Immunobiophysics Seminar Series & Workshops

Immune cells respond in a coordinated way to protect us from harmful pathogens like viruses and bacteria.

The responses are mediated largely through direct cell-cell contacts, which allow cells to exchange biochemical signals and also exert and sense mechanical force. The contribution of mechanical forces to molecular and cellular function has fascinated biologists and physicists alike for more than a decade, and in recent years it has become evident that mechanical forces are fundamental to immune cell function.

We aim at bringing together experimentalists and theoreticians from both the physical and life sciences, with a wide range of expertise and perspectives to enhance and expand transdisciplinary knowledge exchange and collaboration on the emerging topic of ImmunoBioPhysics.

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