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Department of Biology
1W14 Jonsson-Rowland Science Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590

Phone: (518) 276-6446
Fax: (518) 276-2344

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Biochemistry

Biochemistry focuses on the interconversion of compounds in the many complex reactions of life, on the mechanisms whereby enzymes catalyze and regulate these reactions, and the function and structure of the molecular components of living organisms.

At Rensselaer

Biochemistry researchers are tackling exciting questions using interdisciplinary approaches and advancing the frontiers of research in both the basic life sciences as well as in applied field such as medicine and biotechnology.

Faculty Researchers

Biology

Blanca Barquera

Jonathan Dordick

Susan Gilbert

Robert Linhardt

Andrea Page-McCaw

Robert Palazzo

Susan Sharfstein

Chunyu Wang 

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Wilfredo Colón

James Kempf

Linda McGown

Mark Platt

Mark Wentland

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Steven Cramer

Ravi Kane

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