WLC学生在科学实验室

化学专业的学生

生物化学 is a fast-growing and dynamic field that allows you to apply chemistry to life and understand biological systems at the molecular level. You'll learn by working closely with faculty who are not only dedicated teachers, but also enthusiastic reSearchers.

作为WLC生物化学专业的学生, you’ll learn how to apply chemistry to biological systems and create new medical treatments, 操纵和研究DNA, 蛋白质, and other macromolecules that make up the basis of life.

What medical breakthroughs could you help create?

You may assist on such projects as engineering microbial phosphate biosensors using recombinant DNA technology, applying cellular and molecular genetic strategies to investigate heart development, 分析土壤, studying 蛋白质 structures and enzyme kinetics, 生物化学分析, and designing and synthesizing new antibiotic drugs.

This interdisciplinary major gives you a powerful toolkit to use in this versatile, and ever-changing career field.

Participate in impressive undergraduate reSearch

The number of faculty-guided undergraduate reSearch projects is always growing. You’ll assist faculty on reSearch projects like using molecular genetic techniques to engineer microbial phosphate biosenors, heart development and non-embryonic stem cell biology, field and greenhouse soil science, subcelluar workings of bacteria to identify targets for new antibiotics, 植物发育遗传学, 以及传染病.

You’ll have an opportunity to conduct reSearch both in the lab and in the field. Previous projects include improving water quality in constructed wetlands, studying Ag nanoparticle effects on zebrafish, 构建印刷传感器, performing stop-flow kinetic measurements, and experimentation with sulfonamides. 我们的前辈设计, 捍卫, and conduct experiments in a capstone reSearch project designed to demonstrate the practical application of scientific principles in their area of interest. 除了, you may attend and present at national conferences, contribute to academic journals, and take part in academic competitions.

Work alongside expert faculty and enthusiastic reSearchers

Our students learn by working closely with faculty who are not only dedicated teachers, but also enthusiastic reSearchers. Like professors at many major reSearch universities, nearly all WLC faculty members in the biology, 生物化学, and chemistry departments hold a doctorate degree and have made meaningful contributions to their field of expertise. But unlike these larger schools, you will never find yourself supervised by a teaching assistant.

iGEM - International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition

Our students have participated in iGEM – the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition – for the last ten years. Participation involves lab work focused on synthetic biology and educational outreach. In the past, WLC students focused on modifying a strain of E. coli to study bacterial resistance to antibiotics and ways to prevent it. 另外, they attempted to develop a faster test kit for checking for lead and microbial water contamination.

多年来, WLC的队伍获得铜牌, 银, and gold medals at the iGEM competition in Boston alongside such institutions as Harvard University, 耶鲁大学, 斯坦福大学, 和麻省理工学院.

我们的STEM项目是实践性的, meaning our students actively engage in reSearch, explore local and international ecosystems, attend and present at national conferences, contribute to academic journals, and take part in academic competitions.

Study in a premier academic hall filled with state-of-the-art labs and classrooms

Generac Hall is filled with state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms focused around STEM fields. This distinguished academic building houses four nursing labs, 人体解剖实验室, 生理实验室, 这项运动 & 运动科学实验室, the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR) Lab, a marine biology lab (with 500-gallon marine reef tank), 一个温室, 的Makerspace, 物理实验室, and biology and chemistry labs, 在许多其他方面.

自己看吧! 安排你的 个人参观体验 and request a tour of our 生物化学 labs, or explore Generac Hall via our panoramic 360° immersive virtual tour.

计划行程

Learning shouldn't be a spectator sport. 

Our students learn science by doing science.

You will develop close, personal relationships with your classmates and faculty. They want you to succeed academically as well as grow spiritually in a supportive, 培养环境. They'll engage you in experiential learning that extends far beyond a lecture hall.

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