Biophysics

Biophysics is a branch of science concerned with the study of biological systems using methods borrowed or derived from the physical sciences.

Thematically, it targets all characteristics of life, namely homeostasis, compositionality, metabolism, growth, adaptation, irritability and reproduction and thus covers all levels of biological organization, from the atomic and molecular level via cells, organs and tissues to individual organisms, species, ecosystems, the biosphere, and astrobiology. Methodologically, it employs a wide range of experimental and theoretical techniques from neighbouring scientific disciplines, as long as they are applicable to the scale of interest and compatible with the biological objects under study.