to West.
(Source: 2019 NIH Blue Ridge Rankings for Departments of Biochemistry in the United States)
Our Location
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Gautier Building, MC R629
1011 NW 15th Street
Miami FL, 33136-1019
Phone: 305-243-6261
Fax: 305-243-3955
Email: bmbinfo@miami.edu