Durham University

Research Areas & Focuses

The Biophysical Sciences Institute is a flagship Durham University Research Institute. Durham’s interdisciplinary researchers use novel techniques and methodologies from the physical sciences to interrogate the fundamental systems of life.

Specific areas of research include:

• mathematical and computational biology,
• biomolecular structure and dynamics,
• plant systems and biodiversity,
• cognitive and computational neuroscience,
• animate materials including bio-inspired design and synthetic living interfaces.