Interdepartmental Research Areas


The faculty of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are also engaged in various interdepartmental efforts, including:

THE BIOMEDICAL HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE (BHSI) facilitates and promotes interdisciplinary research and instructional efforts at UGA in the fields of biomedical and health sciences with the goal of improving the understanding of human health and disease.

THE CANCER CENTER promotes interdisciplinary research in basic tumor biology, cancer education and prevention, early diagnosis and translational research and care.

THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES RECOVERY conducts basic research in areas related to the use of microorganisms in biotechnology and in solving environmental and ecological problems.

THE CENTER FOR METALLOENZYME STUDIES (CMS) consists of numerous University of Georgia faculty from various disciplines and departments, all of whom have research interests in the study of metals in biology.

THE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH CENTER (CCRC) conducts basic research to study the structure and function of complex carbohydrates, and trains scientists from the U.S. and around the world in the principles, methods, and analytical techniques used to study complex carbohydrates.

THE COMPUTATIONAL CENTER FOR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DESIGN (CCMSD) focuses on understanding molecular structures and interactions, as well as developing new computational procedures (primarily in the area of molecular mechanics and molecular modeling methods).

THE GEORGIA X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY CENTER aims to develop new approaches and techniques in X-ray crystallography for an improved understanding of how structure relates to function in biological macromolecules.

THE INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS provides resources in genomics, proteomics and glycomics.

THE PLANT CENTER is focused on the cellular and molecular aspects of plant growth and development, plant genome organization and function, the application of molecular and genetic tools to improve cultivated plants, and in understanding organisms that interact with plants.

THE SOUTHEAST COLLABORATORY FOR STRUCTURAL GENOMICS (SECSG) is one of seven original pilot centers for structural genomics established by the NIH. It aims to develop, integrate, and test all of the constituents for carrying out cost-effective and high throughput structural genomics research.

THE SOUTHEAST COLLABORATORY FOR HIGH-FIELD BIOMOLECULAR NMR is an inter-institutional resource dedicated to the development and application of new NMR methods for biomolecular studies. It provides 900 MHz NMR access in addition to existing 800 MHz access.