生物物理学是生物，物理和化学十字路口的一门科学学科。生物物理学家使用物理学的原理和方法研究生物分子，细胞和生物的结构和功能。生物物理学家不仅研究生物系统，而且还开发和建立用于研究和生物医学应用的新工具和工具。<br> <br>随着世纪之交人类基因组的发布，越来越多的生物物理学家正在研究和发展生物医学。需要破译所有基因产物的结构以及它们之间的复杂相互作用。生物物理学家在生物启发性功能材料，生物模拟物和纳米技术的研究中也处于最前沿。
Biophysics is a scientific discipline at the crossroads of biology, physics, and chemistry. Biophysicists study structure and function of biological molecules, cells and organisms using the principles and methods of physics. Biophysicists not only study biological systems, they also develop and build new instruments and tools for research and biomedical applications.<br><br>Following on from the publication of the human genome at the turn of the century, a growing number of biophysicists are needed to decipher the structures of all the gene products and the complex interactions between them. Biophysicists are also at the forefront of the research in bio-inspired functional materials, bio-mimetics and nanotechnology.