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© Ondrej Kucera

Science

August 26, 2021

New perspective on forces that divide cells

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© 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

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RA1 Mateus Group Dye Group

July 7, 2021

PoL Research Groups Leaders review Tissue Size and Scaling

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© Gijsje Koenderink

July 7, 2021

“Physik-Preis Dresden” awarded for the fifth time

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© 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.

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Research Avenues Doyle Group Campàs Group

July 5, 2021

New research groups established at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life

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July 2, 2021

Immerse yourself in the world of science at the Dresden Science Night 2021!

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© Mark Leaver

RA3 Research Groups Jahnel Group

June 18, 2021

Interview with Dr. Marcus Jahnel – new research group leader at the BIOTEC and PoL

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Research Avenues

June 17, 2021

EMBO Workshop "Physics of living systems: From molecules to tissues"

International workshop on unravelling the organization of life

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© Mark Leaver

RA3 Research Groups Jahnel Group

June 1, 2021

New Research Group Leader: Marcus Jahnel

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© 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.

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© 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).

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