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01 Jan., 2025 Because of the minor corrections about the manuscript style, the pages of “Instruction for Authors” and "Quick Guide to Prepare Manuscript" for Biophysics and Physicobiology have been slightly updated. The Template files have also been replaced.
14 Nov., 2024 Special Issue: "IUPAB2024 Congress in Kyoto" has been published.
29 Aug., 2024 The article "Editorial: IUPAB2024 Congress in Kyoto" has been published in the Special Issue together with total 1,339 Abstracts of the oral and poster presentations as the Supplementary Materials.
29 May, 2024 Special Issue: "Singularity Biology and Beyond" has been published.
27 May, 2024 Publication of "The Oosawa Lectures on DIY Statistical Mechanics" has been completed as the Special Issue of Biophysics and Physicobiology of Volume 18.
30 Jan., 2024 The “Instruction for Authors” for Biophysics and Physicobiology has been updated. In particular, our policy for the articles prepared with the aid of Large Language Models and/or Generative AI is added.
30 Jun., 2023 2022 Journal Impact Factor of Biophysics and Physicobiology is given as 1.5 by Clarivate.
21 Mar., 2023 Special Issue: "Recent Advances in Retinal Protein Research" has been published.

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Recent Articles

Special Issue
The Oosawa Lectures on DIY Statistical Mechanics Editorial / Preface / Table of Contents / Introduction / Part I / Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5 / Part II / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Appendix
Editorial team for the Special Issue on Oosawa’s Lectures

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s001
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s002
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s003
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s004
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s005
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s006
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s007
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s008
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s009
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s010
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s011
ReceivedMarch 4, 2024   
AcceptedMay 13, 2024   
ReleasedMay 27, 2024   

Advance online publication
Gliding direction of Mycoplasma mobile correlates with the curved configuration of its cell shape
Kana Suzuki, Daisuke Nakane, Masaki Mizutani, Takayuki Nishizaka

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0006
ReceivedJanuary 17, 2025   
AcceptedFebruary 17, 2025   
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2025   

Regular Article
Exploring hydrophilic sequence space to search for uncharted foldable proteins by AlphaFold2
Naoki Tomita, Hiroki Onoda, Leonard M. G. Chavas, George Chikenji

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0005
ReceivedNovember 06, 2024   
AcceptedJanuary 30, 2025   
ReleasedFebruary 01, 2025   

Regular Article
Product release and substrate entry of aldehyde deformylating oxygenase revealed by molecular dynamics simulations
Masataka Yoshimura, Munehito Arai

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0003
ReceivedDecember 16, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 27, 2024   
ReleasedJanuary 09, 2025   

Regular Article
Measurement of protoplasmic streaming over the entire body of Physarum plasmodium, and estimation of the transport and mixing of protoplasma through the intricate vein network
Yo Sato, Charles Fosseprez, Yukinori Nishigami, Katsuhiko Sato, Hiroshi Orihara, Toshiyuki Nakagaki

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0002
ReceivedJuly 17, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 24, 2024   
ReleasedJanuary 09, 2025   

Regular Article
Near-infrared spectroscopic study of blood flow changes in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during pain relief by odor stimulation
Yuki Okamura, Shogo Takayama, Kengo Namiki, Fusako Koshikawa, Etsuro Ito

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0001
ReceivedJuly 26, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 24, 2024   
ReleasedDecember 26, 2024   

Regular Article
Neuron with well-designed ionic system
Takayoshi Tsubo

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.0028
ReceivedOctober 15, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 10, 2024   
ReleasedDecember 13, 2024   

Regular Article
Comparative study of alpha-glucosidase inhibition of four Vietnamese medicinal plants Combretum quadrangulare, Dicranopteris linearis, Psychotria adenophylla, and Garcinia schomburgkiana: In vitro and in vivo studies
Thi-Hong-Tuoi Do, Thuc-Huy Duong, Huu-Hung Nguyen, Thanh-Sang Vo, Ngoc-Hong Nguyen, Huong Thuy Le

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.0027
ReceivedJuly 23, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 09, 2024   
ReleasedDecember 13, 2024   

Commentary and Perspective (Invited)
Half a Century of Biophysics: A Comparison of Presentation Statistics from the 6th and 21st IUPAB Congresses
Mikio Kataoka, Kuniaki Nagayama

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.e2013
ReceivedNovember 20, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 05, 2024   
ReleasedDecember 07, 2024   

Regular Article
Electrophysiological analysis of hyperkalemic cardiomyocytes using a multielectrode array system
Kentaro Kito, Masahito Hayashi, Tomoyuki Kaneko

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.0026
ReceivedSeptember 11, 2024   
AcceptedNovember 19, 2024   
ReleasedNovember 21, 2024   

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