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.

News

February 2010

Our paper on simulating molecular motor properties of molecular spiders is published in Physical Review E.

October 2009

Astrid is awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) in the Netherlands, which will enable her to continue her work on elastin at the VU in Amsterdam.

August 2009

Rob receives an award for his poster on single-molecule studies of elastin, at the prestigious Rising Stars of Research national undergraduate science conference.

For older news, see the news archive.