Biophysics and Bioactive Compounds Interdisciplinary Research Group
The BioLab was established by Prof. Hossein Naderi-Manesh in 2006 at the Faculty of Biology of Tarbiat Modares University, and now is the member of biophysics and nanobiotechnology departments of the faculty of biological sciences, and the interdisciplinary research center of the faculty of interdisciplinary technologies of Tarbiat Modares University.
Industrialization, increasing pollutants, changing lifestyles and poor eating habits have left modern humans with major problems such as poor nutrition and multiple illnesses. The existence of these problems has led researchers to find and build compounds that can play a positive role in reducing these problems, inspired by nature and the use of various biological resources. Today, in the developing countries, special attention has been paid to the use of natural resources (Bioresource) to extract special bioactive products, small, powerful, energetic and functional. Therefore, bioactive compounds and natural products, including a wide range of molecules and macromolecules, have very diverse properties that human beings deal with directly and indirectly.
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary field and it is proposed and followed based on the approach of understanding the mechanics of how biomolecules are made, how different parts of the cell move and function, and the functioning of complex systems in the body such as the brain, blood circulation, and the body's immune system. Therefore, the expansion of activities in this field will lead to the improvement of the scientific-technological level of the country and the development of practical systems.
This Research Group (affiliated to Tarbiat Modares University), was established in 2016 in order to meet some of the research needs of the country in the field of nanotechnology, Biophysics and Bioactive compounds. One of the most important characteristics of this research group is its multidisciplinary aspect. The members of this group are in the fields of biotechnology engineering, chemistry and biochemistry, sea or plant bilogy, materials engineering, nanotechnology and biophysics. Due to the wide needs in the existing industrial and research centers of the country in the field of interdisciplinary, the group can play an effective role in conducting research and industrial projects and technology development.
The status of interdisciplinary research
Due to the influence of the results of multidisciplinary researches in various fields of health and also industry, these kinds of researches have been very important recently in developed countries.
