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.

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September 18, 2024

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

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September 27, 2024

Quantitative Biology Takes Center Stage at the “Physical Biology of the Cell” Summer School

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August 27, 2024

Seeing the future: zebrafish regenerates fully functional photoreceptor cells and restores its vision

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August 21, 2024

EMBO Interview with Elias Barriga

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August 21, 2024

Science Awards 2024 of the German Stem Cell Network to two PoL members

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