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Constructive ignorance in the Physics of Life Network

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Physics of Life research in the UK is transforming scientific insight and translational impact. Here I discuss its disruptive potential and barriers to interdisciplinary research through the lens of the activities of one of its pioneers, Tom McLeish.

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Fig. 1: Pressing discussion themes at the Physics of Life 2023 Conference.
Fig. 2: Tom McLeish (1 May 1962 to 27 February 2023).

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The author is Coordinator of the Physics of Life Group at the University of York, and serves as Chair of the Biological Physics Group of the Institute of Physics, and for the UK Physics of Life network PoLNET. The author acknowledges the work and support of members of the Physics of Life Network, and the direct contribution of UKRI funding, including time for the author to write this Comment, from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC (EP/T022000/1).

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