Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry
www.hopkinsmedicine.org › institute_basicDepartment of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry. The researchers in the Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry address fundamental biological problems at a mechanistic level, using cutting-edge tools including cryo-electron microscopy , X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR, single molecule studies and computer modeling. Current areas of research include DNA replication and repair, chromatin dynamics, transcriptional regulation, translation, cell division, ...