BIOPHYSICS and BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

gp120 envelope glycoprotein from AIDS virsu (red) with human CD4 receptor (yellow) and a neutralizing antibody (blue);  courtesy of Wayne Hendrickson and Peter Kwong [Nature 393 p648 (1998)]

COURSES AND SEMINARS:

• G4250:   Molecular Biophysics
• G4170:   Biophysical Chemistry
• G6270:   NMR Spectroscopy
• G6275:   Diffraction Analysis
• G4024:   Nucleic Acids
• G6045:   Membrane Receptors

• Seminars:  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
• Seminars: Chemistry Department
• Seminars: Biological Sciences

TRAINING PROGRAM:

FACULTY AND RESEARCH:

• Bruce Berne New Methodologies for Modeling Biomolecules
• Harmen Bussemaker Computional Modeling of Gene Regulatory Networks
• Virginia Cornish Design and Evolution of New Enzymes
• Julio Fernandez Single Molecule Mechanics and Engineering
• Joachim Frank Cryo-EM Studies of Translation and Translational Regulation
• Richard Friesner Computational Methods
• Eric Greene Single Molecule Imaging of Protein-DNA Interactions
• Ruben Gonzales Single Molecule Spectroscopy of the Ribosome
• Wayne Hendrickson Structural Biology of Macromolecules
• Barry Honig Computational Studies of Biological Macromolecules
• John Hunt Structural Biology of Membrane Transport
• Arthur Karlin Membrane Receptors and Ion Channels
• Laura Kaufman Properties of Crowded and Frustrated Systems
• Ann McDermott Enzyme Structure and Function by SSNMR
• Arthur G. Palmer NMR Investigations of Protein Structure and Dynamics
• Lawrence Shapiro Structural Biology of Neuronal Cell Adhesion and Patterning
• Michael Sheetz Cell Motility, Motor Molecules, Integrin-Cytoskeleton Interactions
• Brent Stockwell Probing Cell Death Mechanisms Using Small Molecules
• Liang Tong Structural Studies of Enzymes of Medical/Biochemical Importance
• Jian Yang Structure, Function, Regulation and Cell Biology of Ion Channels
• Raphael Yuste Biophysics of Dendritic Spines

APPLICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Students interested in entering this Ph. D. program should apply to one of the participating departments and indicate an interest in the subfield of biophysics.  Students entering this program will have the opportunity to perform rotations or doctoral research with any member of the biophysics faculty.

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