Understanding the building blocks of life The Living Systems Institute (LSI) is home to mathematicians, physicists, bioengineers, biologists and biomedical scientists. Our shared goal is to decode the complexity of life across scales, from sub-molecular to organismal, and from microbes to humans. Driven by scientific curiosity and powered by interdisciplinary approaches, we seek to discover new knowledge and improve health with a central focus on understanding and gaining control of cells. Our research addresses major challenges in the areas of: molecular & cellular biophysics; stem cells, development & disease; cellular and systems neuroscience. Molecular & Cellular Biophysics Functional heterogeneity in single cells > Catalin Chimerel Cryo-electron microscopy of molecular machines and assemblies > Bertram Daum High-throughput microfluidic screening of single cells > Fabrice Gielen Structural cell biology > Vicki Gold Applying enzyme cascades in health applications > Nick Harmer Functional genomics and drug target discovery > Ben Housden Quantum biology > Daniel Kattnig Effects of the physical world on dynamics in biological systems > Wolfram Moebius Cross-scale systems biology of viral infection > Adam Monier Membrane transport in living systems > Stefano Pagliara The Protein Choreography Group > Jonathan Phillips Mathematical modelling of living systems > David Richards Cell signalling in development and disease > Steffen Scholpp Mathematics of living systems > Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova Biophysics, molecular nano quantum sensors and systems > Frank Vollmer Biology of cell division and engineering insects to understand disease > James Wakefield Biophysics of microbial motility and behaviour > Kirsty Wan RNA and gene regulation > Steve West Biology of Parasitism > Bryony Williams Stem Cells & Development Regulatory networks underlying neuronal homeostasis and degeneration > Akshay Bhinge High-throughput microfluidic screening of single cells > Fabrice Gielen Reconstruction of mammalian embryonic development > Ge Guo Mathematical modelling of living systems > David Richards Neurobiology of stress and development > Soojin Ryu Cell signalling in development and disease > Steffen Scholpp Biology of pluripotency > Austin Smith Mathematics of living systems > Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova Biophysics, molecular nano quantum sensors and systems > Frank Vollmer Cellular & Systems Neuroscience Regulatory networks underlying neuronal homeostasis and degeneration > Akshay Bhinge Mathematics for biology and healthcare > Marc Goodfellow Neural circuits and behaviour > Gaspar Jekely Neurobiology of Stress and Development > Soojin Ryu Cell signalling in development and disease > Steffen Scholpp Mathematics of living systems > Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova Biophysics, Molecular Nano Quantum Sensors and Systems > Frank Vollmer Modelling biological patterns and rhythms > Kyle Wedgwood