Graduate Education
in Systems Biology
Meet Our Students

Read profiles of our PhD students to learn about their experience and research.
The Columbia University Department of Systems Biology invites applications from students interested in pursuing careers at the frontiers of modern biology. You will learn to apply powerful, multidisciplinary approaches and address critical biological questions from the perspective of complex genomic and molecular systems.
PhD education at Columbia stresses the importance of high-throughput experimentation, quantitative analysis of large biological data sets, and innovative technology development. Whether your primary interest is in experimental or computational research in systems biology, the experience you gain will prepare you to participate in cutting-edge science that integrates the two.
This year’s application deadline is December 1, 2024.
News

Milan Stojanovic, PhD will receive $986,376 over four years for a subaward from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for "Comprehensive, Real Time Monitoring of the Accumulation and Clearance of Small Molecules in Kidney Disease."

Cancer researcher Cory Abate-Shen has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.