Research Focus:
The curriculum prepares students for research careers in structural biology, molecular biophysics, or computational biology. Research opportunities are available in a broad range of areas including:
Alzheimer’s disease and protein folding disorders
Genome maintenance and cancer
Mechanistic enzymology
Membrane protein structure and function
Molecular toxicology
Viral and bacterial pathogenesis
Computational biology and structure-based design
Cryo-electron microscopy
EPR Spectroscopy
Fluorescence
NMR spectroscopy and solution scattering
Super-resolution microscopy
X-ray crystallography
Example of Coursework:
Advanced Membrane Protein Biology: From Molecule to Disease
Basic Biological Microscopy
Biochemistry: Basis of Biological Processes
Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy
Biomolecular Physics
Biomolecular X-Ray Crystallography
Computational Structural Biochemistry
DNA Structure and Topology
Drug Design and Development
Graduate Seminar in Molecular Biophysics
Introduction to Structural Biology
Introduction to Modern Biological Microscopy
Medical Chemistry
Molecular Modeling Methods
Molecular Structure and Function
Protein-Protein Interactions Make Cells Go Round
Quantum Chemistry
Receptor Theory and Enzyme Kinetics
Spectroscopy