We are delighted to invite you to the Centre for the Physical Science of Life Symposium on 02 May 2025 at King’s College London.

This symposium will bring together experts from across disciplines. The purpose is to exchange knowledge, and to develop new collaborations resulting in novel physical approaches, encompassing new technologies and theoretical models, to comprehend the complex biological systems that define life.

The Centre is delighted to include in this year's symposium keynotes from Professor Philipp Kukura, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and from Professor Ewa Paluch, Chair of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge. A range of speakers from King's give a sense of the breadth of expertise taking place at King's at the physical-life science interface.

There will be an opportunity to meet researchers associated with the Centre and learn more about their work. The programme of talks will be followed by a drinks reception.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the Centre for the Physical Science of Life team at psol@kcl.ac.uk.

 

The event you will be attending is an in-person event only and will be recorded.

This year's annual symposium programme has been curated by Dr Amy Beedle, Dr Rafael Tapia Rojo, Professor Paula Booth and Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes.

About us

The Centre for the Physical Science of Life realises the transformative power of physical science in advancing understanding of the fundamental mechanisms underlying living systems across scales. We foster an atmosphere of creativity, pioneer new frontiers at discipline interfaces and provide innovative, impactful solutions for pressing societal challenges.

Based in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (NMES), the goal of our unique physical science centre is to achieve a whole-scale quantitative understanding of life using physical and mathematical principles. By coalescing expertise across our Faculty in creative fusions of natural, mathematical and engineering sciences, our ambition is to solve the fundamental challenge of modern biology; bridging the gap between current biomolecular and systems level descriptions of biological phenomena. This presents a significant new frontier for physical science tackling emergent behaviour far from equilibrium in sentient systems that self-assemble and evolve.

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