Biophysical Reviews special issue associated with the Russian Autumn School in Biophysics held in Kazan, Russia, 11–14 November 2024

Overall, the school collected presentations on molecular biophysics and experimental techniques, addressed major unresolved challenges in the field, and shared an overall perspective on future directions that might help to clarify the important questions that emerged during the last decade of intensive research. To conclude, we note growing interest in AI applications for biophysical modeling, new physical experimental techniques such as cryo-microscopy, applications of modeling in pharmaceutical research, and drug design. We believe this special journal issue will be of interest to readers. © International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2025.