Welcome!

The Forde lab is a biophysics research group affiliated with the departments of Physics, Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

Biophysics involves integrating skills and knowledge from a variety of fields to further our quantitative understanding of the marvels of life. In our group, we encourage graduate students and researchers to learn techniques from a variety of fields, specializing in their own particular interests. Mastering this combination of skills from a range of scientific fields means that researchers in our group become true multidisciplinary scientists, able to communicate and work in a wide range of scientific disciplines.

To learn more about our lab and the work we do, please refer to the links at the top of the page. If you are interested in research experience in our group, please refer to our contact page for more information.

Frontiers in Biophysics

The annual graduate-student-organized Frontiers in Biophysics conference is coming up, on February 11, 2012. Information about this year's event, featuring keynote speaker Dan Fletcher from UC Berkeley, can be found here.

News

October 2011

Our work characterizing the time-dependent molecular motor properties of molecular spiders is featured on the HFSP website.

October 2011

Our paper determining the positional stability of holographic optical traps is published in Optics Express.

September 2011

Our paper characterizing the time-dependent molecular motor properties of molecular spiders is published in Physical Review E.

July 2011

Nancy is granted tenure.

For older news, see the news archive.