We announce call for papers for a Special Issue of Biophysical Reviews associated with the Russian Autumn School in Biophysics held in Kazan, Russia, 11–14 November 2024. The autumn school was focused on modern biophysical methods and approaches to study living and model biological systems. It was the most important biophysical meeting within 2024 in Russia, organized for the first time with perspectives to make it regular. The Special Issue accepts reviews on comprehensive analysis of experimental and computational methods currently used to study the dynamical structure of biological systems at all levels of living matter organization—from submolecular, molecular and supramolecular model systems to cells and whole organisms. Here, we describe main themes and sections, types of papers and key dates for the journal issue. © International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2025.