医学生物物理学哲学博士-结构生物学

研究生培训计划是医学生物物理学系的重要组成部分，其历史可以追溯到50年前，它起源于安大略省癌症研究所的癌症研究。该系提供硕士（MSc）和博士学位级别的跨学科研究型研究生课程。MSc程序是常见的切入点，但重点是PhD程序。该课程旨在拓宽所有学生的学习背景，其中大多数人具有生命科学或物理科学的本科背景。<br> <br>我们的许多研究人员正在研究蛋白质及其复合物的结构和生化特性它们形成，以帮助我们更好地了解这些蛋白质如何促进生物过程。结构生物学结合了分子生物学，生物化学和生物物理学的技术，阐明了生物大分子的三
The Department of Medical Biophysics is an interdisciplinary department with a strong history of excellence and discovery in cancer research, treatment, and beyond. Located primarily at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and SickKids Research Institute, the department offers research training leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The multidisciplinary program in cancer research and broader biomedical research cuts across the conventional boundaries of biology, physics, translational medicine and engineering to deliver a modern, advanced academic curriculum and world-class research training.<br>In this specialization within our PhD program, students complete a thesis-based PhD, while completing a structured medical physics course curriculum. The specialized program provides a research-intensive environment that immerses students in clinical technologies pertinent to medical imaging, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy. Cutting edge research involving machine learning, theranostics, and heavy particle therapy are ongoing. Students gain skills to pursue the production of high quality research and develop leadership skills.<br>A number of our researchers are engaged in studying structural and biochemical properties of proteins and the complexes they form, to help us better understand how these proteins contribute to biological processes. Structural biology combines technologies from molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics to elucidate the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules, which ultimately affect their function. Scientists in this area use technologies such as crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to solve structures and gain novel biological insights.