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).
© cfaed, Katharina Knaut
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