RECRUITMENT: Graduate Students

The Institute is initiating a graduate program in Biophysics and Synthetic Biology leading to a Ph.D. in Biophysical Sciences, to begin in Fall 2007. The program, one of ten selected for support by Howard Hughes Medical Institute aims to transcend traditional boundaries and train a new generation of exceptional young scientists versed in both the physical and biological sciences. Applications will be solicited in December 2006.

A precursor to the graduate program in Biophysics and Synthetic Biology that has been available to students seeking participation in interdisciplinary training has been the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Cross-Disciplinary Training Program in Biophysical Dynamics and Biocomplexity (Stephen Kron, MD/PhD and Norbert F. Scherer, PhD, Co-Directors). See the Burroughs Wellcome section for description of the program and its activities, as well as the mentors and research projects of past Fellows.