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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.

September 18, 2024

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

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January 17, 2025

Shocking Cues: How Cells Harness Electric Fields to Migrate During Embryonic Development

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December 19, 2024

The Poetsch Group Becomes Part of a New European Consortium Addressing Leukemia

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December 11, 2024

Revealing the Winners of the PoL LEGO Competition at Technische Sammlungen Dresden!

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November 18, 2024

How To Achieve Precision in a Noisy Biological System – Scientists Explain the Regular Beating of Sperm Tails

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PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar
Today’s speakers: Marc Trani Bustos & Dalileh Nabi