Institute for Quantum Biology ResearchSeptember 02, 2021
NSF announces $25 million institute in Chicago for quantum biology research creating opportunities for research at the interface between quantum science and biology. The center, directed by Professor Greg Engel, will focus on quantum sensing for biophysical science and bioengineering.
PhD DefenseJuly 28, 2021
Congratulations to Alan Selewa who successfully defended his dissertation, Single-cell Genomic Approaches for Interpreting the Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits. Alan was co-advised by Professors Oni Basu and Xin He.
PhD DefenseJuly 16, 2021
Congratulations to Devin Harrison who successfully defended her dissertation, Non-uniform single and sub-cellular glycolysis fuel heterogeneous cell motility. Devin was co-advised by Professors Yun Fang and Jun Huang.
New Assistant ProfessorJune 24, 2021
Congratulations to Josh Riback, recruited from his postdoc at Princeton to a Tenure Track Faculty Postion at Baylor University. Josh has received a Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members Award from The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
USDA Predoctoral FellowshipJune 08, 2021
Jessy Morgan has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the USDA for her research on the interactions between pamps (pathogen-associated molecular patterns) and damps (damage-associated molecular patterns) during the plant immune response. Congratulations Jessy!
Harper Fellowship AwardMay 10, 2021
Vedant Sachdeva has been selected to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year. This fellowship is one of the University of Chicago’s highest honors and is given in recognition of Vedant's record of achievement and professional promise. Congratulations Vedant!
PhD DefenseMay 07, 2021
Congratulations to Matt Reyer, who successfully defended his dissertation,Quantitative Approaches to Study RNA-mediated Gene Regulation. Chris was co-advised by Professors Aaron Dinner and Jingyi Fei.
NIH F31January 13, 2021
Congratulations to Margo MacDonald for receiving an NIH F31 award! Margo is mentored by Professors Margaret Gardel and Melody Swartz, her project title is "Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and the Intersection of the Immune and Biophysical Microenvironments"
2021-2022 David Grier PrizeJanuary 12, 2021
This year’s David Grier Prize for Innovative Research in Biophysical Sciences was awarded to Biophysical Sciences graduate student, Kyle Lin. The prize recognizes new and exciting work done in the lab of any mentor in the Biophysical Sciences Program. Kyle, along with three other finalists, presented his proposal, Pioneering in vitro & in vivo Approaches to Reveal How Immune Cells Transduce Fever, at a mini-symposium in December. Congratulations, Kyle!
The University of Chicago is offering a fundamentally interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Biophysical Sciences.
Our program is unique. Students in the Biophysical Sciences Program select two mentors with disparate expertise from amongst the UChicago faculty and launch an interdisciplinary project between these two research groups. In this way, we enable top students to explore the deep interface between the physical and the biological views of natural science. Our students come from a wide array of undergraduate majors spanning the biological and physical sciences, but all combine a strong interest in biological science (broadly interpreted) with expertise in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and/or Engineering. We provide our students with the research opportunities, training, community, and facilities they need to knit together existing disciplines and to create entirely new fields. Today, our program integrates over 70 faculty members’ laboratory groups across the Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Engineering.
