Bio Physics

#Biophysics is the study of physical phenomena and physical processes in living things, on scales spanning molecules, cells, tissues and organisms. Biophysicists use the principles and methods of physics to understand biological systems. It is an interdisciplinary science, closely related to quantitative and systems biology. (Ref: Natures.com)

Includes the development of new computational and experimental tools to tackle the de novo modeling of protein and RNA folds, the high-throughput structure mapping of riboswitches and random RNAs, and the design of self-knotting and self-crystallizing nucleic acids; x-ray scattering on biological molecules to relate structure to function using SSRL and LCLS at SLAC and the APS at Argonne National Lab; theoretical work on application of the Fokker-Planck equation to biochemical reactions and on modification of the Poisson-Boltzmann equations for calculation of thermodynamic quantities for DNA and RNA; the development of advanced positron emission tomography and other imaging modalities; the development of artificial sight and techniques based on laser-tissue interactions; and the application of measurement techniques from physics and the development of technology to improve biological measurements, including micro-fluidic large scale integration and ultra-high throughput DNA sequencing technology. It also includes theoretical studies of population genetics and eco-evolutionary dynamics. (Ref: Standard ford University)