The Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology at the University of Maine presents opportunities of study in the areas of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular and Cellular Biology. Few fields offer the excitement, challenges and reward as these disciplines. They are the core of modern biology and the foundation of the rapidly growing fields of genetic engineering and biotechnology. Advances in these fields are revolutionizing science and our lives.

In addition, the Department participates in a state-wide Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Ph.D. program, with cooperating faculty at The Jackson Laboratory, the Maine Medical Sciences Research Institute, the Foundation for Blood Research, the University of Southern Maine and others to offer graduate students expanded research and educational opportunities.

New Addition to Hitchner Hall

The department is excited about the extensive new addition and renovations made to Hitchner Hall (pictured below) which were completed in the fall of 2002.

The new 50,000 square foot addition to Hitchner Hall provided an additional 15 research and teaching laboratories with accompanying office space for faculty, graduate students, undergraduates alike. There was also $4 million in renovations made in the 1950's and 1930's wings of Hitchner Hall. Students at UMaine are currently working and taking laboratory courses in some of the most modern laboratory facilities in the Northeast.