Required Courses

Core MBCS

• BB 570 – Biophysics of cellular processes and molecular function (3 credits)
• BB 582 – Survey and applications of modern biophysical experimental techniques (3 credits)
• BB 683 – Molecular biophysics of complex systems (3 credits)
• BB 699 – Grant proposal and manuscript writing (e.g., prep. for NIH F31 submission) (2 credits)
• ST 511 – Methods of data analysis (3 credits)

Rigor and Reproducibility

• GRAD 520 – Research ethics, misconduct, peer review, mentoring (2 credits)
• GRAD 521 – Research data management: Preservation, documentation and sharing (2 credits)

Cohort-building

• BB 607A – MBCS recent advances in molecular biophysics journal club (taken every year) (1 credit)
• BB 607B – MBCS faculty and invited speaker seminars (taken every year) (1 credit)
• BB 607C – MBCS student research presentations (taken every year) (1 credit)

Elective Courses

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• BB 590 – Biochemistry I: Building blocks of life, protein folding, enzyme kinetics (3 credits)
• BB 591 – Biochemistry II: Regulation pathways, synthesis and metabolism, energetics (3 credits)
• BB 592 – Biochemistry III: Genetics, nucleic acids (DNA/RNA synthesis, processing, repair), protein synthesis and modification (3 credits)
• BB 586 – Advanced molecular genetics and cell biology with focus on modern techniques (3 credits)

Biophysical Methods

• BB 581 – Macromolecular structure of proteins, nucleic acids, and other molecules (3 credits)
• BB 583 – Advanced biochemistry and biophysics capstone (3 credits)
• CH 652 – Molecular spectroscopy (3 credits)
• SCI 551X – Introduction to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) theory (2 credits)
• SCI 552X – Applications of NMR to biological macromolecules (3 credits)

Mathematical and Computational Modeling

• BB 585 – Applied bioinformatics, genome and functional annotations, sequence alignment (3 credits)
• BB 599 – Molecular modeling and computer simulation (3 credits)
• BDS 570 – Introduction to computing in the life sciences (3 credits)
• BDS 572 – Advanced computing for biological data analysis (3 credits)
• CH 553 – Statistical thermodynamics of chemical systems (3 credits)
• MB 668 – Microbial bioinformatics and genome evolution (3 credits)
• MTH 527 – Mathematical modeling of biological systems (3 credits)
• PH 591 – Physical principles of kinetics and dynamics of biological systems (3 credits)
• ST 591 – Introduction to quantitative genomics (3 credits)
• ST 592 – Statistical methods for genomics research (3 credits)