News

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.

January 25, 2021

The aging of protein droplets

Scientists discover how protein droplets change from liquid to solid state over time

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.

January 3, 2021

New Research Group Leader: Helmut Schießel

December 16, 2020

New Research Group Leader: Natalie Dye

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.

November 2, 2020

New Technology Development Group Leader: Robert Haase

October 12, 2020

How will we live in the future?

Opening of the DRESDEN-concept science exhibition in front of the Dresden Kulturpalast

September 2, 2020

How do tumor cells divide in the crowd?

Scientists led by Dr. Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich, group leader at the Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) and the Biotechnology Center TU Dresden (BIOTEC) studied how cancer cells are able to divide in a crowded tumor tissue and connected it to the hallmark of cancer progression and metastasis, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

August 3, 2020

Go with the counter-rotating flow!

Counter-rotating flows drive cell movement during cell division

May 28, 2020

Twist and torque in the cellular nanocosmos: Diez group detects biophysical forces of molecular motors in 3D

December 2, 2019

New PoL Research Group Leader: Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich

November 3, 2019

New Technology Development Group Leader: Bert Nitzsche

July 22, 2019

TU Dresden retains its title as University of Excellence

April 9, 2019

Unraveling growth of organs with computer science and physics

Workshop on "Image-based Modeling and Simulation of Morphogenesis" brings leading expertise to Dresden

April 3, 2019

Children’s University - How does an organism form?

Stephan Grill talks in front of 500 curious kids

April 2, 2019

A new force awakens

Newly discovered physical force contributes to proper development of the red flour beetle

February 18, 2019

Adding Biophysics to the Mix

Interview with Stephan Grill, new director at the MPI-CBG

September 27, 2018

Biophysicists delve into the organisation of life – New Cluster of Excellence to unravel the “Physics of Life” (PoL)