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Welcome to the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP), an NSF* Physics Frontiers Center, located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego as a partnership between UCSD, The Scripps Research Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

The CTBP encompasses a broad spectrum of research and training activities at the forefront of the biology-physics interface; including molecular biophysics, statistical biophysics, and biological dynamics at the cellular/multicellular scale.

Leadership Team

José N. Onuchic, PhD.
Co-Director

Herbert Levine, PhD.
Co-Director

Christopher M. Smith, PhD.
Director - Education & Outreach

Brandi Powell-Espiritu
Executive Director - Administration

2008 CTBP Summer School
Coarse-Grained Physical Modeling of Biological Systems
August 11-15, 2008
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Research Highlights: 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

Friday Seminar Series
5/16/2008 - Henry Abarbanel
UCSD & CTBP
Feedforward and Feedback in the Birdsong System
Journal Club
5/26/2008 - Joe Hegler (Wolynes Lab)

Summer Schools & Workshops

August 11 - 15, 2008

University of California San Diego

CTBP-CSUSM Frontiers in Science Seminars

Fall 2008 - FIS Schedule
Will be posted in August

News

3/3/2008 - CTBP will be co-hosting the Dynamics Days 2009 conference in San Diego, January 8-11, 2009.

2/21/2008 - Professor David Sherrington Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, England "The World of Complexity viewed through Spin Glasses" Garren Auditorium (BSB) Thursday 21 February 2008, 4:00 PM

1/25/2008 - CTBP is currently accepting Discovery Research Internship applications from undergraduate students for the Summer 2009 program. For more information.

Other Biophysics Seminars & Events
5/14/08 - Gene Regulons and Regulatory Networks Involved in Plant Cold Acclimation, Michael Thomaslow, Michigan State University
3:45 pm, Center for Molecular Genetics Conf Room
5/9/08 - Bioinorganic Photochemistry, Harry B. Gray, Professor, Chemistry, CalTech
11 am, 3500 Pacific Hall
4/15/08 - Probing the Substrate Binding Site of Heme Enzymes with Molecular Wires, David Goodin, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla
11 am, 4500 Pacific Hall

*Supported by the National Science Foundation, Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) and the Information Technology Research (ITR) Programs.