Overview

Molecular Biophysics at the University of Colorado is a collaborative effort involving students, postdocs and faculty from five departments on the Boulder campus. Participants share a common interest in biological systems, and seek to understand these systems in terms of physical and chemical principles. The breadth of the program arises from over 30 affiliated laboratories in the Departments of

Each of these departments is among the nation's best in its field, both in terms of student and faculty quality. Recognition of their research accomplishments has included three Nobel Prizes in the last 15 years (Chemistry 1989 and two in Physics 2001). Acknowledging these strengths, the National Institutes of Health in 2002 formally established the University of Colorado Molecular Biophysics Training Program as one of its sponsored programs that receives NIH training grant funds. These funds, together with matching funds provided by the University of Colorado, enable our program to award training fellowships annually to selected graduate student participants.

The Molecular Biophysics Training Program is designed to provide students with strong theoretical and experimental foundations in the cross-disciplinary approaches of modern biophysics. The principal goals of the training program include:

This website contains information about the laboratories and departments involved in the program, the sponsored courses and seminars offered, the Graduate Certificate in Molecular Biophysics, and graduate admissions.