Molecular structure - the use of physical techniques, including X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance, to elucidate the structure of biomolecules.
Elective courses: BIOL 102b, BCHM 171b, BIOL 104a, BIOL126b, BCHM 104b*.
Single molecule biophysics - the study of biological processes on the single molecule scale, such as enzyme function, ion transport through membranes, protein folding, molecular motors.Elective courses: CHEM 146a, BIOL 25a, BCHM 101a*.
Modeling of biological structure and function - the development and analysis of mathematical models for elucidating biological structure and function.Elective courses: QBIO 110a, CHEM 144a, PHYS 105a, NPHY 115a, NBIO 136b.
Systems and networks - study of topics including bioinformatics, neural networks, and networks of genes and proteins.Elective courses: BCHM 170b, NBIO 140b.
(*Required prerequisites for this course are not included in the core curriculum.)