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Specialty Definition: Biophysics

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Biophysics (also biological physics) is an interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. Many of the research traditions in biophysics were initiated by scientists who were doctoral level physicists, although many of the scientists who call themselves biophysicists today were not. Biophysicists work in the areas of physiology, neuroscience, biochemistry and molecular biology.

Areas of biophysics include

• bioenergetics
• cell biophysics
• channels, receptors and transporters
• electrophysiology
• membranes
• muscle and contractility
• nucleic acids
• photobiophysics
• proteins
• supramolecular assemblies
• spectroscopy, imaging etc.
• systems neuroscience
• neural encoding

See also

• Biophysics Textbook Online: http://www.biophysics.org/btol/

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Biophysics."

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