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This Perspective aims to briefly introduce some of the research topics in cell biophysics rather than present a comprehensive overview of the literature. I acknowledge that the mention of the work of many others would be equally appropriate. I thank all my colleagues and students for having the patience to discuss with me the topics that inspired this manuscript. My particular gratitude goes to E. Sackmann, U. Seifert, K. Sengupta and F. Rehfeldt.
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Smith, AS. Physics challenged by cells. Nature Phys 6, 726–729 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1798
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