Interview

From lab to patient: Why European biotech is at a crossroads
Innovation only succeeds when it demonstrably creates value for both patients and the healthcare system. How can biotech and pharmaceutical players design their R&D strategies so that medical innovation reaches patients faster, more precisely, and in an affordable way? An interview with Jérôme Van Biervliet and Frank Hulstaert.

Electricity within the brain: Electrophysiology in neuroscience
At the interface where electrical signals meet the structural complexity of the brain lies the field of electrophysiology. By measuring and manipulating electrical properties of cells and neural circuits, electrophysiology reveals how biological systems function in real time and how molecular and cellular changes translate into behavior and disease. Electrophysiology enables us to study these electrical phenomena in great detail and allows us to understand how electrical signals are used in biology.

Where physics meets life: Biophysics and the future of innovation
At the point where principles of physics meet the complexity of biology lies the discipline of biophysics. By applying the methods and approaches of physics to biological processes, biophysics aims to find the physical processes that underlie the mechanisms of life.






