Physics of Life
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        • Cutting-edge methods for bacterial pathogen interactions with host cells
        • Physics of Viruses
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        • Physics of Life Summer School 2022
        • Antimicrobial Resistance
        • Motility in Microbes, Molecules and Matter
        • Periodic patterns
        • Metastasis Workshop
        • Physics of Life ECR workshop
        • Physics of Life/iPoLS seminar
        • Biophysics and evolution
        • Neurodegenerative disease
        • Physics of Brains
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        • Past summer schools >
          • Summer School: Physics of Life Summer School: From Cells to Tissues and Organisms
          • Summer School: New approaches to Biomolecular function, structure and dynamics
        • Physics of Life Town Meetings >
          • Town Meeting 2019
          • Town Meeting 2018
          • Town Meeting 2017
        • Past Workshops >
          • QMGR V
          • Non-equilibrium Cold Plasmas in Biology and Medicine
          • The Fundamentals of Late Stage Cancer
          • The Physics of Evolution
          • Interdisciplinary Challenges in Non-Equilibrium Physics
          • Nanostructures at Soft Interfaces: Technology and Biophysics
          • Physics of Biological Oscillators
          • The Future of Optical Techniques in Biology
          • Multiscale mechanics in Biology
          • Epigenetics
          • Physics of Animal Health
          • Cancer Workshop
          • QMGR
          • Symmetry
          • Nanofluidics
          • Quantum Biology
          • Antimicrobial Resistance
          • Filaments and Cellular Responses
          • Biocomputation
          • Workshop Reports
  • PoLNET 1
    • PoLNET 1 Team
    • PoLNET1 Past Events >
      • Launch meeting 2013
      • Plenary Event 1: The Living Cell
      • Plenary Event 2: Synthetic Biology
      • Plenary Event 3: Multicellularity
      • Focussed Workshops >
        • 1: The Physics of Bacterial Infection
        • 2: Forces in Biology
        • 3: Life in Extreme Environments
        • 4: The Physics of Cancer
        • 5: Information Flow in Biological Systems
        • 6: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis
        • 7: Compartmentalisation & Confinement
        • 8: Physics of Bacterial Biofilms
        • 9: Cancer Sandpit
      • Summer/Winter schools >
        • Summer School
        • Winter School
      • Final Summit
    • Roadmap for Biological Physics
  • Useful Links
  • Contact us
  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the team
    • Our network
    • IoP Rosalind Franklin Medal
    • PoL SPF link
  • PoLNET3
    • Steering Group
    • Funding Opportunities >
      • Workshops
      • Sandpits
      • Pump priming
      • Student Summer Bursaries
    • Early Career Researchers
    • Events >
      • Upcoming >
        • Cutting-edge methods for bacterial pathogen interactions with host cells
        • Physics of Viruses
        • Physics of Life: ECR bootcamp
        • Physics of Life 2023
      • Past >
        • Physics of Life Summer School 2022
        • Antimicrobial Resistance
        • Motility in Microbes, Molecules and Matter
        • Periodic patterns
        • Metastasis Workshop
        • Physics of Life ECR workshop
        • Physics of Life/iPoLS seminar
        • Biophysics and evolution
        • Neurodegenerative disease
        • Physics of Brains
        • Launch
  • Physics of Medicine
    • Steering Group
  • POLNET 2
    • PoLNET2 team
    • Student Summer Bursaries
    • Events >
      • PoLNET2 Past Events >
        • Sandpits
        • Past summer schools >
          • Summer School: Physics of Life Summer School: From Cells to Tissues and Organisms
          • Summer School: New approaches to Biomolecular function, structure and dynamics
        • Physics of Life Town Meetings >
          • Town Meeting 2019
          • Town Meeting 2018
          • Town Meeting 2017
        • Past Workshops >
          • QMGR V
          • Non-equilibrium Cold Plasmas in Biology and Medicine
          • The Fundamentals of Late Stage Cancer
          • The Physics of Evolution
          • Interdisciplinary Challenges in Non-Equilibrium Physics
          • Nanostructures at Soft Interfaces: Technology and Biophysics
          • Physics of Biological Oscillators
          • The Future of Optical Techniques in Biology
          • Multiscale mechanics in Biology
          • Epigenetics
          • Physics of Animal Health
          • Cancer Workshop
          • QMGR
          • Symmetry
          • Nanofluidics
          • Quantum Biology
          • Antimicrobial Resistance
          • Filaments and Cellular Responses
          • Biocomputation
          • Workshop Reports
  • PoLNET 1
    • PoLNET 1 Team
    • PoLNET1 Past Events >
      • Launch meeting 2013
      • Plenary Event 1: The Living Cell
      • Plenary Event 2: Synthetic Biology
      • Plenary Event 3: Multicellularity
      • Focussed Workshops >
        • 1: The Physics of Bacterial Infection
        • 2: Forces in Biology
        • 3: Life in Extreme Environments
        • 4: The Physics of Cancer
        • 5: Information Flow in Biological Systems
        • 6: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis
        • 7: Compartmentalisation & Confinement
        • 8: Physics of Bacterial Biofilms
        • 9: Cancer Sandpit
      • Summer/Winter schools >
        • Summer School
        • Winter School
      • Final Summit
    • Roadmap for Biological Physics
  • Useful Links
  • Contact us

Physics of Life: Welcome

Welcome to the Physics of Life network. We are a community driven network consisting of scientists from the physical and biological sciences. The Physics of Life network first began its journey in 2012 (PoLNET1; 2012-2016), it then moved to a second phase (PoLNET2; 2017-2020) and is now at the beginning of a third phase (PoLNET3; 2020-2023). The third phase of the network has also broadened its ambitions to specifically encourage engagement from clinical and medical communities through the formation of a new, separate arm to the network 'Physics of Medicine, 2020-2023'.

Our aims

The goal of our network is to bring researchers from the biological and physical sciences together to tackle the challenge of integrating understanding from single molecule to systems biology.

Our Funders

PoLNET 1 and 2 were supported by EPSRC and BBSRC.
PoLNET3 is funded by the UKRI Physics of Life Strategic Priority Fund, led by EPSRC, BBSRC and MRC (standard grant EP/T022000/1).  
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‘Physics of Medicine; building a network at the interface between medicine and the physical sciences’ (grant PGS19-2/10092) is supported by the welcome addition of the Rosetrees Trust .
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How to get involved

There are many ways to get involved with the Physics of Life community (which encompasses PoLNET3 and the Physics of Medicine).
The good news is the community is OPEN and availble for everyone to join!
You can get involved in the following ways:
  • Apply for funding (support is available for workshops, sandpits support, summer student bursaries). 
  • Attend one of our many events (Workshops, Sandpits, Summer Schools)
  • Become a member by signing up to our newsletter for FREE. This will enable you to be up to date with all available opportunities.
  • Follow us on Twitter! @PhysicsOfLifeUK
  • Keep an eye out for the next linked funding call; UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Physics of Life Strategic Priority: 'Building Collaborations at the Physics of Life Interface'.

Network Management

The Physics of Life Network is led by PI Tom McLeish (University of York), co-I Martin Cann (Durham University), co-I Steve Smye (University of Leeds) and network manager Karis Baker (Durham University). The Physics of Medicine arm is led by PI Steve Smye (University of Leeds) and manager Karis Baker (Durham University).

PoLNET3 and Physics of Medicine are also governed and advised by steering group members from a broad range of research disciplines from a range of UK based instiutions.

Queries relating to the Physics of Life network can be directed towards network manager Karis Baker (k.h.baker@dur.ac.uk).

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