Overview
The Biophysics Graduate Group is an independent PhD program at UC Berkeley. The program trains graduate students for careers at the interface of the biological and physical sciences.
Approximately 58 faculty members, spanning over a dozen departments and groups at UC Berkeley, are affiliated with the Biophysics Group. Students can also work with faculty who are outside of the Group.
Many of the tools and methods that drive progress in the biosciences are drawn from the physical and computational sciences. Current trends require that the next generation of scientists acquire expertise in both the biological and physical sciences, with research experience that overlaps traditional academic boundaries. The Biophysics Graduate Group strives to offer that experience to PhD students in the program at Berkeley.
Research within the group is conducted in the broad areas of structural biophysics and protein dynamics, systems neuroscience, molecular microscopy and optical probes, cell signaling and cellular physiology, computational biology and genomics, brain imaging and bioelectronics, and comparative biomechanics.
The Biophysics Graduate Group is a member of the QB3-Berkeley Program in Quantitative Biosciences and is also part of the Division of Biological Sciences .
Undergraduate Program
There is no undergraduate program in Biophysics.
Graduate Program
Biophysics : PhD
Courses
Biophysics
BIOPHY H196 Honors Research in Biophysics 4 Units
Supervised independent honors research on topics specific to biophysics, followed by brief written report and presentation at year-end student research colloquium.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; minimum GPA 3.2; consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 units.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Biophysics/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
BIOPHY 292 Research 3 - 12 Units
Individual research under the supervision of a faculty member.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 10 weeks - 3-12 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Biophysics/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Seminar on presentation and evaluation of results in area of student's individual research interests.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 292
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Biophysics/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series.
Seminar on presentation and evaluation of results in area of student's individual research interests.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 293A, and 292
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Biophysics/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series.
Contact Information
Program Chair
Eva Nogales, PhD (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology)