# News
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© TUD/CRTD
April 28, 2022
### Why does the axolotl age so slowly?
DFG funds interdisciplinary project to explore the role of regeneration in aging.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2022/04/28/axolotl-aging-dfg "››› read article")
March 31, 2022
### New Master's program Physics of Life: Application period opens 1st April
The newly designed international Master of Science Physics of Life will start for the first time in Fall 2022.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2022/03/31/new-masters-program-physics-of-life-application-period-opens-1st-april "››› read article")
© Klaus Fabel
March 30, 2022
### 4th Dresden DZG Symposium: Jointly against common diseases!
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© Hagen Gebauer (TUD)
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Schießel Group
March 24, 2022
### Biophysics from scratch in 500 pages
With his textbook, Prof. Helmut Schießel, Chair and Deputy Director at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) at TU Dresden, lays the foundation for interdisciplinary teaching.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2022/03/24/biophysics-from-scratch-in-500-pages "››› read article")
© Catarina R. Oliveira
March 3, 2022
### How Much to Regenerate?
The Yun Group Identifies a Protein Determining Positional Identity in Cells.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2022/03/03/how-much-to-regenerate "››› read article")
© Hagen Gebauer/TUD
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Schießel Group
Campàs Group
February 15, 2022
### New leadership at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) of TU Dresden
The Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) at TU Dresden has appointed Prof. Otger Campàs as new managing director and Prof. Helmut Schießel as deputy director.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2022/02/15/new-leadership-at-the-cluster-of-excellence-physics-of-life-pol-of-tu-dresden "››› read article")
© Mark Leaver, Jose A. Morin and Sina Wittmann, / MPI-CBG / Jose A. Morin et al. Nature Physics, 2022
February 3, 2022
### Reading DNA is team work
Dresden researchers explain how liquid-like protein droplets collectively read DNA regions to switch on genes.
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© GFF-TUD e.V.
January 17, 2022
### Online teaching course for bio-image analysis and bio-statistics in Dresden wins teaching prize
Dr. Robert Haase (Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life at TU Dresden - PoL, Center for Systems Biology Dresden - CSBD) and Dr. Anna Poetsch (MSNZ group leader at BIOTEC and NCT Dresden) were awarded the 2021 Teaching Prize of the Society of Friends and Supporters of Technische Universität Dresden e. V. (GFF-TUD e. V.) for a joint innovative online lecture series about bio-image analysis and bio-statistics.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2022/01/17/online-teaching-course-for-bio-image-analysis-and-bio-statistics-in-dresden-wins-teaching-prize "››› read article")
© Fabio Novelli
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December 1, 2021
### Using terahertz to explore the inside of the cell
Joint research group between the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) to decipher biomolecules
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/12/01/using-terahertz-to-explore-the-inside-of-the-cell "››› read article")
© PoL, TU Dresden
November 25, 2021
### Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich honored with the Hertha Sponer Prize of the German Physical Society
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/11/25/elisabeth-fischer-friedrich-hertha-sponer-prize "››› read article")
November 15, 2021
### Physics of Life and B CUBE visit "Saturday Physics"
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© Dr. Robert Haase
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Bio-image Analysis Group
October 1, 2021
### Image analysis for everyone: PoL researchers acquire funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Accelerating image data science: Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) at TU Dresden together with scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Francis Crick Institute in London set out to enable the biomedical community to analyze complex microscopy data faster.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/10/01/image-analysis-for-everyone-pol-researchers-acquire-funding-from-the-chan-zuckerberg-initiative "››› read article")
© Katherina Haase
September 22, 2021
### Imaging Science – The beauty of Science
An exhibition of cfaed’s 'Scientific Image Contests'
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/09/22/imaging-science-the-beauty-of-science "››› read article")
© PoL/TU Dresden
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Fischer-Friedrich Group
September 9, 2021
### New insights into the mechanics of epithelial cells
Dresden researchers show characteristic changes in cellular mechanics for a cancer-associated transformation of epithelial cells
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/09/09/new-insights-into-the-mechanics-of-epithelial-cells "››› read article")
Science
September 1, 2021
### Excellently explained – cutting-edge research for everyone
57 Clusters of Excellence launch joint podcast series on cutting-edge research in Germany
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Doyle Group
August 30, 2021
### Cell feng shui: How the unity of physical and biochemical cues creates healthy organisms
New TU Dresden research group aims to uncover how stem cells respond to mechanical forces and electrical cues during the development and maintenance of the nervous and cardiovascular system.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/08/30/cell-feng-shui-how-the-unity-of-physical-and-biochemical-cues-creates-healthy-organisms "››› read article")
© Ondrej Kucera
Science
August 26, 2021
### New perspective on forces that divide cells
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© Michael Kretzschmar
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Campàs Group
July 27, 2021
### Of embryo mechanics and living foams: Otger Campàs appointed as Chair for Tissue Dynamics at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life at TU Dresden
Prof. Campàs joins the Dresden research community to focus on embryonic self-organization and morphogenesis
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/07/27/of-embryo-mechanics-and-living-foams-otger-campas-appointed-as-chair-for-tissue-dynamics-at-the-cluster-of-excellence-physics-of-life-at-tu-dresden "››› read article")
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Mateus Group
Dye Group
July 7, 2021
### PoL Research Groups Leaders review Tissue Size and Scaling
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/07/07/new-research-groups-at-pol-review-tissue-size-and-scaling "››› read article")
© Gijsje Koenderink
July 7, 2021
### “Physik-Preis Dresden” awarded for the fifth time
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/07/07/physik-preis-dresden-awarded-for-the-fifth-time "››› read article")
© Michael Kretzschmar
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Friedrich Group
July 6, 2021
### From biological clocks to the movement of sperm cells: Benjamin Friedrich appointed to new Heisenberg Professorship for Biological Algorithms
Professor Benjamin Friedrich assumed the Heisenberg Professorship for Biological Algorithms at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life on June 1, 2021. Prof. Friedrich had already headed the eponymous research group at the research cluster cfaed (Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden) since April 2016.
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/07/06/from-biological-clocks-to-the-movement-of-sperm-cells-benjamin-friedrich-appointed-to-new-heisenberg-professorship-for-biological-algorithms "››› read article")
Research Avenues
Doyle Group
Campàs Group
July 5, 2021
### New research groups established at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life
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July 2, 2021
### Immerse yourself in the world of science at the Dresden Science Night 2021!
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/07/02/immerse-yourself-in-the-world-of-science-at-the-dresden-science-night-2021 "››› read article")
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Research Groups
Jahnel Group
June 18, 2021
### Interview with Dr. Marcus Jahnel – new research group leader at the BIOTEC and PoL
[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/06/18/interview-with-dr-marcus-jahnel-new-research-group-leader-at-the-biotec-and-pol "››› read article")
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