Articles in Biofisica #7 (Jan-Apr 2017)

Editorial / Analysis

Spanish science funding: Low and inefficient

The team of Editors

In 2010, the Science magazine published an article stating, “Times are changing in España”, announcing that “there is a feeling of excitement that Spain is on its way to take a place on the world stage of science” [Levine 2010]. This optimistic prediction was based on solid ground: The investment of the Spanish Government in science had grown to reach a historical maximum in 2008, which in 2010 was still maintained, with only a slight decay. Novel, regionally driven and funded initiatives had led to the creation of new research institutes; more Spanish scientists were…
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beyond Biophysics

Immunology and Biophysics

A conversation with Francisco Sanchez-Madrid

Jorge Bernardino de la Serna
STFC – Harwell-Oxford (UK)

Although Karl Popper in his Philosophy of Science already questioned whether one scientific discipline can be reduced to the terms of another, sometimes, defining and naming cross-disciplinary fields set our minds in common grounds and helps stablishing a fluent communication to eventually produce ground-breaking beautiful pieces of science. Immunophysics. According to the English Oxford Dictionary, Immunology is…
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