Understanding the physical principles of

biological systems

Modern biophysics links multiple scales of biological organisation.

Biophysical mechanisms govern molecular functions inside the cell, which are building blocks for regulatory and metabolic networks in an organism.

Statistical physics describes principles of biological information, which is encoded in genomes and edited by evolution.

The mission of IBP is to integrate all of these research directions into an interdisciplinary science of living systems, and to train tomorrow’s research leaders in this exciting field.

IBP news

November 2022

We welcome Bahareh Bagheri, a new postdoc in the Bollenbach group

 

October 2022

We welcome Stephan Wimmi, a new postdoc in the Maier group

 

Upcoming Events

Cologne Evolution Colloquium by Ulrich Schwarz
Joint Seminar with Großes Physikalisches Kolloquium

06.06.2023

Physics of viruses

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Cologne Evolution Colloquium by Christoph Ernst

14.06.2023

Adaptive evolution of virulence and persistence in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections

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Delbrück Lecture by Uri Alon

22.06.2023

Simplifying aging

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Cologne Evolution Colloquium by Shenshen Wang

27.06.2023

Physical learning and collective memory of adaptive immunity

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