The Physics of Medicine initiative is a major new expansion of research
activity in the University of Cambridge. It aims to create an
environment where researchers can freely mix, discuss and share ideas at
the interface of the physical sciences, life sciences and clinical sciences.
Latest News
- Do Cells Care About Physics? In a discussion article from one of our researchers which recently appeared in Physics World, the journal of the Institute of Physics, Dr Jochen Guck shows some recent results which show that cellular mechanics and in fact cellular optics are also important elements in Biology and Medicine. These are just some of the ways in which research from the Centre of Physics of Medicine are making a contribution to a new form of biological research. Read more...
- The Physical Cell 2010 This meeting in UCL from 28th to 30th June 2010 aims to bring together physicists and biologists working on quantitative aspects of cell biology, multicellular systems, development and evolution. Read more...
- Secret to night vision found The night vision abilities of nocturnal animals such as mice is down to the unconventional way that DNA is packaged within the nuclei of specialised cells responsible for low light vision, say Cambridge Physics of Medicine researchers. Read more...
- Prestigious grants for Physics of Medicine researchers Two Physics of Medicine researchers have been awarded grants from the prestigious Human Frontiers of Science Programme (HFSP) for their research. Dr Pietro Cicuta has won a Young Investigator Award to study "Nucleoid proteins and DNA structure, global regulation of the bacterial transcription network" with groups in the US, France and Italy. Dr Jochen Guck has been awarded a Programme Grant on "Mechanotransduction in oligodendrocyte precursor cell differentiation", along with researchers in our Vet School and at MIT. Congratulations to them both.