Interested in applying your
quantitative problem solving skills to biomedical
research?
The Structural Biology and
Biophysics Training Program provides an entry point to
graduate education in the areas of Structural Biology,
Molecular Biophysics, and Cellular Biophysics. Research
programs in these areas are present in the Departments
of Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and Physiology &
Biophysics.
Structural Biology
is concerned with the molecular structure of biological
macromolecules or macromolecular complexes that carry
out most of the vital functions of cells. Structure
determination is achieved with methods such as X-ray
and neutron crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR), ultra fast laser spectroscopy, (cryo-) electron
microscopy (EM/cryo-EM), as well as computational
modeling.
Molecular
biophysics seeks to understand biomolecular
systems and explain biological function in terms of
molecular structure, structural organization, and
dynamic behavior at various levels of complexity, using
methods such as amide-hydrogen exchange, or chemical
footprinting in conjunction with mass spectrometry and
computational modeling.
Cellular Biophysics
uses quantitative physical/physical-chemical concepts
and methods as well as mathematical modeling to study
the dynamics of membrane and cellular functions, for
example, with patch-clamp electrophysiology or live
cell light imaging.
Follow this link to learn more about
the SBB Training Program
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