The Institute for the Physics of Living Systems (IPLS) brings together researchers from across UCL departments and disciplines in the pursuit of a set of common research goals. Working together, the IPLS community applies concepts, tools and approaches from the physical sciences and engineering to address important problems in biology across a range of themes from the physics of multi-molecular machines to those of ecosystems. In addition, to help nurture the next generation of research scientists, IPLS also provides training and community-building activities at the PhD and post-doctoral level.
IPLS News
Applications for IPLS Summer Undergraduate Studentships now open
IPLS are offering summer studentships to undergraduates interested in pursuing multidisciplinary research projects with biological and physical science components.
04 Feb 2026
Professor Alexandra Olaya-Castro recognised in UNESCO’s Quantum100 list
The Quantum100 list as part of the UNESCO’s International Year of Quantum science and Technology. This recognition champions people propelling the quantum science and technology forward.
17 Dec 2025
Startling images show how antibiotic pierces bacteria’s armour published in Nature Microbiology
A team led by the Hoogenboom Lab at UCL and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of harmful bacteria.
29 Sep 2025
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