Q&A: Biophysics
What does a physicist do in a biology lab?

Physicists Serge Dmitrieff and Hervé Turlier, both postdoctoral fellows in the Nédélec Group, discuss how the “physical perspective” brings new insights to the biology bench.
What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
Physicists Serge Dmitrieff and Hervé Turlier, both postdoctoral fellows in the Nédélec Group, discuss how the “physical perspective” brings new insights to the biology bench.
Like caterpillars turning into beautiful butterflies, fruit fly larvae have to go through metamorphosis to finish their development. However, despite the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster being one of the best studied model organisms in biology, comparatively little attention has been given to this…
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