Physics of Living Systems

Physics of Living Systems

eLife reviews research in which approaches from the physical sciences are used to provide insights into the properties of biological systems and processes. Learn more about what we review and sign up for the latest research.
Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

Latest articles

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Force propagation between epithelial cells depends on active coupling and mechano-structural polarization

    Artur Ruppel, Dennis Wörthmüller ... Martial Balland
    Combining micropatterning, traction force microscopy, and optogenetics, it is shown that epithelial cells actively respond to mechanical signals from neighboring cells.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Neutrophils actively swell to potentiate rapid migration

    Tamas L Nagy, Jack Strickland, Orion D Weiner
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    An In-Silico Testbed for Fast and Accurate MR Labeling of Orthopaedic Implants

    Gregory M Noetscher, Peter J. Serano ... Sergey N Makaroff
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    C9orf72 polyPR directly binds to various nuclear transport components

    Hamidreza Jafarinia, Erik Van der Giessen, Patrick R. Onck
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Neural criticality from effective latent variables

    Mia Morrell, Ilya Nemenman, Audrey J. Sederberg
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    How microscopic epistasis and clonal interference shape the fitness trajectory in a spin glass model of microbial long-term evolution

    Nicholas M. Boffi, Yipei Guo ... Ariel Amir
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Partitioning to ordered membrane domains regulates the kinetics of secretory traffic

    Ivan Castello-Serrano, Fred A. Heberle ... Ilya Levental
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    The positioning mechanics of microtubule asters in Drosophila embryo explants

    Jorge de-Carvalho, Sham Tlili ... Ivo A. Telley
    1. Ecology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Macroecological patterns in coarse-grained microbial communities

    William R. Shoemaker, Jacopo Grilli
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Effects of growth feedback on gene circuits: A dynamical understanding

    Ling-Wei Kong, Wenjia Shi ... Ying-Cheng Lai
Load more

Highlights

    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Flagella: A new kind of beat

    Kirsty Y Wan
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Cancer: Cells under pressure

    Dhiraj Indana, Ovijit Chaudhuri
    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Modelling biomolecular condensates

    Furqan Dar, Rohit Pappu

Senior editors

  1. Aleksandra Walczak
    Ecole Normale Superieure, France
  2. See more editors