Chemical Biology

Training in chemical biology at MIT enables graduate students to address problems that transcend the traditional boundaries of chemistry and biology. Chemical biologists interrogate molecular processes that occur in human, plant, and microbial cells, as well as in viruses and animals.

Two graduate students examine cells on a computer

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