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Recollections of 50 years of research in biophysics: a matter of hard work and luck

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dos Remedios, C. Recollections of 50 years of research in biophysics: a matter of hard work and luck. Biophys Rev 11, 135–137 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-019-00502-9

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