# PoL Groups
**Source**: https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups
**Parent**: https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/
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
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© 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
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© 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")