Program in Physical Biology
Head: Joshua J. Zimmerberg
By merging the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics (LCMB), the Laboratory of Physical and Structural Biology (LPSB), and the Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics (LIMB), the Program on Physical Biology (PPB) uses systems ranging in complexity from van der Waals interactions to the physics of imaging human tissue to investigate the physicochemical basis of molecular, physiological, and pathological processes and interactions. The PBB develops novel, noninvasive technologies to probe the processes’ physical and chemical parameters. Researchers focuses on the physical chemistry of surface forces, carbon nanotubes, DNA-protein interactions, gas phase ions, polymer organic chemistry, membrane biochemistry, pore-forming antibiotics, electrophysiology, cell biology, parasitology, immunology, tissue culture, laser microdissection, cancer imaging in vivo, virology, macular degeneration, and HIV pathogenesis.
Resources
- Employee Listing
- E-Mail the Lab: jz2o@nih.gov
Units and Sections
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Cellular and Molecular Biophysics
Head: Joshua J. Zimmerberg -
Section on Intercellular Interactions
Head: Leonid Margolis -
Section on Membrane Biology
Head: Leonid Chernomordik -
Section on Membrane and Cellular Biophysics
Head: Joshua J. Zimmerberg -
Section on Metabolic Analysis and Mass Spectrometry
Head: Alfred L. Yergey -
Integrative and Medical Biophysics
Head: Ralph J. Nossal -
Section on Biomedical Stochastic Physics
Head: Amir H. Gandjbakhche -
Section on Cell Biophysics
Head: Ralph J. Nossal -
Section on Medical Biophysics
Head: Robert F. Bonner -
Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics
Head: Peter Basser -
Physical and Structural Biology
Head: Vozken A. Parsegian -
Section on Macromolecular Recognition and Assembly
Head: Donald C. Rau -
Section on Molecular Biophysics
Head: Vozken A. Parsegian -
Section on Molecular Transport
Head: Sergey M. Bezrukov -
Unit on Molecular Recognition and Assembly
Head: Donald C. Rau
