NEWS  |  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

The LSUHS School of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce that two of their students will be receiving their Doctor of Philosophy degree: Nirjhar Aloy and Lin Li this month.

Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Biostatistics and Computational Biology awarded $219,000 (per year) from NIGMS "Redox, Environmental, and Metabolomics: investigating Disease Yield (REMEDY)."

The August 2024 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Md Abir Hosain in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

KTBS3 - Dr. Arrigo De Benedetti, LSUHS Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, talks about flaws in current metastatic prostate cancer drugs and promising new research for the disease being done at LSU Health Shreveport.

The February 2024 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Luke Cui in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

We are excited to announce that we have four new graduates from the School of Graduate Studies: Fawaz Alotaibi, Shripa Amatya, Vickky Pandit, and Utsab Subedi.

Louisiana Economic Development - LSU Health Shreveport scientists have discovered a promising new treatment for prostate cancer and developed a playbook detailing how to track viral variants in underserved areas.

The April 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Lin Li in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

LSU - LSU adds key expertise across the state to improve cancer outcomes in Louisiana by supporting top research talent to solve some of the biggest challenges in cancer care for patients and families.

The November 2022 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Suman Mohajan in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The June Graduate Student of the Month is Md Imtiaz Khalil and he is a student in the lab of Dr. Arrigo De Benedetti.

We are saddened to share the news of the recent passing of two former School of Graduate Studies faculty members. The work of Dr. Dunn and Dr. Reed will live on through the countless students and post-docs that they taught throughout their careers. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families during this difficult time.

The scientific accomplishments of Dr. Eric First and Dr. Shile Huang have been recognized by our institution. Each has been promoted to full Professor, effective July 1, 2022. 

The January Graduate Student of the Month is Linda Rubio and she is a student in the lab of Dr. David Gross.

The August Graduate Student of the Month is Siyuan “Simon” Cheng.  Simon works in the lab of Dr. Xiuping Yu in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.  His dissertation project is titled, “The epigenetic changes involved in neuroendocrine prostate cancer development”. 

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a one-year R56 grant to Dr. Stephan Witt, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSUHS, and Dr. Joseph Mazzulli, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University.

Dr. Arrigo DeBenedetti receives Spring 2021 Feist Weiller Cancer Center (FWCC) Bridging Award grant in the amount of $100,000.

Ishita Ghosh receives Spring Intra-mural Ike-Muslow Fellowship (Research Distinction Award) on her PhD dissertation titled: TLK1 phosphorylates RAD54 to promote homology-driven double strand break repair. The tenure of the fellowship commences July, 2021.

Trends in Cell Biology - Primordial super-enhancers: heat shock-induced chromatin organization in yeast. This article highlights the rapid dynamics, robust induction, and conserved components of the HSF1-driven heat shock response make it an ideal system to study eukaryotic gene regulation.

Congratulations to Imtiaz Khalil, 4th year graduate student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, for winning 1st place in the LSUHS Graduate Research Day!