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The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics |
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Exciting frontiers in scientific research lie at the interface between
the physical and biological sciences, outside the traditional boundaries
of existing scientific disciplines. It is the purpose of the Institute
for Biophysical Dynamics (IBD) to create a stimulating environment in
order to foster novel research at this important interface. Critical examination
of a biological system as basic as a single mammalian cell raises questions
so complex that they cannot even be stated in terms of a single discipline:
the questions overflow the normal boundaries of biology and spill into
the various branches of the physical sciences. Fortunately, converging
trends in the biological and physical sciences permit the development
of a detailed understanding at the molecular level of the structure, diversity
and function of biological entities within the cell. The University of Chicago has established the Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics to meet these challenges with a new approach to scientific research.
The Institute will bring together experimentalists, theoreticians, and
computational scientists to forge a scientific culture of open exchange
of ideas and of collaboration across disciplines and among laboratories.
The Institute is leading the establishment of training programs to involve
undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students in this new cross-disciplinary
approach to science. This culture of interdisciplinary research will catalyze
exchanges among researchers in industry, Argonne National Laboratory,
and many diverse groups (e.g. ranging from neurobiology and cell biology
to physics and computer science) at the University. Last Updated 9/05/2003.
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