Overview
Covers new developments in biomembrane research
Includes the latest non-equilibrium aspects
Written for both biologists and physicists
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Membranes by the Numbers
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Spatial Heterogeneities in Biomembranes
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Biomembrane Mechanics and Consequences for Their Functions
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About this book
Biological membranes are the seat of interactions between cells and the rest of the world, and internally, they are at the core of complex dynamic reorganizations and chemical reactions. Despite the long tradition of membrane research in biophysics, the physics of cell membranes as well as of biomimetic or synthetic membranes is a rapidly developing field. Though successful books have already been published on this topic over the past decades, none include the most recent advances. Additionally, in this domain, the traditional distinction between biological and physical approaches tends to blur.
This book gathers the most recent advances in this area, and will benefit biologists and physicists alike.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pierre Sens is Directeur de Recherche (equivalent to professor) at the CNRS and leader of the group “Physical approaches to biological problems” at the Institut Curie. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Strasbourg, where he studied the statistical physics of soft matter, such as polymers and surfactants systems. He is above all interested in problems at the interface of physics and biology, with a special emphasis on the physics of biological membranes, which he explored during his postdoctoral studies first at the UC Santa Barbara (USA), then at the Weizmann Institute (Israel). His team at Institut Curie uses theoretical approaches based on statistical physics, non-linear dynamics and soft-matter physics to understand the organization and dynamics of living matter, particularly at the level of biological cells and cellular tissues.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics of Biological Membranes
Editors: Patricia Bassereau, Pierre Sens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00630-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00628-0Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00630-3Published: 30 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 623
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 144 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Membrane Biology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics