Values
Values
Our Values and Identity
As a department, we are strongly committed to building a welcoming community that attracts talented faculty, students, and postdocs from broadly different backgrounds who are supported and enabled to do their very best science and to use their talents to benefit society.
Our Faculty
Our Postdoctoral Fellows
Our Graduate Students
Trainee Support Fund
Thank you to everyone who donated to Biochemistry's Trainee Support Fund! These funds will make a difference!
What's Your Story?
Every couple of months, we feature a short bio from one of our trainees. The full interview, along with archived stories appear here.
Sara Wong, PhD
(Oct 2025)
What drew you to science?
I find it beautiful. For most of my childhood, I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. I loved working with my hands and thinking deeply about the subject matter, or observing it closely, to create something new. When I applied to colleges, I wanted to consider multiple career paths. I really liked AP Chemistry, and started to think more about a career that might combine science and art. Yet, the first time I looked under a microscope, I felt like I stumbled into a completely different universe. I decided to try biology research as an undergraduate and never looked back.