The Biomolecular Layers Laboratory of ISSP-BAS deals with the physics of soft and living matter. Main subjects of the studies so far have been: free standing bilayer membranes (model and native ones), self-assembled ultra-thin molecular films on solid supports, surface organized molecular layers interacting with bulk organized nematic liquid crystals. Future perspectives include: nanophysics of liquid crystal surface, nanostructured liquid crystals, nanomembrane machines.