An important contribution of biophysicists to modern biology is the perspective that biological processes can be understood from the interactions between and within the constituent molecules.
Therefore, the behaviors of biological systems can be predicted from physical principles.Mar 2, 2011.
Scientist using a stereo microscope outfitted with a digital imaging pick-up Biophysical techniques – methods used for gaining information about biological systems on an atomic or molecular level.
They overlap with methods from many other branches of science.
What is Biophysics? Biophysics is that branch of knowledge that applies the principles of physics and chemistry and the methods of mathematical analysis and computer modeling to biological systems, with the ultimate goal of understanding at a fundamental level the structure, dynamics, interactions, and ultimately the function of biological systems.
Medical biophysics – interdisciplinary field that applies methods and concepts from physics to medicine or healthcare, ranging from radiology to microscopy and nanomedicine.
See also, medical physics.
Clinical biophysics – studies the process and effects of non-ionising physical energies utilised for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
