The Clore Center for Biological Physics

Benjamin Geiger, Director
The Erwin Neter Professor of Cell and Tumor Biology  

The Clore Center was established in 2000 and its primary goal is to promote interdisciplinary research in which advanced concepts and tools developed by physicists, chemists and mathematicians will be applied for biological research. The molecular genetic studies have provided a wealth of information on the involvement of multiple genes in biological processes such as embryonic development response to external signals, growth regulation and gene expression. However the complexity of such processes cannot be resolved and characterized with the currently available tools: and new approaches are needed. Major efforts will be directed towards studying multi-molecular processes involved in the regulation of gene expression in response to changing environmental signals and malignant transformation. Other studies will be directed towards understanding dynamic processes in line cells and the targeting of molecular processes within them. In addition to supporting cutting edge research the center will provide seed finds for unique instrumentation and both internal and international workshops addressing major topics in biological physics.