Research at the Chemistry/Biology interface pervades the fields of biomedicine, cell and developmental biology, bioimaging, structural biology, enzymology, and synthetic biology. These areas of investigation are well represented at MIT, where a common theme is the application of rigorous physical and chemical methods to the molecular dissection of biological pathways, reactions, and circuitry. It is critical that graduate students, while trained in increasingly sophisticated methods, still communicate effectively across disciplines.  In 2008, through NIH* funding, MIT established a Training Program for research at the Chemistry/Biology Interface.  The Chemistry/Biology Interface at MIT provides a training mechanism that maintains academic depth within the core areas of chemistry, physics, biology and engineering, but also provides disciplinary breadth.  The Chemistry/Biology Interface is designed to bring together faculty and students from the Departments of Chemistry, Biology, and Biological Engineering, spanning the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT.  

1. * Please note, the NIH has eligibility requirements stipulating that funded trainees must be US citizens or permanent residents. 
   

Contact: chembiointerface@mit.edu