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Leaping antalope
Nov27-04, 07:04 PM
Hi,
are there anyone studying biophysics (or has studied biophysics)? I am currently choosing my possible field of study in university. I saw a major called "biophysics" but do not really know what it is. It is obvious that it is a major that combines biology and physics. But what i am interested in is what do we really study? Could anyone give me some ideas? thanks

silin
Jul29-05, 03:45 AM
The main questions biophysics studies today are:

- proteins folding
- gene regulation
- interaction of biomolecules to perform functions in cells
- molecular structure of cell membranes
- energy transfer in membranes
- biological sensors
- cell movement
- neuroscience

There are also many people from adjacent fields lworking in biophysics like studying evolution (theve´ve come up to some equations for it already), self-organization (also known as synergetics) and many other things...