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🎓 Congratulations, Graduates! 🎓We are so incredibly proud of all your hard work, dedication, and achievements. Your futu...
05/21/2026

🎓 Congratulations, Graduates! 🎓

We are so incredibly proud of all your hard work, dedication, and achievements. Your future is so bright! ✨

The celebration isn't over just yet! We hope you love looking through these additional photos from our celebration picnic. Tag your friends, share your favorite moments, and relive the fun! 🧺🍔☀️

🎓 A massive congratulations to all of our incredible Biochemistry graduates! 🌟To top off an incredible graduation weeken...
05/19/2026

🎓 A massive congratulations to all of our incredible Biochemistry graduates! 🌟To top off an incredible graduation weekend, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands paused for a photo with some of the constituent representatives to the Board of Visitors!

📸 Pictured (Left to Right):

Dr. Justin Lemkul (Faculty Representative)

Katie Gregg (Graduate Student Representative)

President Tim Sands

Dr. Marlena Lester (A/P Faculty Representative)

Amber Hagan (Staff Representative)

Thomas Feely (Undergraduate Student Representative)

Here’s to the next chapter, Hokies! Keep inventing the future! 🦃✨

Enzymes are incredible tools for biotechnology, but they have a major vulnerability: many quickly lose activity and brea...
05/19/2026

Enzymes are incredible tools for biotechnology, but they have a major vulnerability: many quickly lose activity and break down under acidic conditions. 🛡️🧪
In a new study published in Nanoscale, Dr. Wei Sun and the research team dive deep into how nanoscale polymer coatings can protect these vital biocatalysts.
The key takeaway? Simply making protective films thicker isn’t enough. Instead, the team discovered that the local charge density inside the material plays a major role in shielding enzymes from acid damage.
By understanding these exact design features, we can build more robust biotech systems—unlocking more resilient enzyme-based technologies for:
🔬 Biosensors
🏭 Biomanufacturing
🩺 Diagnostics
🌱 Sustainable biotechnology

Read the full publication here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/nr/d5nr05409e

Caps off to the Class of 2026! 🎓✨We hope all of our incredible Hokie graduates had a truly terrific graduation weekend, ...
05/18/2026

Caps off to the Class of 2026! 🎓✨

We hope all of our incredible Hokie graduates had a truly terrific graduation weekend, celebrating all of their hard work and amazing achievements. We are so incredibly proud of everything you’ve accomplished!

Stay tuned: We had a wonderful time celebrating together, and we will be sharing more photos from our Biochemistry graduation picnic over the next week!

🎓 Graduation Celebration Content with a Cause! 💙When the celebrations wrap up, the giving back begins! A huge shoutout t...
05/15/2026

🎓 Graduation Celebration Content with a Cause! 💙

When the celebrations wrap up, the giving back begins! A huge shoutout to biochemistry grad student Raksh*tha Hosahalli, who came up with the fantastic idea to donate the delicious leftover food from the graduation celebration to the Women's Resource Center.

Staff member Emily Simpson delivered the donation to ensure it got to where it was needed most. 📸 Pictured here: Kelly McCoy-Meade (right) and Eli Brown (left) gratefully accepting the delivery.

We love seeing our department, grads, and staff team up to support the community. Congratulations again, Raksh*tha, and thank you to everyone involved for turning a celebration into an opportunity to give back! 🥳✨

Let's GO HOKIES!!

🥳Our graduation celebration brought together faculty, staff, graduates, and their families for an afternoon of awards, g...
05/15/2026

🥳Our graduation celebration brought together faculty, staff, graduates, and their families for an afternoon of awards, great food, and fun. It was a wonderful opportunity to honor the academic excellence, research contributions, and dedication of our students.

A huge thank you to the families who have supported these students along the way, and to everyone who helped make this celebration a success. We cannot wait to see the impact our new alumni will make in the scientific community and beyond! 🔬🚀

LETS GO HOKIES!!

Big things are happening in the Department of Biochemistry!👏🥳We are thrilled to celebrate the incredible achievements of...
05/14/2026

Big things are happening in the Department of Biochemistry!👏🥳

We are thrilled to celebrate the incredible achievements of our Class of 2026 and our dedicated graduate students. These scholars have demonstrated excellence across research, academics, and leadership.

We are so proud of the hard work and passion these students bring to our community every day. Please join us in congratulating all of our winners! 🎉✨

LETS GO HOKIES!!

🥳Well done, Helle Aronson, for successfully defending her Master’s Thesis today, May 13th! 🎓Helle presented her impressi...
05/14/2026

🥳Well done, Helle Aronson, for successfully defending her Master’s Thesis today, May 13th! 🎓

Helle presented her impressive research on the thermal biology of Aedes and Culex mosquitoes. It’s been inspiring to students and the department to see her hard work culminate in such a strong defense. Such important work for understanding disease vectors!

A big shoutout to her advisor, Dr. Chloé Lahondère. Well done, Helle! 🦟🌡️

LETS GO HOKIES!!!

🥳Celebrating Excellence: Biochemistry Class of 2026! 🧬✨We are proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our stu...
05/13/2026

🥳Celebrating Excellence: Biochemistry Class of 2026! 🧬✨
We are proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our students in the Department of Biochemistry. Their dedication to academic excellence and scientific discovery is truly inspiring.

Join us in congratulating this year's award and scholarship recipients:👏
• James Lewis Howe Award: Leela Ohri
• Ann & John Hess Education Fund: Delaney Prescott
• William E. Newton Scholarship: Jordan Rhodes
• Thomas O. Sitz Scholarship: Gabrael McKnight
• William Burns Downey Memorial Scholarship: Elizabeth Blay and Austin Elliott
• Kendall W. King Memorial Award: Lia Nhan
• Bruce and Connie Anderson Scholarship: Austin Elliott and Kristupas Vorobjovas
• R.W. and Frances H. Engel Scholarship: Austin Elliott, Camryn Hardin, Delaney Prescott, and Katrina Ren

Congratulations to all our winners! We can't wait to see the incredible impact you will continue to make in the world of science. 😎

Huge congratulations to our incredible student researchers in the Department of Biochemistry! 🧬✨ We are so proud to cele...
05/13/2026

Huge congratulations to our incredible student researchers in the Department of Biochemistry! 🧬✨ We are so proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our Class of 2026 award winners.

Please join us in recognizing these students for their dedication to Biochemistry Exemplary Undergraduate Research:
Class of 2025
• Gabrael McKnight
• Madi McMaster
• Camille Porter
• Brenna Bell
• Paige Bilski
• Anna Grace Johnsson
• Anastazja Kiselka
• Audrey Prendergast
• Paige Roach
• Berit Smith

Your hard work in the lab and commitment to scientific discovery are truly inspiring. We can't wait to see what you all achieve next! 🔬👏

LETS GO HOKIES !!!

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