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This is an active list of schools and labs that support graduate study in synthetic biology.

• Boston University
  • Jim Collins, Biomedical Engineering
  • Doug Densmore, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ahmad 'Mo' Khalil, Biomedical Engineering
  • Wilson Wong, Biomedical Engineering

• Caltech
  • Francis Arnold, Chemical Engineering
  • Michael Elowitz, Biology & Applied Physics
  • Richard Murray, Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering

• Duke
  • Lingchong You, Biomedical Engineering
  • Jingdong Tian

• Harvard Medical School
  • George Church, Genetics
  • Pamela Silver, Systems Biology

• MIT
  • Angela Belcher, Biological Engineering & Materials Science
  • Jones-Prather, Chemical Engineering
  • Tom Knight, EECS and CSAIL
  • Timothy Lu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Alexander van Oudenaarden, Physics
  • Chris Voigt

• Princeton
  • Ron Weiss, EECS and Molecular Biology

• Rice University
  • Ph.D. Program in Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology

• Stanford
  • Drew Endy, Biological Engineering
  • Christina Smolke, Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering

• UC Berkeley
  • Adam Arkin, Bioengineering
  • Jay Keasling, Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering

• UC San Francisco
  • Tanja Kortemme
  • Wendell Lim

• UT Austin
  • Andy Ellington
  • Edward Marcotte

• Vanderbilt University
  • Anthony Forster, Pharmacology and Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology

The following links were found here: http://systems-biology-research.blogspot.com/2007/10/where-you-can-study-systems-biology.html

They have not been updated lately. Feel free to make changes as you see fit.

• Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
  • Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg - Biosystems Engineering (Undergraduate Program)

• University of Stuttgart
  • University of Stuttgart - Engineering Cybernetics - Systems Biology research option (Bachelor and Master Program)

• Jacobs University Bremen
  • Jacobs University Bremen - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Undergraduate Program)

• University of Tokyo
  • University of Tokyo - Undergraduate Program for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

• UC Davis
  • UC Davis - Interdisciplinary Minor in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics (Undergraduate Program)

• UCLA
  • UCLA - Computational And Systems Biology - Undergraduate Interdepartmental Program
  • UCLA - Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program - Biocybernetics research option (Master and Doctoral Program)

• Princeton University
  • Princeton University - "Integrated Science" (Undergraduate Program)
  • Princeton University - Undergraduate Certificate in Quantitative and Computational Biology

• Iowa State University
  • Iowa State University - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Undergraduate Program)

• Brown
  • Brown University - Computer Sciences Department - Undergraduate Concentration in Computational Biology

• Cornell
  • Cornell University - Computational Biology Undegraduate Program
  • Tri-Institutional Training Program in Computational Biology and Medicine (Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College And Sloan-Kettering Institute)
  • Cornell University - College of Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Department - Systems Biology research option
  • Cornell University - Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology Graduate Program

• Florida State
  • Florida State University - Undergraduate Program in Computational Biology

• McGill
  • McGill University - Bachelor of Science, Minor in Computational Molecular Biology
  • McGill University - Human Systems Biology Graduate Track
  • McGill University - Physiology PhD Program (Quantitative & Computational Concentration)

• Case Western Reserve
  • Case Western Reserve University - Undergraduate Program in Systems Biology
  • Case Western Reserve University - Complex Systems Biology Center (Graduate Traning Program)

• SUNY Binghamton
  • Binghamton University - Bioengineering Department (Undergraduate and Graduate Program)

• Drexel
  • Drexel University - Center for Integrated Bioinformatics (Bachelor, Master And Doctoral Program)

• UNC Chapel Hill
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

• Johns Hopkins
  • Johns Hopkins University - Biomedical Engineering Program (Bachelor, Master and PhD Program)

• Ghent University
  • Ghent University - Department of Plant Systems Biology

• U Toronto
  • University of Toronto - Department of Cell and Systems Biology

• Freiburg
  • Freiburg Initiative for Systems Biology

• Trento
  • The Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (Master and PhD program)

