生物化学和结构生物学研究生课程强调解决复杂生物问题的生物化学，结构和计算方法。提供广泛的研究领域的培训，从而获得博士学位。学位。生物化学和结构生物学的研究包括蛋白质和核酸的结构功能研究，基因表达的分子基础，酶作用的化学基础以及膜和碳水化合物的生物化学。结构生物学的目的是通过核磁共振（NMR）光谱学和X射线衍射等实验技术来获得生物大分子和分子复合物的高分辨率结构，以便在分子和原子水平上提供生物学观点。高分辨率结构与生化研究相结合，是理解酶催化，细胞信号传导和转运，基因表达和调控以及许多其他细胞过程的蓝图。仪
The Biochemistry and Structural Biology Graduate Program stresses biochemical, structural, and computational approaches to solving complex biological problems. Training is offered in a broad range of research areas leading to the Ph.D. degree. Research in biochemistry and structural biology includes structure-function studies of proteins and nucleic acids, the molecular basis of gene expression, the chemical basis of enzyme action, as well as membrane and carbohydrate biochemistry. The aim of structural biology is to obtain high-resolution structures of biological macromolecules and molecular complexes through experimental techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction in order to provide a view of biology at the molecular and atomic levels. High-resolution structures combined with biochemical studies represent the blueprints for understanding enzyme catalysis, cell signaling and transport, gene expression and regulation, and numerous other cellular processes. Advances in instrumentation and computational analysis have laid the groundwork for structure determination of proteins discovered through genome sequencing efforts and have opened up structural studies on membrane proteins and large complexes of proteins and nucleic acids.