# The European Biophysics Journal Prizes 2025: Recognising biophysical science at sub-cellular, cellular and tissue levels of organisation

## TL;DR

The European Biophysics Journal Prizes 2025 honored three impactful papers on biophysical processes at sub-cellular, cellular, and tissue levels.

## Contribution

The recognition of three diverse studies highlights the current vitality and impact of biophysical research in the 2020s.

## Key findings

- A study on synaptic vesicles and glutamate uptake was recognized.
- Research on red blood cells under pressure and calcium influx was awarded.
- An investigation into ciliary beating and transport processes in trachea was highlighted.

## Abstract

The European Biophysics Journal Prizes for 2025, awarded at the European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) Congress in Rome last July, recognised three of the outstanding papers published by the Journal in 2022 and 2023. In making these awards, the Journal and EBSA again sought to recognise publications which were already proving their impact. The studies recognised are diverse and highlight the vitality of biophysical science in the 2020s. They concern studies of (i) synaptic vesicles undergoing glutamate uptake, (ii) red blood cells under pressure and the effects of mechanically triggered calcium influx, and (iii) how ciliary beating, the resulting wave effects and downstream transport processes interrelate in trachea. As such these Prizes recognise excellent biophysical science at sub-cellular, cellular and tissue levels of organisation.