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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 April 2025

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.

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May 26, 2025

PoL is Renewed as a Cluster of Excellence by the DFG!

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September 18, 2024

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

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June 3, 2025

All-in-one Model Reconstructs Complex Liver Architecture

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May 12, 2025

The Physics of Life Exhibition at COSMO Wissenschaftsforum!

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April 17, 2025

Metabolism Shapes Life: How Glycolysis Drives Early Embryonic Cell Decisions

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// 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!