Biochemistry

The Molecular Biosciences Program offers opportunities for research and study in a wide array of state-of-the-art areas of biochemistry. Students can choose to enter one of two graduate programs in biochemistry:

The research training available in over 100 laboratories is focused on uncovering the relationship between the structure and function of biological molecules using an interdisciplinary array of biochemical, genetic and biophysical approaches.

Research topics include:

Protein Structure
Dynamics and Folding
Molecular Mechanisms of Transcription
Replication and Recombination
mRNA Export
Translational Control
mRNA Stability
Protein Degradation
Genetic and Molecular Basis of Signal Transduction
Membrane Protein Structure and Function
Synthesis and Structure of the Extracellular Matrix
Molecular Motors
Structure and Mechanism of Function of Large Molecular Machines.

Resources available to the graduate group include state of the art capabilities in:

Molecular Crystallography
Mass Spectroscopy
Optical and NMR Spectroscopy
Peptide and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Next Generation Computer Facilities

Rutgers University is a major center for studies of macromolecular structure, housing the Protein Data Bank the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics and the Nucleic Acid Database.

For more information about specific foci in biochemistry, search this website using the terms: biochemistry, molecular structure, molecular biology or any of the research topics described above.