LSU Health Shreveport Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

10/03/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Franco on his NIH award. :)

08/15/2025

Welcome to Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology! We would like to introduce two new students: Kaleigh Ballagh and Lawrence Owusu-Brenya
Hope our students have a great school year.

06/25/2025

Congratulations to one of our graduate students, Jeyaluxmy Sivalingam in Dr. Yu's lab for receiving 1st place in the junior category during Graduate Research Day.

05/20/2025

Congratulations to Samira Mahmoudi in Dr. Huang's lab is May Graduate Student of the Month!

🎉 Congratulations to our May Graduate Student of the Month, Samira Mahmoudi!
Samira is a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, conducting her research in Dr. Shile Huang’s Lab. Originally from Tehran, Iran, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology-Biotechnology and a Master’s in Microbial Biotechnology.
Her dissertation is titled “Insights into Rapamycin-Mediated Inhibition of mSin1 Phosphorylation.” Her research focuses on understanding how mTOR regulates mSin1 phosphorylation independently of its two canonical complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2.
Samira shared that she chose graduate school because research is something she truly enjoys — it allows her to follow her passion while continuing to grow both professionally and personally.
👏 Please join us in celebrating Samira

01/14/2025

2024 Biochemistry holiday celebration

11/13/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Lin Li, a graduate student in Dr. Yu's lab passed her dissertation defense today!

11/12/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Nirjhar Aloy, a graduate student in Dr. Witt's lab passed his dissertation defense today!

08/15/2024

Congratulations to Md Abir Hosain from Dr. Ding's lab of being Student of the Month! :)

The August Graduate Student of the Month is Mohammed (Md) Abir Hosain. Mohammed is a doctoral candidate in Dr. Ding Lab’s in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Mohammed’s research is currently focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis type 4 (ALS Type 4) which is an early onset neurodegenerative movement disorder. The title of his PhD dissertation work is “Modeling movement disorder ALS Type 4 using induced human motor neurons.” Outside of the lab, he is an avid gardener. Mohammed shares, “In Bangladesh, I used to grow several vegetable plants and my mom is still taking care of my aloe vera tree in my home country.” He is eager to continue this hobby in USA soon.

07/26/2024

Biochemistry welcomes two new students, Shourya Majumder and Md Kobirul Islam to our department! Cheers to a great school year.

07/17/2024

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06/28/2024

Here are some of our summer students:
Miriam Gardsbane - Dr. Gross's Lab
Aidan Bonar - Dr. Huang's Lab
Eli Griffin - Dr. Huang's Lab
Hannah Persley - Dr. Yu's Lab
Aniya Voung - Dr. Yu's Lab
Amelia Posey - Dr. Yu's Lab
Kyung Cho - Dr. Yu's Lab

Welcome to Biochemistry!