Vincent Torre has always concentrated his efforts on three major areas of research that appear to be complementary among them, and, over the years, he has given for each one of them an outstanding contribution that has been recognized and appreciated at international level. Vincent Torre ‘s scientific career is essentially focused on seeking an interaction between Biology and Physics and, for this reason, it can be described as genuinely interdisciplinary. His research interests and achievements, as confirmed by the list of publications, can be divided into: Biophysics of Phototransduction and of Ion Channels: from 1974, first under the supervision of Prof. Luigi Cervetto and then of Sir Alan Hodgkin, Vincent Torre has been studying phototransduction in its electrophysiological and quantitative aspects. In 1990 he also focused on the biophysical analysis of ion channels both from the theoretical and the experimental points of view. Systems and Computational Neuroscience: since 1978, in collaboration with Tommy Poggio and Christof Koch, Vincent Torre has laid the basis for Computational Neuroscience with the production of several papers that now have become milestones in this field. In 1995 he started studying the leech nervous system and neuronal cultures, trying to combine experiments with theoretical methods, typically from physics and mathematics. Artificial Vision and Cybernetics: from the mid 1980s Vincent Torre has also studied Artificial Vision, giving important contributions to what is called “early vision“ and in particular to the perception of motion. At present Vincent Torre is Full Professor of Physiology within the Neurobiology Sector at SISSA and he is also the Director of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory at SISSA