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
• G6275:    X-Ray Diffraction
• G4024:    Nucleic Acids
• G6045:    Membrane Receptors
• Molecular Biophysics Seminar Series
• Seminars:  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
• Seminars: Chemistry Department
• Seminars: Biological Sciences

FACULTY AND RESEARCH:

• Bruce Berne New Methodologies for Modeling Biomolecules
• Virginia Cornish   Design and Evolution of New Enzymes
• Rich Friesner Computational Methods
• Eric Gouaux  Structural Studies of Membrane Proteins
• Wayne Hendrickson Structural Biology of Macromolecules
• Barry Honig  Computational Studies of Biological Macromolecules
• John Hunt  Structural Biology and Membrane Transport
• Arthur Karlin Structure and Function of Membrane Receptors
• Koji Nakanishi   Bio-Organic Chemistry of Natural Products
• Ann McDermott  Enzyme Structure and Function by SSNMR
• Arthur G. Palmer NMR Investigations of Protein Structure and Dynamics
• Anna Marie Pyle RNA Folding and Tertiary Structure
• Burkhard Rost Bioinformatics: Protein Structure Function Prediction
• Jim Thomas Fluorescence Studies of Membrane-Polymer Interactions
• Liang Tong Structural Studies of Signal Transduction
• Carey Waldburger  Mechanism of Bacterial Signal Transduction
• Jian Yang  Ion Channel Structure and Function
• Raphael Yuste Two-Photon Imaging of Neurons

   APPLICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics :

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Department of Biological Sciences :

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Department of Chemistry :

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Students interested in entering this Ph. D. program in the fall of 1999 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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