Biophysics

Biophysics at UT Dallas encompasses both computational and experimental approaches to fundamental understanding of the physics of life processes. These efforts enable biosensing, bioimaging, and elucidation of cancer and various disease states. Biomolecules and biological processes of particular interest include DNA, proteins and enzymes, transcription, damage repair, structure/function relationships, altered metabolism and metabolic cofactors, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and NMR contrast agents, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MRI imaging agents. Specific approaches within biophysics research at UTD include hyperpolarized NMR, electrical and electrochemical devices, and computational approaches such as molecular dynamics (MD) and ab initio combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods.