biophysics
noun
the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
biophysicist
-
a word derived from
biophysics.
Example Sentences
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Watanabe and Griswold joined forces with theoretical biophysicist Padmini Rangamani, Ph.D., a professor of pharmacology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, to investigate how the surrounding membrane might shape the axon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Watson was 25 when he and English biophysicist Francis Crick figured out the double-helix structure of DNA that encodes the essential information for life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
So I wrote my friend Mike Tyka, a biophysicist and artist who thinks a lot about climate change.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025
Ultimately, these findings “open the door” for a better understanding of all different types of axon pearls, says biophysicist Joshua Zimmerberg from the National Institutes of Health.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
And what are chemicals—a biophysicist might add—if not molecules of matter?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
