Doctor's degree Biochemistry - Stanford University

Doctor's degree Biochemistry from Stanford University is a Campus Ph.D Chemistry degree that prepares you for a Science career. The future of Biochemistry is to understand how molecules direct all cellular processes, from gene expression to cellular organization to tissue formation and organogenesis. This begins with an understanding of how proteins fold and how enzymes work. But cells are not bags of enzymes; rather, biochemical processes are compartmentalized. For example, signal transduction involves signaling complexes held together by scaffolds, anchors and adaptor proteins. These macromolecular assemblies must be studied in a functional sense to fully understand cell regulation. Biochemical processes are also ordered in relation to the three dimensional organization of a cell. How do cells achieve their polarity, and what molecular constituents drive their ordered division? Now that we can analyze the expression of entire genomes in a single experiment, what kinds of questions can we ask that could never have been asked before? Students in our department are given opportunities to investigate the biochemical and structural basis of molecular, cellular and developmental processes in a variety of organisms ranging from bacteria to mammalian cells. Ongoing research includes studies of protein folding and catalysis by protein enzymes and ribozymes; DNA replication and recombination; gene regulation; cell motility and molecular motors; protein targeting and transport in the cell; cell adhesion and recognition; intercellular signaling; methods of isolating, and analyzing and altering genes and entire genomes. View more details on Stanford University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Chemistry courses.