Biochemistry
About the Biochemistry major
(Not offered as a minor)
Biochemistry at Union stands out for its focus on critical thinking, experiential learning, and individualized mentorship by distinguished faculty. Students benefit from our ASBMB accreditation, which allows them to earn certification through a national exam at the end of their senior year—helpful for graduate study or professional opportunities.
Students regularly present their research at the Experimental Biology Meeting, Union’s Steinmetz Symposium, and in faculty co-authored publications. They also have opportunities for summer research fellowships. Research topics have included improving end-of-life care, gene patterning in the skate intestine and SNP impacts on the HPA axis in depression.
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Requirements for the major
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After Union
- Analyst, Surveyor Capital
- Associate scientist, Q² Solutions
- Director, Audit and Quality Control, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
- Educator, Teach for America
- Laboratory technician, Emory University
- Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, Purdue University
- Physician, Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Postdoctoral Fellow, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
- Research associate, Berg Diagnostics
- Research associate, Olink Proteomics
- Senior research technician, Albany Medical College
- DVM candidate, North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine