Physics of Life Dresden

Great news! 🎉 Our Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg_public! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 👏 We're thrilled to continue our cutting-edge #research towards understanding what brings matter to life!

Our fifth new PoL #Research Avenue is Physical Measurements in Intact Living Systems 🔬 Developing non-invasive microscopy tech is key for measuring physical forces like electric fields and pressure. This will bring our understanding of the physical basis of life to a new level!

For our seventh (and final) new #Research Avenue at PoL we're diving deep into data! For Bio-Data Science and Physics-Informed AI 💻 We will develop cutting-edge computational methods, blending theory and experimental data, to uncover hidden patterns in living systems. 📈

🇬🇧 We are #hiring an IT Specialist to join our admin team at Physics of Life! Please share with your colleagues. 🗓️Deadline: 8th August. Apply here: tud.link/rywtux

🚨 #JobAlert Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter! Wir suchen eine/n Informatiker/in für unser internationales Team bei Physics of Life! Bewerbt euch bis zum 8. August. Mehr Infos: tud.link/rywtux #joboffer #wearehiring #jobdestages #sachsenjobs

Our sixth new #Research Avenue at PoL is Engineering Living Matter! By building reconstituted or synthetic modules that reproduce functional parts of living systems at molecular, cellular, and tissue scales, we aim to reveal the physical principles of life 🤓 🧫

Congratulations to the Sbalzarini lab at PoL @MOSAICgroup1 @csbdresden and the Brand Lab (a PoL Associate) @CRTDpress for their fascinating work published in Development. They explore the contribution of porous 3D tissue geometry to morphogen gradients in zebrafish embryos 🤓🎉

🇬🇧 We are #hiring a Building Manager to join our international admin team at PoL! Please share with your colleagues. 🗓️Deadline: 31.07.2025 Apply here: tud.link/h4777c #internationaljobsgermany #buildingmanager

🚨 #JobAlert! Wir beim Physics of Life suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams im infrastrukturellen Gebäudemanagement! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung. 🗓️ Frist: 31.07.2025 Alle Details hier: tud.link/h4777c #wearehiring #sachsenjobs

🎉 Paper alert! Congratulations to the Friedrich group at PoL (@friedrich_group) and collaborators for their new findings, featured on the cover of Science Advances. They reveal a novel mechanism for muscle growth through sarcomere division. Learn more: tud.link/35mkgk

Last month, PoL took part in Dresden Long Night of Science at the CRTD @CRTDpress. Over 46,000 visitors took part across the city in a massive science communication event. We were proud to be part of it! Read our PoL news here: tud.link/qsbexh Image©️: Magdalena Gonciarz

How does life organize itself? 🤔 PoL's fourth new #Research Avenue is Energy and Information Flows in Active Matter Our aim is to reveal the physical principles underlying the emergent dynamic organization of the living state of matter. To do so, we harness the physics of life!

Our third new #Research Avenue: Self-Organizing Active Molecular Systems! 🧬 We're uncovering the physical principles of self-organization leading to functional cytoskeletal and chromatin structures. Our research will reveal how structures emerge from molecular interactions!

That’s a wrap on #LNDWDD 2025! Thank you to the CRTD @CRTDpress for hosting us. With over 2000 visitors, we were proud to take part in Dresden’s largest scientific outreach event. Special thanks to the 50+ PoL volunteers who made this possible! 🤓💪 #sciencecommunication

Our second new #Research Avenue: Emergent Cellular Phases! 👩‍🔬📷 RA2 aims to connect the physical principles and underlying molecular mechanisms of how membraneless compartments (like biological condensates) form, to uncover how cells generate and control these distinct phases.

Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Shuting Xu 🎉㊗️@ShutingXu5 As Shuting is the first PhD graduate from our Dresden lab, I was probably more nervous than she was. But Shuting delivered an outstanding, stimulating presentation and handled the Q&A with confidence. Very well done!

🎉 We are excited to announce the new TUD graduate school "Biomolecular Condensates: From Physics to Biological Functions", including 12 members from PoL! Through the school, we will train a new generation of scientists working on #condensates🤓 TUD News⤵️ tud.link/cz1vqz

Dive into PoL's first new #Research Avenue! 👩‍🔬 RA1 explores collective transitions in multicellular systems. Our goal is to reveal the physical principles underlying the emergence of functional structures in living tissues, and how cell interactions lead to complex organization.

🇩🇪 #JobAlert !🚨Wir suchen einen neuen Assistent/in zur Verstärkung unseres internationales Teams. Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter! 🗓️Bewerbt euch bis zum 26. Juni. Mehr Infos: tud.link/rywtux #joboffer #wearehiring #jobdestages #sachsenjobs #sciencejobs #tud