I am currently looking into membrane biophysics

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The discussion centers on the exploration of membrane biophysics as a research area, particularly for undergraduate and graduate studies. Participants emphasize the distinction between biophysics and biochemistry, highlighting that biophysics employs different methodologies and questions. Notable institutions mentioned for biophysics programs include the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), University of Washington (UW), California Institute of Technology (CIT), University of British Columbia (UBC), Princeton University, and Harvard University. The conversation encourages aspiring biophysicists to consider interdisciplinary approaches, especially in theoretical and computational chemistry.

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I am currently looking into membrane biophysics as an area of research, and I will start doing some undergraduate research with one of my professors in his biophysic's labs. But I am curious how is the theory end of Biophysics looking, particularly for graduate programs. I have bumped into a couple, but most look more like theory driven biochemistry rather than biophysics.

Any advice for an aspiring Biophysicist? How about a Theortical Biophysicist?

Or am I just going to have to be a particle physicist...:rolleyes:
 
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Check out the http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/" group at UIUC if you haven't already.
 
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Cool stuff, thanks I was looking for a grad program just like that.

But I don't want to put all of my eggs in one basket. Anyone else know of some good ones (I know UW has a program, as does CIT, and I think UBC had one too)?
 
biophysics? is it like biochem but more physics oriented?
 
posted by Ki Man: biophysics? is it like biochem but more physics oriented?

I think this website sums up biophysics pretty well: http://www.biophysics.org/education/"

I want to stress this: IT IS NOT BIOCHEMISTRY! Biophysics asks different questions than biochemistry does, and our techniques are different when approaching similar questions.

Still its pretty cool stuff.
 
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While not strictly biophysics, try looking into various chemistry departments, especially those strong in theoretical/physical - a lot of computational chemists are interested in modeling biological systems.
 
Off the top of my head, I know Princeton has a number of theoretical biological physicists. These people were trained as theoretical physicists in the traditional sense. They are both in the physics department and the molecular bio department. Harvard systems biology department (naturally) also has quite a few such individuals. Really, a lot of the top physics departments now have physicists working on biological problems.
 
Cool! Thanks for the heads up, I am going to start looking into those starting now.
 
UC San Diego has a biophysics program, too.
 

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