Research in Biological Chemistry
Majors are encouraged to participate in research projects with faculty in biology or chemistry. All of the instrumentation in both the biology and chemistry departments is available for research projects of biological chemistry majors.
- Science Division summer research page: general information, on-campus common application, and list of opportunities off-campus
- Biology faculty webpages
- Chemistry faculty webpages
- Forms for Directed Research and summer Mentored Advanced Projects (MAPs) are available at the Registrar's website
Graduate School Links
This list is not all inclusive of biochemistry graduate programs, and these programs are not necessarily endorsed by Grinnell College. Rather, this is a list of opportunities to help you get started in your grad school search. The Biological Chemistry SEPC also has a great FAQ resource from their graduate school discussion panel.
- Brown University: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Loyola University Chicago: Microbiology/Immunology
- MIT: Microbiology
- Northwestern University, Biotechnology
- Penn: VMD-PhD combined program
- University of Iowa, Biochemistry
- University of Minnesota, Microbial Engineering
- University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Genome Science and Technology
- Wesleyan University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry





