Michigan Molecular Biophysics Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：密歇根大学建议继续进行分子生物物理学的博士前培训，每年支持10名博士生，他们将成为分子生物物理学项目约25名学生的一部分。课程要求很高，旨在培养从事生物学、化学和物理学交叉研究的科学家，并吸引化学、物理和物理生物化学学士学位的准备充分的本科生。分子生物物理学是一门独特的课程，对教学和研究阶段的培训有特殊的要求。该计划植根于现有的生物物理学博士课程，通过开发广泛的跨学科课程，提供四个学科的博士学位：生物物理学，生物化学，化学和物理学。培训教师包括物理生化学家、化学家、物理学家和其他研究生物大分子的结构、功能和相互作用的人员。教师来自生物化学系、生物学系、化学系、微生物系、药剂学系、物理系、电子工程系和药理学系。该学院的基本承诺是基于定量物理技术应用的问题导向研究。目的是让学生利用先进的仪器，包括最先进的核磁共振光谱、x射线吸收和衍射、超快速光谱、单分子光谱和现代计算设备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Michigan proposes to continue pre-doctoral training in Molecular Biophysics, in each year supporting 10 Ph.D. students who will be part of a selected cohort of approximately 25 students in the Molecular Biophysics Program. The curriculum is a demanding one, intended to train scientists who will conduct research at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics, and to attract well-prepared undergraduates with bachelor's degrees in chemistry, physics, and physical biochemistry. Molecular Biophysics is a distinctive program with particular requirements for the didactic and research phases of training. The Program has its root in the existing Ph.D. program in Biophysics, by has developed a broad interdisciplinary curriculum that offers Ph.D. degrees in four disciplines: Biophysics, Biological Chemistry, Chemistry, and Physics. The training faculty comprises physical biochemists, chemists, physicists, and others whose research focuses on the structure, functions, and interactions of bio-macromolecules. The faculty are drawn from the departments of Biological Chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Pharmacology. A basic commitment of this faculty is to problem-oriented research that relies on applications of quantitative physical techniques. It is intended that students exploit sophisticated instrumentation, including state-of-the-art facilities for NMR spectroscopy, x-ray absorption and diffraction, ultra-fast spectroscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy, and modern computation.