Biophysics is one of the research areas in Physics in the University of Tasmania
Research
in plant biophysics was begun after the second world war under the
inspiration of the versatile Professor A L McAulay. The biophysics
group continued under the leadership of Dr B I H Scott and then Dr I A
Newman, who is now the sole member of the research group. Its graduates include several of Australia's leading plant
biophysicists. It has publications. It has recent research projects, but the main activity now is the further development of the MIFETM system. The innovative MIFETM system for measuring ion fluxes into living tissue has been developed by the group, and has its own MIFE Web site . A definitive review of ion flux measurements and the applications of the MIFE TM system has been published in Plant, Cell & Environment in January 2001.
The Australian Society for Biophysics
represents biophysicists in Australia. Their Web site has a variety of
information about biophysics - what it is, its applications, research
and employment.
For further information about biophysics in Tasmania, please contact:
Dr I A Newman,
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, Private
Bag 37 GPO, Hobart Tas. 7001, Australia
Phone: +61 3 6226-2422. Fax: +61 3 6226-2410. E-mail: Ian.Newman@utas.edu.au .
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