May 11, 2023
Award-winning: Prof. Miki Ebisuya and the stem cell zoo
Researcher of the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life at the TU Dresden receives the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
News
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Education
May 11, 2023
Successful kick-off event for mentoring program for young female scientists and students
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Society Events
May 10, 2023
New Physics of Life Cluster of Excellence exhibition at the Technische Sammlungen Dresden
Publications RA3 Jahnel Group
May 4, 2023
Alternative Fuel for String-Shaped Motors in Cells
Researchers from Dresden and Bangalore discover a unique two-component molecular motor that uses a kind of renewable chemical energy to pull vesicles toward membrane-bound organelles.
Education
April 24, 2023
Apply now for the Master’s Program in Physics of Life!
Application period for winter term 2023/2024 open until May 31st
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RA3 Fischer-Friedrich Group
April 21, 2023
Test of strength of cells: new Heisenberg Professorship for Mechanics of Active Biomaterials at TU Dresden
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Science RA3 Brugués Group
February 10, 2023
From molecules to cellular structures: Jan Brugués joined the PoL
February 9, 2023
The Network of European BioImage Analysts secures funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The international Network of European BioImage Analysts (NEUBIAS) receives a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) as part of their Advancing Imaging through Collaborative Projects program to secure the sustainability of NEUBIAS, establish strong connections to similar initiatives, and share knowledge about state-of-the-art bioimage analysis tools and methods globally.
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Publications Campàs Group
December 28, 2022
A glimpse of a cell’s sense of touch
A research team at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life of TU Dresden and the University of California, Santa Barbara, reveals how cells sense their mechanical environment as they build tissues during embryogenesis.
Society Jahnel Group
December 15, 2022
Amazed children’s eyes, many questions and aha moments
PoL Group Leader Marcus Jahnel answered curious children’s questions
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Education Awards Schießel Group Dye Group Brugués Group
December 12, 2022
Students in PoL groups among best TUD graduates of 2021/22
TUD honors the best graduates of the academic year 2021/22
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RA6 Ebisuya Group
November 28, 2022
Newly awarded Humboldt Professor Dr. Miki Ebisuya joins PoL
Miki Ebisuya plans to join the PoL leadership in April 2023 on the newly established Chair of Cell and Tissue Control
Awards RA5 Bio-image Analysis Group
September 30, 2022
Robert Haase receives the 2023 Royal Microscopical Society Award for Data Analysis in Imaging
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Awards RA2 Associates and Affiliates
September 29, 2022
2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for Anthony Hyman and Clifford Brangwynne
World’s largest science prize for discovering a new mechanism of cellular organization.
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September 28, 2022
Start of the new Physics of Life Master Program
The newly developed international Master of Science Physics of Life starts on October 1, welcoming 20 students from around the globe
Publications
September 14, 2022
An unstable, flake-like network in the making
Dresden research team finds that the cell cortex, a fine network of filaments below the cell membrane, is activated in a controlled way by thousands of short-lived protein condensates.
Society
July 5, 2022
3, 2, 1 Science: enthusiastic about science at the Dresden Science Night 2022!
This year, the Dresden Science Night welcomes everyone in person and on site again. Visit us at our three PoL stations and enjoy the science!
© Anna-Maria Hantschke
May 10, 2022
PoL and six other DFG-coordinated programs at BeWISE conference WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
May 9, 2022
DFG Grant for collaborative research project on epithelial folding
The Fischer-Friedrich Lab and the Dahmann Lab of TU Dresden receive DFG funding to investigate the role of the basement membrane in the morphogenesis of animals.
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April 28, 2022
Why does the axolotl age so slowly?
DFG funds interdisciplinary project to explore the role of regeneration in aging.
March 31, 2022
New Master's program Physics of Life: Application period opens 1st April
The newly designed international Master of Science Physics of Life will start for the first time in Fall 2022.
© Klaus Fabel
March 30, 2022
4th Dresden DZG Symposium: Jointly against common diseases!
© Hagen Gebauer (TUD)
RA4 Schießel Group
March 24, 2022
Biophysics from scratch in 500 pages
With his textbook, Prof. Helmut Schießel, Chair and Deputy Director at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) at TU Dresden, lays the foundation for interdisciplinary teaching.