# News & Events

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## [News](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news)

January 7, 2026

## The Mechanical Ratchet: A New Mechanism of Cell Division Uncovered

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2026/01/07/the-mechanical-ratchet-a-new-mechanism-of-cell-division-uncovered "The Mechanical Ratchet: A New Mechanism of Cell Division Uncovered")

March 13, 2026

## Physics of Life at the DPG Spring Meeting 2026!

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2026/03/13/physics-of-life-at-the-dpg-spring-meeting-2026 "Physics of Life at the DPG Spring Meeting 2026! ")

February 4, 2026

## New insights into the mechanisms of organ growth and repair

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2026/02/04/new-insights-into-the-mechanisms-of-organ-growth-and-repair "New insights into the mechanisms of organ growth and repair ")

January 28, 2026

## New perspectives on how physical instabilities drive embryonic development

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2026/01/28/new-perspectives-on-how-physical-instabilities-drive-embryonic-development "New perspectives on how physical instabilities drive embryonic development")

January 22, 2026

## Making human pancreatic acinar cells

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2026/01/22/making-human-pancreatic-acinar-cells "Making human pancreatic acinar cells ")

[all news](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news)

## [Events](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events)

Wed, Apr 15, 2026
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**[PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2026/04/15/phd-and-postdoc-seminar-2512-1-1-6)**
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Today’s speakers: Maria Kharlamova and Georg Csukovich

Wed, Apr 29, 2026
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**[Michael Sixt:
Mechanics and energetics of leukocyte migration](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2026/04/29/alan-rodrigues-organic-self-organization-tissue-symmetry-breaking-through-the-irreducible-coupling-of-cell-and-supracellular-structures-1)**
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PoL Research Seminar

Wed, May 6, 2026
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**[PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2026/05/06/phd-and-postdoc-seminar-2512-1-1-6-1-1)**
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Today’s speakers: Lara Köhler and Marina Marchenko

Wed, Jun 3, 2026
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**[PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2026/06/03/phd-and-postdoc-seminar-2512-1-1-6-1)**
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Today’s speakers: Joana Vidigueira and Beate Knauer

Wed, Jul 8, 2026
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**[PoL PhD and Postdoc Seminar](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2026/07/08/phd-and-postdoc-seminar-2512-1-1-6-1-2)**
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Today’s speakers: Francesco Leone and Joachim Rosenberger

[all upcoming events](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events)