The Biochemistry Graduate Student Association at Virginia Tech was founded in 2017. We are affiliated with the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Research Group, and the Department of Biochemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. We strive to promote communication between graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members, and to foster academic freedom and professional development of biochemistry graduate students through sponsoring recruitment or orientation activities for new students, awarding travel grants for Biochemistry graduate students, directing the student journal club, maintaining the peer mentoring program, and creating a cohesive and fulfilling social experience for graduate students.