The MIT Center for the Physics of Living Systems brings together biophysics researchers from across the Department of Physics at MIT. Research is conducted in nine different groups that include a total of over 50 scientists. The field of biophysics has experienced tremendous growth and excitement in recent years, with areas of focus ranging across all scales, from the structural organization of polymers to the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of populations. Graduate students and postdocs in the Center benefit from an interactive and supportive intellectual community, and the Center collaborates with the wider biophysics community at MIT to bring researchers together via:
- Bi-weekly seminar series.
- Bi-weekly student-only lunch talk.
- Monthly faculty chalk talks.
- Opportunity for graduate students to earn a Graduate Certificate in Biophysics.
- Annual overnight retreat on Cape Cod.
MIT Center for the Physics of Living Systems 