September 1, 2021
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RA1 Doyle Group
August 30, 2021
Cell feng shui: How the unity of physical and biochemical cues creates healthy organisms
New TU Dresden research group aims to uncover how stem cells respond to mechanical forces and electrical cues during the development and maintenance of the nervous and cardiovascular system.
© Ondrej Kucera
Science
August 26, 2021
New perspective on forces that divide cells
© Michael Kretzschmar
RA1 Campàs Group
July 27, 2021
Of embryo mechanics and living foams: Otger Campàs appointed as Chair for Tissue Dynamics at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life at TU Dresden
Prof. Campàs joins the Dresden research community to focus on embryonic self-organization and morphogenesis
RA1 Mateus Group Dye Group
July 7, 2021
PoL Research Groups Leaders review Tissue Size and Scaling
© Michael Kretzschmar
RA4 Friedrich Group
July 6, 2021
From biological clocks to the movement of sperm cells: Benjamin Friedrich appointed to new Heisenberg Professorship for Biological Algorithms
Professor Benjamin Friedrich assumed the Heisenberg Professorship for Biological Algorithms at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life on June 1, 2021. Prof. Friedrich had already headed the eponymous research group at the research cluster cfaed (Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden) since April 2016.
Research Avenues Doyle Group Campàs Group
July 5, 2021
New research groups established at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life
July 2, 2021
Immerse yourself in the world of science at the Dresden Science Night 2021!
RA3 Research Groups Jahnel Group
June 18, 2021
Interview with Dr. Marcus Jahnel – new research group leader at the BIOTEC and PoL
Research Avenues
June 17, 2021
EMBO Workshop "Physics of living systems: From molecules to tissues"
International workshop on unravelling the organization of life
© Mark Leaver
RA3 Research Groups Jahnel Group
June 1, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Marcus Jahnel
© Nicolas Chartier et al. Nature Physics, 20 May, 2021.
May 31, 2021
Hydraulic instability decides who’s to die and who’s to live
Dresden researchers discover that a mechanical cue is at the origin of cell death decision.
© Sylvia Hurlimann / Middelkoop et al. PNAS, 18. May 2021 / MPI-CBG
May 19, 2021
Rotating forces get embryos in shape
New publication by the Lab of Stephan Grill, Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) and Director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG).
RA4 Research Groups Friedrich Group
April 14, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Benjamin Friedrich
PD Dr. Benjamin Friedrich has taken up a Heisenberg Professorship for Biological Algorithms as of April 1, 2021.
© MPI-CBG
RA1 Research Groups Mateus Group
March 23, 2021
Start of the first DRESDEN-concept Research Group
Dr. Rita Mateus joins the Dresden research community with her research on organ growth and structural colors.
RA1 Research Groups Doyle Group
February 25, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Adele Doyle
Adele Doyle will start as new research group leader at PoL in July 2021. Her group studies how molecular circuits give rise to specialized mechanosignaling.
RA1 Research Groups Campàs Group
February 25, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Otger Campàs
Otger Campàs holds the Chair of Tissue Dynamics at PoL and leads the Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis group, starting in July 2021.
RA1 Research Groups Mateus Group
February 3, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Rita Mateus
Portuguese scientist, Dr. Rita Mateus, is newly appointed and first DRESDEN-concept Research Group Leader. Dr. Mateus and her research lab will work with zebrafish in order to understand how animals control their organ size.
© Louise Jawerth, MPI-PKS / MPI-CBG
January 25, 2021
The aging of protein droplets
Scientists discover how protein droplets change from liquid to solid state over time
© MPI-CBG
January 12, 2021
EMBO New Venture Fellowships in Honor of Suzanne Eaton
The EMBO New Venture Fellowship supports young researchers from across the life sciences to enter a new field or bring a new direction to their work.
RA4 Research Groups Schießel Group
January 3, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Helmut Schießel
© MPI-CBG
RA1 Research Groups Dye Group
December 16, 2020
New Research Group Leader: Natalie Dye
© Akanksha Jain et al. / MPI-CBG
November 5, 2020
Relaxing during the stressful times of gastrulation
Researchers uncover a mechanism that, similar to wound-healing, converts tissue during a spreading event into a fluid-like state.