I-IUPAB ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-1966.
I-International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) yasungulwa ngo-1961 e-Stockholm, njenge-International Organization for Pure and Applied Biophysics. Izinjongo yilezi: ukuhlela ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe ku-biophysics kanye nokukhuthaza ukuxhumana phakathi kwemiphakathi enentshisekelo ekuthuthukisweni kwe-biophysics kuzo zonke izici.
Ukuze kuzuzwe lezi zinhloso inamandla: ukusungula amakhomishana noma izinhlaka ngezinhloso ezikhethekile; ukuhlela imihlangano nezingqungquthela zamazwe ngamazwe; sebenzisana nezinye izinhlangano zesayensi; ukusebenza ngazo zonke izindlela njengeNyunyana eyingxenye yoMkhandlu Wesayensi Yezizwe Ngezizwe ngokuhambisana neMithetho yaleyo nhlangano; ukuthuthukisa noma yimuphi umsebenzi obonakala uwusizo ekuthuthukisweni kwezinjongo zawo ezimenyezelwe.