Molecular Biophysics is a broad, interdisciplinary program at U C Berkeley that draws students, faculty and courses from several departments on campus. The program offers the opportunity for students to work across disciplines, both with respect to their undergraduate training, and in their research projects. Since the course of study is flexible students can strengthen their background in fields other than their initial training. More and more students also end up working with more than one lab to accomplish their research, taking advantage of collaborations to provide access to expertise and equipment necessary to work at interfaces between disciplines. 
    
    Molecular Biophysics does not admit students directly to the program, but rather acts to pull together students who are admitted to any department that has research programs in the molecular biophysics area. The three graduate programs that provide most of the students in the molecular biophysics program are:

      The Biophysics Graduate Group (entering students may have backgrounds in physics or other physical
    sciences  with interest in biology – but many different undergrad majors are represented in the program).
    General information about the group can be found on the web at:    biophysics.berkeley.edu
    with admissions information at:   biophysics.berkeley.edu/admission.php

      The Department of Chemistry (most entering students are Chemistry majors – though a few have other
    undergrad majors). General information about the department can be found at:  chemistry.berkeley.edu     
    and admissions information at chem.berkeley.edu/grad_info/index.html

      The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (most entering students come in with various Biology
    related majors). General information about the department can be found at   mcb.berkeley.edu
    and admissions information at:   mcb.berkeley.edu/grad/admission.html
   
      A few additional students come in through Physics (www.physics.berkeley.edu). A new program in
    Bioengineering (bioeng.berkeley.edu) is another growing area that overlaps with Molecular Biophysics.


The Molecular Biophysics program, and the University as a whole are strongly committed to
maintaining a diverse student population. Students are of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Minority undergraduate students interested in summer programs might want to look at the Berkeley Edge Program
or the Summer Research Opportunities Program.

 
 
 

Faculty	Email	Web Site
Tom Alber	tom at alber.berkeley.edu	http://ucxray.berkeley.edu
Adam Arkin	aparkin at lbl.gov	http://gobi.lbl.gov/~aparkin/index.html
James Berger	jmberger at uclink4.berkeley.edu	http://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/berger/
Carolyn Bertozzi	bertozzi at cchem.berkeley.edu	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~crbgrp
Steven Brenner	brenner at compbio.berkeley.edu	http://compbio.berkeley.edu//
Carlos Bustamante	carlos at alice.berkeley.edu	http://alice.berkeley.edu
Jamie Cate	jcate at lbl.gov	http://lanai.lbl.gov/Homepage
Jennifer Doudna	doudna at uclink.berkeley.edu	http://rna.berkeley.edu
Jay Groves	jtgroves at lbl.gov	http://groveslab.cchem.berkeley.edu/
Ehud Isacoff	ehud at calmail.berkeley.edu	http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/NEU/isacoffe.html
Jay Keasling	keasling at berkeley.edu	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/jdkgrp/
Sung-Hou Kim	shkim at lbl.gov	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~shkgrp/
Judith Klinman	klinman at socrates.berkeley.edu	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~jukgrp/index.html
Brian Krantz	bakrantz at berkeley.edu	http://chem.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/krantz/krantz.html/
John Kuriyan	kuriyan at berkeley.edu	http://jkweb.berkeley.edu/
Jan Liphardt	liphardt at physics.berkeley.edu	http://www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/liphardt/index.shtml
Michael Marletta	marletta at berkeley.edu	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/mmargrp/
Susan Marqusee	marqusee at zebra.berkeley.edu	http://zebra.berkeley.edu
Rich Mathies	rich at zinc.cchem.berkeley.edu	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~ramgrp
Eva Nogales	enogales at lbl.gov	http://cryoem.berkeley.edu
David Wemmer	dewemmer at lbl.gov	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~wemmer/Home.html
Evan Williams	williams at cchem.berkeley.edu	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~erwgrp
Haw Yang	hawyang at berkeley.edu	http://picasso.cchem.berkeley.edu/