Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics has been established as an interdisciplinary program, at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics, that seeks to understand the basic molecular mechanisms of life..
Welcome to Biology
The Biology program provides each student with the opportunity to pioneer cutting-edge research and to take advanced major and cross-disciplinary course work, providing well-rounded and integrated training in biology, along with specialized instruction in areas of particular interest..
Biochemistry and biophysics, closely-related fields, use tools from different sciences to study life.
Specifically, biochemistry studies the chemical processes and transformations in living organisms, while biophysics applies the theories and methods of physics to questions of biology..
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics research at Caltech offers a broad continuum of approaches to understand the fundamental basis for how protein and RNA molecules function and how their activities are regulated.
Biophysics research at Caltech is broadly interdisciplinary with faculty participants across campus and covers topics that range from molecules to entire ecosystems.
Caltech's physics faculty, researchers, and students are working at the forefront of the fields of theoretical and applied physics, exploring the fundamental laws of nature and applying their insights and discoveries to help us better understand the natural phenomena that exist throughout our universe.
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics graduate option has been established as an interdisciplinary program at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics that seeks to understand the chemistry of life.
