Biochemistry

Biochemistry started as an interdisciplinary area, but it has been a discipline for quite a while. Carleton has had activity in the area of Biochemistry for nearly two decades. Yet, the area is growing and maturing, and connecting up to new research and advances in Biology and Chemistry.


These projects and programs related to Biochemistry are described below:

• The Biochemistry Concentration
• The prominent textbook Biochemistry by Carleton Co-Author John Tymoczko
• New Senior Comprehensive exercise on RNA (funded by HHMI)
• New Biochemistry research-style lab
• New course and lab in Bioanalytical Chemistry (funded by HHMI)
• New Interdisciplinary Instrumentation: Digital Imagers (funded by HHMI)
• Learn more about faculty-student research in Biochemistry here

The Biochemistry Concentration

Prof. & Program Director Joe Chihade (Chemistry)

The Biochemistry Concentration at Carleton rests on the close cooperation between the Departments of Biology and Chemistry. Emerging as a recognized discipline early in the last century, biochemistry has grown into a vast subject that spans several established disciplines. It serves as the link between the fields of chemistry and biology, and even as it flourishes at the interface of these subjects, it holds a strong position within the two traditional disciplines. Fundamentally, biochemistry seeks to establish an understanding of biological phenomena at a molecular level.

Students may concentration (minor) in Biochemistry in addition to majoring in another field. The concentration requires courses in Biology and Chemistry, as well as a number of courses at the intersection of Biology and Chemistry.