Biophysics – the application of techniques born in the physical, mathematical and computing sciences and applied to biological systems – provides a unique view into the biological world. Arguably one of the earliest “interdisciplinary” fields within the biomedical sciences, biophysics has provided countless quantitative and detailed insights into the mechanisms, structures and dynamics of living cells along with their component macromolecules and pathways.
The Molecular Biophysics Program offers students with interests and backgrounds in physics, chemistry and biology the opportunity to train with over 30 faculty conducting vigorous and multifaceted research programs in this exciting field. Using techniques as diverse as protein crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, microscopy, mass spectrometry and computational modeling, these groups seek detailed understandings of a wide variety of biological problems.
Complementing these experimental approaches, we also provide training for students interested in using mathematical and computational modeling techniques to understand biological and biochemical processes via our Computational Biology Training Track under the Molecular Biophysics program.
More information on components of our program, including details of faculty research, courses, and other activities, can be found using the links found to the right of this page. For more information, please contact:
Program Chair: Kevin Gardner, Ph.D.; 214-645-6365; ND8.300DA
Program Administrator: Jo Appleton; 214-645-6364; ND8.300
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The Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program gratefully acknowledges training grant support from the NIH (GM 5T32GM008297-20). |
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