Uniting universities for quantum biology

The future of biology is quantum.

QBICON brings together physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers from leading universities to test, and build on, the idea that life runs on quantum mechanics. We pursue the foundational science in the open, together.

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Where four disciplines converge
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Engineering
  • Computation
  • Medicine

The mission

Quantum biology asks how far life uses the laws of quantum physics to work — and to work optimally. QBICON exists to turn that possibility into rigorous, reproducible science.

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Research themes

Where we focus

Nine programmes span the field's deepest questions and its most promising applications.

  • Coherence & energy transfer

    Quantum coherence in photosynthetic light-harvesting and excitonic transport.

  • Spin & magnetoreception

    Radical-pair mechanisms and how living systems read weak magnetic fields.

  • Enzyme catalysis & tunnelling

    Proton and electron tunnelling that lets enzymes defy classical limits.

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The central question

Do quantum states last long enough inside cells to matter?

This is the Quantum Biology Hypothesis. Settling it — either way — reshapes how we understand life. QBICON coordinates the experiments, instruments, and theory needed to answer it, and shares the roadmap openly.

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Whether you run a lab, fund science, or want to collaborate — there's a way in.

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