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Graduate Program Biochemistry & Structural Biology

The Graduate Program Biochemistry & Structural Biology federates and coordinates the Master's degrees, doctoral schools and research teams at the University of Paris-Saclay in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics for the exploration of biological macromolecules, from the molecular and multi-molecular scales to their functions and interactions, as well as their integration into the cellular environment.

Keywords (alphabetical order): Advanced Spectroscopy; Architecture; Bioactive compounds; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Biochemistry; Chemistry and Physics for Life Sciences; Cell Environment; Complexes; Crystallography ; Directed Evolution; DNA; Enzymes; Imaging; Interactomes; Macromolecular assemblies; Modeling; Molecular Interactions; Optics; Proteomics; Probes; Structural biology; RNA; Viruses.

The Engineering and Chemistry of Biomolecules course offers high-level training, centred on the study of living organisms at the molecular level, for students who have validated a bachelor's degree at the Chemistry-Biology interface. This course includes in-depth teaching, updated according to scientific advances in these two fields, in the following disciplines: biochemistry of macromolecules, structural biology, proteomics, biotechnology, structural bioinformatics, bio-organic chemistry, structural and separative analysis techniques, strategies and tools for organic and organometallic synthesis, organic functionalisations, synthesis of organic molecules from living organisms, biophysics of radiation-macromolecule interactions. 

Research Forces of the Graduate Program  Biochemistry & Structural Biology :

  • More than 20 Research Laboratories
  • More than 80 research teams or platforms
  • SOLEIL : The French synchrotron radiation center, both a multidisciplinary instrumentation and a research laboratory

Details of the Research Teams

The Teaching-Research-Innovation strengths of this Graduate Program are particularly involved in the following interdisciplinary initiatives:

  • LivingMachines@Work (Understanding the fundamental molecular mechanisms of life, innovating in Health and Biotechnology)
  • MICROBES (Center for Interdisciplinary Microbial Sciences @Paris-Saclay)
  • ISIT (Institute for Research in Health and Therapeutic Innovation)
  • Multidyn (Multi-Spatial and Multi-Time Scale Charge and Energy Transfers in Molecular Systems - From Fundamental Concepts to Applications and Innovation)
  • Bioprobes (Combining Physics and Chemistry to Explore the Living World)