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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)