• Keio University
  • Keio University - Center for Biosciences and Informatics (Master and PhD Program)

• Kyoto University
  • Kyoto University - Department of Molecular and Systems Biology

• Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University - School of Biomedical Science (Master and PhD Program)

• Kanazawa University
  • Kanazawa University (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering) - Bioinfomatics and Robotics - Systems Biology research option (Master Program)
  • Kanazawa University (Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) - Intelligent Systems and Information Mathematics - Systems Biology research option(Doctoral Program)

• Tokyo Tech
  • Tokyo Tech - Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science - Genomic Cybernetics and Synthetic Biology research options (Master and Doctoral Program)

• University of Tokyo
  • The University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Frontier Sciences - Department of Computational Biology
  • The University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Frontier Sciences - Department of Complexity Science and Engineering - Complex Systems Group - Complexity and Active Intelligence research option
  • The University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Frontier Sciences - Department of Frontier Informatics - Evolution and Complex Systems research option

• NAIST
  • NAIST - Graduate School of Information Science - Systems Biology research option

• Osaka University
  • Osaka University - Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
  • Osaka University - Graduate School of Information Science and Technology - Department of Bioinformatic Engineering

• Kyushu University
  • Kyushu University - Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
  • Kyushu Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering - Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics

• Waseda University
  • Waseda University - Graduate School of Science and Engineering - Multidisciplinary Studies - Major in Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering

• Tohoku University
  • Tohoku University - Graduate School of Information Sciences - Intelligent Control Systems research option

• Weizmann Institute
  • Weizmann Institute of Science - Bioinformatics-Biology Track

• KAIST
  • KAIST - Department of Bio and Brain Engineering

• POSTECH
  • POSTECH - Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering

• Universität Rostock
  • Universität Rostock - Computational Engineering - Systems Biology research option (Master of Science Program)

• Technical University of Denmark
  • Technical University of Denmark - Biocentrum - MSc in Systems Biology

• Telemark University Colleg
  • Telemark University College - Systems and Control Engineering Master Program - Systems Biology research option

• Vrije University
  • Vrije University - Systems Biology (Master Program)

• Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam - Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Master Programme

• University of London
  • Birkbeck, University of London - MSc Bioinformatics with Systems Biology

• Chalmers University of Technology And Göteborg University
  • Chalmers University of Technology And Göteborg University - Complex Adaptive Systems (Master Program)
  • Chalmers University of Technology And Göteborg University - Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (Master Program)

• The Royal Institute of Technology
  • KTH (The Royal Institute of Technology) - Master Program in Computational and Systems Biology
  • KTH (The Royal Institute of Technology) - Ph.D. program in Automatic Control - Systems Biology research option

• University of Turku
  • University of Turku - Biological Interactions - Graduate School

• Glasgow University
  • Glasgow University - Department of Computer Sciences - Master Program - Systems Biology and Bioinformatics research option

• University of Birmingham
  • University of Birmingham - MSc Natural Computation - Systems Biology research option

• University College Cork
  • University College Cork - MSc in Applied Science (Computational Systems Biology)

• Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Máster en Bioinformática y Biología Computacional

• Universidad CEU San Pablo
  • Universidad CEU San Pablo - Master on Computational Biotechnology

• University of Ulster
  • University of Ulster - Bioinformatics (Master program)
  • University of Ulster - The System Biology Regional Network - PhD projects on Systems Biology

• Universidad de Navarra
  • Universidad de Navarra - Máster y Doctorado en Ingeniería Biomédica

• UNAM
  • UNAM - Center for Genomic Sciences - Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas - Computational Genomics Program

• SUNY Stony Brook University
  • Stony Brook University - BioSystems Group - research opportunities leading to the Ph.D. degree
  • Stony Brook University - Physiology and Biophysics Graduate program

• ETHZ and the University of Zurich
  • ETHZ and the University of Zurich - Master program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • ETHZ and the University of Zurich - University Research Priority Program Systems Biology / Functional Genomics - PhD projects on Systems Biology
  • ETHZ and the University of Zurich - Life Sciences Zurich Graduate School (PhD Programs)
  • ETHZ - Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering

• Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
  • Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology - Doctoral Training Centre
  • Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre

• Warwick Systems Biology
  • Warwick Systems Biology - Doctoral Training Centre

• University College London
  • University College London - CoMPLEX (PhD Programme)

• Oxford University
  • Oxford University - Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre

• The University of Sheffield
  • The University of Sheffield - Computational Systems Biology Group - PhD Opportunities

• International Research Training Group
  • International Research Training Group (Berlin-Boston-Kyoto) - Genomics and Systems Biology of Molecular Networks

• Max Planck Research School
  • International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing

• Harvard University
  • Harvard University - Department of Systems Biology (PhD Program)

• MIT
  • MIT - Computational and Systems Biology PhD Program

• Princeton
  • Princeton University - Graduate Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology

• UC Irvine
  • UC Irvine - Mathematical, Computational and Systems Biology (Master and Doctoral Program)

• UC Merced
  • UC Merced - Quantitative and Systems Biology (Master and Doctoral Program)

• UCSD
  • UCSD - Systems Biology (Graduate Education and PostDoctoral Training)
  • UCSD, Salk Institute and Scripps Research Institute - Plant Systems Biology PhD Program

• UCSF
  • UCSF - Integrative Program in Complex Biological Systems (Graduate Program)

• CalTech
  • CalTech - Bioengineering Graduate Program - Synthetic and Systems Biology Sub-Option
  • CalTech - Control and Dynamical Systems Graduate Program - Systems Biology research option

• University of Nebraska
  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Plant Systems Biology Graduate Program

• Virginia Tech
  • Virginia Tech - Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology

• Vanderbilt University
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

• University of Chicago
  • University of Chicago - Ph.D. program in Biophysical Sciences - Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology research options

• Emory University
  • Emory University - The Computational and Life Sciences Strategic Initiative

• Texas A&M
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center - The College of Medicine - Department of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine (MD/PhD Program)

• UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center - Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program - Emphasis in Quantitative Biology

• Stanford University
  • Stanford University - Chemical and Systems Biology Department
  • Stanford University BIO-X program

• UCSB
  • UCSB - Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program - Systems Biology research option

• University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pennsylvania - Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Genomics and Computational Biology

• CMU-Pitt
  • CMU-Pitt Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology

• Arizona State University
  • Arizona State University - Computational Biosciences (Master and PhD Program)

• Texas Medical College
  • Interdisciplinary And Cross-Institutional PhD Program in Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics

• Boston University
  • Boston University - Graduate Training Program in Quantitative Biology and Physiology

• Brandeis University
  • Brandeis University - Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Quantitative Biology

• Claremont Graduate University
  • Claremont Graduate University and KGI - PhD in Computational and Systems Biology

• Columbia University
  • Columbia University - Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies

• Duke University
  • Duke University - PhD Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

• Rutgers University
  • Rutgers University - PhD Program in Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics

• Indiana University
  • Indiana University - Systems Biology Graduate Program

• Michigan State
  • Michigan State University - Quantitative Biology and Modeling PhD Program

• NYU
  • New York University - PhD Program in Computational Biology

• University of Rochester
  • University of Rochester Medical Center - Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (Graduate Program)

• Northwestern University
  • Northwestern University - Master of Science in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

• UC San Francisco
  • UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley - Bioengineering Graduate Program - Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics research option
  • UC Berkeley - Graduate Group in Computational and Genomic Biology

• Rice University
  • Rice University - Bioengineering Graduate Program - Computational and Theoretical Bioengineering Track

• UC Riverside
  • UC Riverside - Bioengineering Graduate Program - BioCellular Engineering research option

• University of Virginia
  • University of Virginia - Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program - Computational Systems Bioengineering research option

• University of Washington
  • University of Washington - Bioengineering Graduate Program - Computational and Integrative Bioengineering research option

• Purdue University
  • Purdue University - Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program - Computational and Systems Biology research option

Read this article for additional information regarding Synthetic Biology careers:

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2008_10_17/caredit.a0800152

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