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Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology

In recognition of the extraordinary challenges and new opportunities in biological research, UCSF has created an umbrella that brings together three programs focused on applying physical, mathematical, and systems approaches to biological problems. The new Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology (iPQB) establishes an innovative common core curriculum drawn from the PhD curricula in Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Complex Biological Systems. The goal of iPQB is to train students to be simultaneously conversant in the languages of biology, physics, and mathematics. It prepares them to tackle the most challenging problems in understanding cellular structure and function in molecular detail.

iPQB combines a remarkably rich and collaborative environment with beautiful, new facilities to provide an ideal opportunity for training students at the interface of the physical and life sciences. iPQB is designed to equally accommodate students who have a broad range of backgrounds from pure mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science to biology, biochemistry, and cell biology. The program includes more than 50 faculty members from six different departments, with more quantitative faculty members being actively recruited. About 95 students are currently enrolled in the program.

The Graduate Group in Bioinformatics is supported by an NIH training grant.

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