This book mainly focuses on key aspects of biomembranes that have emerged over the past 15
years. It covers static and dynamic descriptions as well as modeling for membrane organization
and shape at the local and global (at the cell level) scale. It also discusses several new
developments in non-equilibrium aspects that have not yet been covered elsewhere. Biological
membranes are the seat of interactions between cells and the rest of the world and internally
they are at the core of complex dynamic reorganizations and chemical reactions. Despite the
long tradition of membrane research in biophysics the physics of cell membranes as well as of
biomimetic or synthetic membranes is a rapidly developing field. Though successful books have
already been published on this topic over the past decades none include the most recent
advances. Additionally in this domain the traditional distinction between biological and
physical approaches tends to blur. This book gathers the most recent advances in this area and
will benefit biologists and physicists alike.
