Faculty in Drexel’s Department of Physics are conducting biophysics research in a number of exciting areas. Learn more about current biophysics research areas below.

Biophysics Research Topics

• Dynamics of Biomolecules
• Force Transduction in Muscle
• Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Phase Transitions in Biology
• Protein Folding and Self-Assembly
• Systems biology and bio-networks
• Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy

Faculty Conducting Research in Biophysics

Current Biophysics Research Projects

• Alzheimer's Disease Research
• Biophysics of Proteins and Membranes
• Protein Assembly

Biophysics Research Facilities

• Biomanipulation and Microscopy Laboratories: Four optical tables and six research grade microscopes are configured to perform microscopic spectroscopy and manipulation on solutions and individual cells. A spatial light modulator allows spatial patterns to be encoded on samples and explored; all microscopes are temperature-controlled with state-of-the-art cameras, including a 2,000 frame-per-second high-speed system. Each optical table is also equipped with high power lasers for photolysis or fluorescence spectroscopy.
• Microfluidic attachments are available for use, and a small microfluidic fabrication facility has also been established.
• The fluorescence microscope resolves fast biomolecular dynamics in living cells.
• The Computational Biophysics Facility also includes two Beowulf clusters (44-node dual-core Xeon, 43-node dual quad-core Xeon [344 cores]), 24 TB RAID disk server, and 10 Linux workstations connected through a gigabit network.