Research in biophysics and structural biology is carried out by a wide range of groups throughout the department, including fundamental statistical mechanics and bioinformatics theory, single-molecule spectroscopies and scanning tunneling/atomic force microscopies, high resolution X-ray and high-field NMR, physical aspects of viral infectivity, and force generation by motor proteins. Exceptionally, the large majority of our faculty in this area are involved in active collaborations with no fewer than several others, regularly dissolving the classical dividing lines between theory and experiment, physical and biochemical, in vitro and in vivo.
In addition, the work of the biophysics/structural biology group is enhanced significantly by state-of-the-art resources of the California NanoSystems Institute -- in particular, advanced light microscopy/spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction/imaging, and nano/pico characterization core facilities -- and the UCLA DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, providing unique databases and software for analysis and prediction of protein structure and function.
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