title: After the Greeting: Realizing the Potential of Physical Models in Cell Biology.
abstract: Biophysics is increasingly taking center stage in cell biology as the tools for precise quantifications of cellular behaviors expand. Interdisciplinary approaches, combining quantitative physical modeling with cell biology, are of growing interest to journal editors, funding agencies, and hiring committees. However, despite an ever-increasing emphasis on the importance of interdisciplinary research, the student trained in biology may still be at a loss as to what it actually means. I discuss here some considerations on how to achieve meaningful and high-quality interdisciplinary work.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Institute for the Physics of Living Systems, University College London (UCL), WC1E 6BT, London, UK. Electronic address: e.paluch@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ewa K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Paluch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010825:Physics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*