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The Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) leads to the Doctor of Philosophy degree and has the fundamental goal of providing postgraduate training and education at the interface between the biological and physical sciences and engineering. This goal fits into a larger context of meeting critical needs for trained scientists who can work with interdisciplinary teams to solve important problems in both the public and private sectors. The long-term objectives of the BMSE program are to provide rigorous yet flexible interdisciplinary training in biomolecular science and engineering, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology and biomaterials that cannot readily be accompanied within the narrower context of traditional academic departmental programs. The program accommodates students from a variety of backgrounds in the sciences and engineering with a diversity of career goals. Course requirements for BMSE students are streamlined with the overall emphasis on research training. Students in the program may select an emphasis most congruent with their interests, while completing a common core of courses. Participation in literature and research seminars also is required. During the first year of study, three one-quarter-long research rotations are conducted in faculty laboratories of the student's choice before selecting a dissertation advisor at the end of the first year. Research opportunities are available in a wide selection of laboratories supervised by participating faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Chemical Engineering; Materials; Physics; and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Research projects address important, unsolved problems in fields ranging from macromolecular structure and physical biochemistry, new frontiers in biomolecular engineering and biomaterials to cell biology, genetics, and human disease. Highly individualized programs of instruction also may be undertaken by students after consultation and approval of their research mentor and the Faculty Graduate Advisor. Student Resources |
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