分子生物物理学和生物化学系的目标是从有机化学和物理化学的角度了解生命过程。这需要进行广泛的研究和教学，涉及分子生物物理学的所有方面（包括结构研究，能量学，分子设计/工程，计算化学和基因组学），以及原核生物，真核生物，分子生物学和遗传学中的重要领域，该频谱与文理学院的物理科学以及医学院的临床前和临床部门都息息相关。确实，该部将自己视为生物科学在地理​​/行政和知识极端之间的桥梁。该系的规模和利益分布旨在使之成为一个实质性桥梁，但又要足够小，以使其成为一个真正具有凝聚力的功能性学术单位。耶鲁大学的分子生物物理
The Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B) department at Yale is designed to prepare students for careers as independent investigators in the broad area of molecular and structural biology. The faculty members have diverse interests and are drawn from several departments, including Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Genetics. Current areas of research include- <br>control of the cell cycle and animal development<br>structure, function, and folding of proteins and nucleic acids<br>catalytic RNAs and RNA processing<br>signal transduction in plants and mammals<br>structural organization of membranes<br>mechanisms of transcription, replication, transposition, and recombination<br>cell motility<br>molecular immunology<br>regulation of metabolism<br>application of advanced computational methods to the study of macromolecules