On biophysics and a chair of biophysics at the faculty of physics of Moscow State University

Abstract

A historical timeline created to celebrate the 63-year anniversary of a chair of biophysics, the first in the world of science chair founded at Lomonosov State Moscow University. Professor Lev Alexandrovich Blumenfeld and Professor Simon El’evich Shnoll, who both departed this life in 2002 and 2021, respectively, started the chair. In the latest issues of journal "Biophysics", a large series of articles written and prepared by friends, colleagues, students, and the successors of these outstanding scientists have been published. This article closes this series. The article includes a brief historical overview of the formation of world and Russian biophysics as a scientific discipline, gives information about the history of how the Chair of Biophysics has been established, its main achievements and the scientific schools formed within the walls of this Department.