Biophysics

University of California, Berkeley

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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 60 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 its PhD students.

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

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Courses

Biophysics

BIOPHY H196 Honors Research in Biophysics 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Supervised independent honors research on topics specific to biophysics, followed by brief written report and presentation at year-end student research colloquium.

BIOPHY 292 Research 3 - 12 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 10 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual research under the supervision of a faculty member.

BIOPHY 293A Research Seminar: Faculty Evening Research Presentations (FERPS) and Student Evening Research Presentations (SERPS) 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Seminar on presentation and evaluation of results in area of student's individual research interests.

BIOPHY 293B Research Seminar: Faculty Evening Research Presentations (FERPS) and Student Evening Research Presentations (SERPS) 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Seminar on presentation and evaluation of results in area of student's individual research interests.

Contact Information

Biophysics Graduate Group

574 Stanley Hall

Phone: 510-642-0379

Fax: 510-666-3399

biophysicsgrad@berkeley.edu

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Program Chair

Eva Nogales, PhD (Molecular and Cell Biology)

Phone: 510-642-0557

enogales@lbl.gov

Head Graduate Adviser

Susan Marqusee, MD, PhD (Molecular and Cell Biology)

Phone: 510-642-7678

marqusee@berkeley.edu

Graduate Program Coordinator

Kate Chase

574 Stanley Hall, MC 3220

Phone: 510-642-0379

katechase@berkeley.edu

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