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# PoL Groups

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The PoL Research Faculty consists of the **25 PoL PIs** listed below, as well as [associates and affiliates](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-associates).

### Ellen Adams

Research Group Leader

Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Condensates

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Ellen Adams](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/adams "›› visit the website of Ellen Adams")

### Simon Alberti

TUD BIOTEC
| Professor for Cellular Biochemistry

Organization of cytoplasm across space and time

[›› open the website of Simon Alberti in a new tab](https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/biotec/forschungsgruppen/alberti?set_language=en "›› open the website of Simon Alberti in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Elias Barriga

Research Group Leader

Biophysical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Elias Barriga](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/barriga "›› visit the website of Elias Barriga")

### Catherina G. Becker

TUD CRTD, TUD Faculty of Biology
| Professor for Neural Development and Regeneration

Neural Development and Regeneration

[›› open the website of Catherina G. Becker in a new tab](https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/crtd/forschungsgruppen/crtd-forschungsgruppen/becker?set_language=en "›› open the website of Catherina G. Becker in a new tab")

© TUD CMCB/Magdalena Gonciarz

### Jan Brugués

Chair of Spatiotemporal Organization of Subcellular Structures

Spatiotemporal Organization of Subcellular Structures

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Jan Brugués](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/brugues "›› visit the website of Jan Brugués")

### Otger Campàs

Chair of Tissue Dynamics

Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Otger Campàs](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/campas "›› visit the website of Otger Campàs")

### Stefan Diez

TUD B CUBE
| Professor for BioNano Tools

Molecular transport in cell biology and nanotechnology

[›› open the website of Stefan Diez in a new tab](https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/bcube/forschungsgruppen/diez?set_language=en "›› open the website of Stefan Diez in a new tab")

© TUD CMCB, Magdalena Gonciarz

### Adele Doyle

Research Group Leader

Mechanobiology of Stem Cells

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Adele Doyle](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/doyle "›› visit the website of Adele Doyle")

### Miki Ebisuya

Humboldt Professor and Chair of Cell and Tissue Control

Cross-Species Comparison and Manipulation of the Organoid Zoo

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Miki Ebisuya](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/ebisuya "›› visit the website of Miki Ebisuya")

### Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich

Heisenberg Professor for Mechanics of Active Biomaterials

Mechanics of Active Biomaterials

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/fischer-friedrich "›› visit the website of Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich")

### Benjamin Friedrich

Heisenberg Professor for Biological Algorithms

Biological Algorithms: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Cells and Tissues

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Benjamin Friedrich](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/friedrich "›› visit the website of Benjamin Friedrich")

### Anne Grapin-Botton

MPI-CBG
| Director of MPI-CBG

Self-organization of cells into organ communities

[›› open the website of Anne Grapin-Botton in a new tab](https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/researchgroups/currentgroups/anne-grapin-botton/ "›› open the website of Anne Grapin-Botton in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Stephan W. Grill

MPI-CBG
| Director of MPI-CBG, Professor for Physics of Life

Physics of Life

[›› open the website of Stephan W. Grill in a new tab](https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/researchgroups/currentgroups/stephan-grill/ "›› open the website of Stephan W. Grill in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Heather Harrington

MPI-CBG, CSBD
| Director of MPI-CBG and CSBD, Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Algebraic Systems Biology

[›› open the website of Heather Harrington in a new tab](https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/researchgroups/currentgroups/heather-harrington/group-leader "›› open the website of Heather Harrington in a new tab")

© Z Goriely

### Alf O. Honigmann

TUD BIOTEC
| Professor for Biophysics

Membrane Organization of Cells and Tissues

[›› open the website of Alf O. Honigmann in a new tab](https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/biotec/forschungsgruppen/honigmann "›› open the website of Alf O. Honigmann in a new tab")

### Meritxell Huch

MPI-CBG
| Director of MPI-CBG, Lise Meitner Max Planck Research Group Leader

Organoids, tissue regeneration and its deregulation in disease

[›› open the website of Meritxell Huch in a new tab](https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/researchgroups/currentgroups/meritxell-huch/ "›› open the website of Meritxell Huch in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Anthony A. Hyman

MPI-CBG
| Director of MPI-CBG, Professor for Molecular Cell Biology

Organization of Cytoplasm

[›› open the website of Anthony A. Hyman in a new tab](https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/researchgroups/currentgroups/anthony-hyman/ "›› open the website of Anthony A. Hyman in a new tab")

© Sven Döring

### Frank Jülicher

MPI-PKS
| Director of MPI-PKS, Professor for Biophysics

Dynamic processes in cells and tissues

[›› open the website of Frank Jülicher in a new tab](https://www.pks.mpg.de/biological-physics/frank-juelicher/ "›› open the website of Frank Jülicher in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Christina Kurzthaler

MPI-PKS, CSBD
| Research Group Leader

Transport and Flows in Complex Environments

[›› open the website of Christina Kurzthaler in a new tab](https://www.pks.mpg.de/tfce "›› open the website of Christina Kurzthaler in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Rita Mateus

Research Group Leader

Biophysical Principles of Vertebrate Growth

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Rita Mateus](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/mateus "›› visit the website of Rita Mateus")

### Ivo F. Sbalzarini

TUD, CSBD
| Professor for Scientific Computing for Systems Biology

The MOSAIC Group: Scientific Computing for Image-based Systems Biology

[›› open the website of Ivo F. Sbalzarini in a new tab](http://mosaic.mpi-cbg.de "›› open the website of Ivo F. Sbalzarini in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Helmut Schießel

Chair of Theoretical Physics of Living Matter

Theoretical Physics of Living Matter

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Helmut Schießel](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/schiessel "›› visit the website of Helmut Schießel")

### Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy

MPI-CBG
| Research Group Leader

Protein plasticity and evolution

[›› open the website of Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy in a new tab](https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/researchgroups/currentgroups/agnes-toth-petroczy/ "›› open the website of Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy in a new tab")

© MPI-CBG

### Carsten Werner

IPF
| Professor for Biofunctional Polymer Materials

Biofunctional polymer materials

[›› open the website of Carsten Werner in a new tab](https://www.ipfdd.de/en/organization/departments/institute-of-biofunctional-polymer-materials/team/prof-dr-carsten-werner/?no_cache=1 "›› open the website of Carsten Werner in a new tab")

### Xingbo Yang

Research Group Leader

Bioenergetics of Self-Organization

hired by PoL

[›› visit the website of Xingbo Yang](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/yang "›› visit the website of Xingbo Yang")