title: The nuclear physique.
abstract: This volume brings together a number of perspectives on how certain physical phenomena contribute to the functional design and operation of the nucleus. This collection could not be more timely, resonating with an increasing awareness of the opportunities that lie at the interface of cell biology and the physical sciences. For example, this was a major theme in the 2012 and 2013 annual meetings of the American Society for Cell Biology, and one that the Society aims to emphasize even further going forward. In addition, the emerging canonical relevance of the physical sciences to cell biology has in recent summers made a most conspicuous appearance in the curriculum (lectures and intense labs) of the famed Physiology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. So, much credit is due to Ronald Hancock and Kwang Jeon, the coeditors of this volume, and all the authors for creating a work that is so au courant.
authors.affiliation: Program in Cell and Developmental Dynamics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: thoru.pederson@umassmed.edu.
authors.forename: Thoru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pederson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Biophysics; Nuclear organization; Nucleus; Physical cell biology