title: Biological physics--origin and perspectives.
abstract: Biology and Physics share common ancestors. The two sciences have drifted apart during the last century, although they have often mutually fertilized each other. Often the discovery of a new physical method has triggered dramatic progresses in biology but there are also numerous examples of biology-inspired new developments in physics. In this special issue of ChemPhysChem, various facets and new developments of the interface between physics and biology are pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Physik Department E22, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany. erich.sackmann@physik.tu-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sackmann
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D036103:Nanotechnology