title: Polymer science and biology: structure and dynamics at multiple scales.
abstract: I give a brief, biased survey of some recent problems in molecular and cell biology from the perspective of physical science, with a few answers, but a great many questions, challenges and opportunities.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 29 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. lm@seas.harvard.edu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers