About the subject...
The subject of Biophysics is one of the important interdisciplinary areas in teaching, training and learning which is considered to be important in terms of human resource development and National development. Biophysics is the physics of life phenomenon studied at all level, from molecules and cell to the biosphere as whole. It may be defined: Biophysics is that branch of knowledge that applies the principles of physics and chemistry and the methods of mathematical analysis and computer modeling to understand how biological systems work.The main emphasis of biophysics is on the quantitative analysis of the physical and chemical aspects of the functions of biological molecules, organisms and entities. The techniques and methodologies that biophysics relies on are closer to Physics and Chemistry, but areas of application are in the biological, medical and related sciences Biophysicists use many techniques which includes UV visible spectroscopy, Gel electrophoresis, X-ray crystallography, macrocalorimetry, Atomic force Microscope, FTIR and fluorescence spectroscopy. They are used to study the problems in areas of biophysics ranging from structure aided drug design to cell signalling and transcriptional silencing.