Interdisciplinary Program in Quantitative Bioscience

The Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biosciences Program (IQB) aims to provide training at the interface between Biological and Physical Sciences. This program is designed to educate scientists to work comfortably and creatively across disciplines, becoming leaders and team players in both public and private sectors. The program offers an interdisciplinary Ph.D. with focus on quantitative techniques to describe living systems, covering Biotechnology, Biomaterials, Physical Chemistry and Biophysics. IQB offers two emphases, either Biochemistry & Molecular Biology or Biophysics & Bioengineering. IQB strives to prepare students to become versatile biologists capable of tackling cross-disciplinary challenges. From day one, students engage in an immersive course designed to remove barriers between disciplines. This course trains IQB students representative techniques of Quantitative Biology through a series of hands-on modules. These modules introduce theoretical concepts and applications through research projects. Overall, IQB seeks to push the boundaries of field-specific knowledge by addressing traditional questions from new perspectives.

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