# Cluster of ExcellencePhysics of Life
**Source**: https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/
**Parent**: https://tu-dresden.de
# Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life
## The Dynamic Organization of Living Matter
## Impact
[13
New professors and group leaders for PoL](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/new-pol-groups)
- 46
%
Women
- 70
%
International
[New PoL Core Facilities](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/core-facilities)
[PoL Microscopy](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/core-facilities/pol-microscopy)
Bio-Image Analysis
[Microfluidics Core](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/core-facilities/microfluidics-core)
[Stem Cell Core](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/core-facilities/stem-cell-core)
[1,506
Peer-reviewed articles\*](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/publications)
\* published by PoL PIs between January 2019 (the start date of PoL) and August 2025
- [10
PoL Programs](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/career-education)
- [21
Scientific Events](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news-events/highlights)
- 39
Joint PhD Students and Postdocs
- [34
Collaborative Grants](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/career-education/pol-supporting-programs-grants)
## Our purpose
### Discover new paradigms for understanding life and deepen our knowledge of living biological matter
We aim to elucidate the *laws of physics* that underlie the dynamic spatiotemporal organization of life into molecules, cells and tissues. Our focus is to bring fundamental physics to biology for the purpose of understanding and solving biological questions.
Our research is enabled by merging theory and experiment and driven by a sparkling collaborative atmosphere in Dresden between University and non-University research laboratories.
## [DFG Cluster of Excellence](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/cluster-of-excellence)
Physics of Life is one of 57 DFG Clusters of Excellence in Germany
© Campàs Lab – Rana Amini
## [Our research: vision & mission](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/research/vision-research-avenues)
We seek to understand living matter as a self-organizing and active form of soft condensed matter
© Friedrich & Kröger groups
## [The people that make PoL](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team)
At PoL we are scientists, technicians, and administrative staff
## [Join us!](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/career-education)
Want to join our community? Find out about open positions and other ways to become a part of PoL!
## [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
11:00 am
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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
11:00 am
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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)