Physical Biology publishes articles in the interdisciplinary field bridging biology and the physical sciences. This journal focuses on research in which physics-based approaches lead to new insights into biological systems at all scales of space and time, and all levels of complexity. Articles describing the generation or explanation of experimental data are strongly encouraged.

Physical Biology accepts contributions from a wide range of biological sub-fields and covers topics such as:

• intracellular processes, e.g. cytoskeleton dynamics, cellular transport, cell division
• signalling, gene regulation and metabolic networks
• developmental processes
• physical aspects of disease, e.g. cancer progression, viruses, amyloid formation
• neuronal dynamics
• population dynamics, ecology, and evolution
• biomolecular structure and interactions, e.g. protein folding, DNA packaging
• cells and their microenvironment, e.g. cell mechanics, chemotaxis, extracellular matrix, biofilms
• novel physical techniques to probe biological systems
• systems and synthetic biology

Article types

Research Papers

Comprehensive, fully documented reports of original research.

Communications

Preliminary reports of original, significant research results.

Perspectives

Personal view on a particular research topic or discipline.

Tutorials

Background knowledge for an audience unfamiliar with the subject.

Reviews

Critical evaluations of the existing state of knowledge on a particular topic or research area.