Overview

Molecular Biophysics at the University of Colorado is a collaborative effort involving students, postdocs and faculty from four 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 four Nobel Prizes (Cech - Chemistry 1989, Cornell & Wieman - Physics 2001, and Hall - Physics 2005). Acknowledging the strength of the interdepartmental Biophysics community in Boulder, 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, as well as to support an array of courses, seminars, supergroups, career lunches and other activities sponsored by the training program. Note that all interested students, postdocs and faculty are encouraged to participate in the program – even if their funding is from other sources.

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 offerings 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.