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A program that focuses on the application of physics principles to the scientific study the mechanisms of biological processes and assemblies at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in research methods and equipment operation and applications to subjects such as bioenergetics, biophysical theory and modeling, electrophysics, membrane biology, channels, receptors and transporters, contractility and muscle function, protein shaping and folding, molecular and supramolecular structures and assemblies, and computational science.
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| A major in Biophysics is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 27
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Biophysics among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD | 9
(0.6%) |  |  |
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| | University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA | 7
(0.1%) | |  |
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| | Brigham Young University
Provo, UT | 7
(0.1%) |  |  |
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| | Brown University
Providence, RI | 6
(0.4%) | | |
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| | University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA | 5
(0.1%) |  | |
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| | Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI | 4
(1.1%) | | |
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| | Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport, LA | 4
(2.4%) |  | |
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| | Iowa State University
Ames, IA | 4
(0.1%) | | |
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| | University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN | 4
(0.4%) | | |
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| | California State University-Northridge
Northridge, CA | 4
(0.1%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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