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Cluster of Excellence
Physics of Life

The Dynamic Organization of Living Matter

Impact

* published by PoL PIs between January 2019 (the start date of PoL) and May 2024

Our purpose

Discover new paradigms for understanding life and deepen our knowledge of living biological matter

We aim to elucidate the laws of physics that underlie the dynamic spatiotemporal organization of life into molecules, cells and tissues. Our focus is to bring fundamental physics to biology for the purpose of understanding and solving biological questions.

Our research is enabled by merging theory and experiment and driven by a sparkling collaborative atmosphere in Dresden between University and non-University research laboratories.

We are hiring

March 18, 2025

The Physics of Life Exhibition at COSMO Wissenschaftsforum

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September 18, 2024

Polina Explains Biophysics: Introducing PoL's New Comic Series!

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April 17, 2025

Metabolism Shapes Life: How Glycolysis Drives Early Embryonic Cell Decisions

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April 3, 2025

Rita Mateus Receives Funding to Uncover Crystal Formation Inside Cells

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March 4, 2025

The Hidden Twist: Scientists Capture Cilia’s Secret Motion

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, 2025 // Kulturpalast Dresden, Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden

// B CUBE | E73/E74

PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar
Today’s speaker: Arufi Singh

// B CUBE | E73/E74

PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar
Today’s speakers: Custódio de Oliveira Nunes and Michael Riedl

Jun , 2025 // CRTD

Dresden Long Night of Science 2025
Join PoL this year for the Long Night of Science at the CMCB!