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Browse By Research Area Analytical Chemistry Biophysics Catalysis Chemical Biology Energy Inorganic Chemistry Materials Organic Chemistry Organometallics Physical Chemistry Theoretical Chemistry Our research illuminates new physical tools to better...

Biophysics

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Our research illuminates new physical tools to better understand biological systems. One recent CCB discovery grants the ability to directly observe gene expression in live cells. We also investigate the interaction of proteins and nucleic acids, the...

Constance Kraay wins Undergraduate Poster Award Competition

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CCB undergraduate Constance Kraay, a member of the Shakhnovich Lab, is one of the 6 winners of the annual Undergraduate Poster Award Competition (UPAC), who recognized at the 67 th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on February 20, 2023...

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Chemical research at CCB is highly interdisciplinary, mirroring the increasing importance of molecular understanding in many fields of science. Our research is innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary by nature. Faculty, postdoctoral scholars...

Q Journals

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Title Holdings Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics v.1(1968)-v.41(2008)- Quarterly Reviews - Chemical Society Continued by: Chemical Society Reviews v.1(1947)-v.25(1971)

Amy Gilson Defense

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Dynamics of protein evolution within complex biophysical constraints

Vaibhav Mohanty wins DBIO Early Career Prize Session, First Place

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Vaibhav Mohanty ( Shakhnovich Lab) has placed first among graduate students in the American Physical Society's Division of Biological Physics (DBIO) Early Career Prize Session. Mohanty's talk, “Principles of Biophysical Fitness Landscape Design ” had been...

Markus Deserno

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Professor Markus Deserno, Carnegie Mellon University. "The biophysics of lipid membrandes: elasticity meets geometry and biology." Greater Boston Theoretical Chemistry Lecture.Abstract: All living cells have a barrier that separates them from their...

Xiaowei Zhuang

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Laboratory Manager/Administrator: Rona Gertner

 

Xiaowei Zhuang works in the areas of single-molecule biology and bioimaging, developing imaging techniques to study biological systems quantitatively. The understanding of living organisms has greatly...

Professor Taekjip Ha (Harvard University)

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Title: From single molecules to cellular decision making: connecting the scales using mechanical force Abstract: In this lecture, I will describe our e^ort to understand how the mechanical responses of single molecules contribute to important cell fate...

Sunney Xie joins the National Academy of Medicine

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Congratulations to Professor Sunney Xie, just elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Membership is a recognition of his outstanding professional achievements in biophysical chemistry and commitment to service in the fields of health and medicine...

Eli Lilly Symposium

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Dr. Marijean Eggen, Eli Lilly & Co. Fragment Based Drug Discovery, Chemical Diversity and Biophysics Technology’s Influence on Ligand Identification. Professor Michael Krische, University of Texas. Formation of C-C Bonds via Catalytic Hydrogenation and...