Research Avenue 1

Guided Mechanochemical Self-Organization

RA1 wants to unravel the principles by which mechanics and biochemical coupled in morphogenesis. We aim to reveal how the associated modules of self-organization are guided by physical cues and upstream signaling pathways. What are the mechanisms driving symmetry breaking in tissues and organisms? How do tissues size and shape themselves? How are tissue patterns generated and maintained? How are proportions maintained during growth? What makes a tissue fluid, what makes it contract? How do tissues buckle; how do they form three-dimensional shapes? What is the role of the Extracellular Matrix (ECM) in tissue morphogenesis? To address these questions, we will synergize our expertise in model organisms and organoids to identify modules of self-organisation and mechanisms of guidance by physical and anatomical cues, as well as singling pathways.

Research Avenue Leader

Research Avenue 1

Anne Grapin-Botton

MPI-CBG | Director of MPI-CBG

Self-organization of cells into organ communities

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Core Groups

Research Avenue 1RA3RA4RA5RA6

Elias Barriga Group

Biophysical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis

Research Group Leader

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Research Avenue 1RA3RA4RA5RA6

Otger Campàs Group

Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis

Chair of Tissue Dynamics

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© MPI-CBG

Research Avenue 1RA6

Adele Doyle Group

Mechanobiology of Stem Cells

Research Group Leader

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© Magdalena Gonciarz

Research Avenue 1RA4RA5

Natalie Dye Group

Biophysics of Epithelial Growth and Tumorigenesis

Research Group Leader

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Research Avenue 6RA1

Miki Ebisuya Group

Cross-Species Comparison and Manipulation of the Organoid Zoo

Humboldt Professor and Chair of Cell and Tissue Control

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© Humboldt Foundation

Research Avenue 3RA1RA4RA6

Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich Group

Mechanics of Active Biomaterials

Heisenberg Professor for Mechanics of Active Biomaterials

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© BIOTEC

Research Avenue 4RA1RA2RA3

Benjamin Friedrich Group

Biological Algorithms: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Cells and Tissues

Heisenberg Professor for Biological Algorithms

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© cfaed, Katharina Knaut

Research Avenue 1

Rita Mateus Group

Biophysical Principles of Vertebrate Growth

Research Group Leader

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Research Avenue 5RA1RA3RA4RA6

Xingbo Yang Group

Bioenergetics of Self-Organization

Research Group Leader

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Associates and Affiliates

Research Avenue 4RA1

Ricard Alert Group

MPI-PKS, CSBD | Research Group Leader

The Physics of Living Matter

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Research Avenue 1

Catherina G. Becker Group

TUD CRTD, TUD Faculty of Biology | Professor for Neural Development and Regeneration

Neural Development and Regeneration

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© Magdalena Gonciarz

Research Avenue 1RA4RA5RA6

Michael Brand Group

TUD CRTD | Professor for Developmental Genetics

Development and Regeneration of the Vertebrate Brain

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Research Avenue 5RA1RA6

Jürgen Czarske Group

TUD | Professor for Measurement and Sensor Systems

Biomedical Computational Laser Systems (BIOLAS): Adaptive Smart Microscopy

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© Center BIOLAS, TUD

Research Avenue 1RA3RA6

Christian Dahmann Group

TUD | Professor for Systems Biology and Genetics

Signals and mechanics in epithelial morphogenesis

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Research Avenue 1RA6

Claudia Gerri Group

MPI-CBG, CSBD | Research Group Leader

The fetal-maternal interface across species

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Research Avenue 1

Anne Grapin-Botton Group

MPI-CBG | Director of MPI-CBG

Self-organization of cells into organ communities

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Research Avenue 3RA1RA2RA4

Stephan W. Grill Group

MPI-CBG | Director of MPI-CBG, Professor for Physics of Life

Physics of Life

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Research Avenue 1RA2RA3RA6

Alf O. Honigmann Group

TUD BIOTEC | Professor for Biophysics

Membrane Organization of Cells and Tissues

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Research Avenue 1RA4

Meritxell Huch Group

MPI-CBG | Director of MPI-CBG, Lise Meitner Max Planck Research Group Leader

Organoids, tissue regeneration and its deregulation in disease

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Research Avenue 4RA1RA5RA6

Carl Modes Group

MPI-CBG | Research Group Leader

Network Complexity and Systems Biophysics

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Research Avenue 5RA1RA2RA6

Anna Poetsch Group

TUD BIOTEC, NCT, CSBD | Research Group Leader

Biomedical Genomics

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Research Avenue 1RA2

Yael Politi Group

TUD B CUBE, TUD Faculty of Biology | Professor for Bioprospecting

Chitin-based biological materials and biomineralization

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© TUD, Magdalena Gonciarz

Research Avenue 1RA3RA4RA5RA6

Marko Popović Group

MPI-PKS, CSBD | Research Group Leader

Order and disorder in driven systems

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Research Avenue 4RA1

Jonathan Rodenfels Group

MPI-CBG | Research Group Leader

Energetics of Biological Systems

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Research Avenue 5RA1RA4RA6

Ivo F. Sbalzarini Group

TUD, CSBD | Professor for Scientific Computing for Systems Biology

The MOSAIC Group: Scientific Computing for Image-based Systems Biology

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© MPI-CBG

Research Avenue 6RA1RA3

Francis Stewart Group

TUD BIOTEC | Professor for Genomics

Epigenetic regulation and genomic engineering

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Research Avenue 1RA5

Pavel Tomancak Group

MPI-CBG | Research Group Leader

Patterns of gene expression in animal development

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Research Avenue 6RA1RA4RA5

Jesse Veenvliet Group

MPI-CBG | Research Group Leader

Stembryogenesis

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© MPI-CBG

Research Avenue 5RA1RA2RA3RA4

Axel Voigt Group

TUD | Professor for Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics

Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Cells and Systems

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© MPI-CBG

Research Avenue 1RA6

Carsten Werner Group

IPF | Professor for Biofunctional Polymer Materials

Biofunctional polymer materials

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Research Avenue 1

Maximina Yun Group

TUD CRTD, MPI-CBG | Research Group Leader

Regeneration of Complex Structures

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© CRTD

Research Avenue 6RA1RA3

Marino Zerial Group

MPI-CBG | Director of MPI-CBG, Professor for Cell Biology

Principles of cell and tissue organization: from endocytosis to a systems understanding of liver structure and function

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© MPI-CBG

Research Avenue 2RA1RA3RA6

Yixin Zhang Group

TUD B CUBE | Professor for Biomolecular Interaction

Drug design and screening: from biochemical methods to 3D model system

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