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Science Awards Campàs Group
July 1, 2025
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship for Augusto Ortega Granillo
Augusto Ortega Granillo, a joint postdoc at Physics of Life and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, has received a Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Human Frontier Science Program.
© Brian Long, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Publications Campàs Group
February 21, 2025
Turning Robotic Ensembles into Smart Materials that Mimic Life
Through a collaboration between the Campàs group at PoL and researchers at UCSB, scientists have developed robotic materials that can support heavy loads but also reshape, manipulate objects, and even self-heal.
© Campàs Lab – Rana Amini
Science Publications RA1 Campàs Group
August 12, 2024
The Hidden Architect: How nuclei organize the eyes and brain
Groundbreaking research from the Campàs group at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life of TU Dresden now reveals that the cell’s nucleus controls the stiffness of eye and brain tissues.
© Thorsten Eckert
Society Campàs Group
July 3, 2024
The Sächsische Newspaper Interviews PoL Director Otger Campàs
Read the translated interview of PoL Director Otger Campàs with the Saxon newspaper Sächsische.de.
© Neha Pincha Shroff & Pengfei Xu
Science Publications RA1 Campàs Group
April 3, 2024
Pressured to become the organizer
A collaboration between the Campàs group at PoL, the University of California, and Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s in Los Angeles, has identified how organizers orchestrate the formation of teeth.
© PoL / Vian et al.
Science Publications RA1 RA4 RA6 Campàs Group
November 3, 2023
Under Pressure: Seeing the Squeeze in Living Organisms
Society Mateus Group Campàs Group
June 2, 2023
Award-Winning “Bright Minds. Excellent Research.” Series Spotlights Prof. Otger Campas and Dr. Rita Mateus
The “Bright Minds. Excellent Research.” series, showcasing exceptional scientists from TU Dresden, has received the prestigious Intermedia-globe Gold Award. This remarkable series provides a captivating glimpse into the groundbreaking work of researchers at the TUD, including researchers from the Institute Physics of Life (PoL).
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Publications Campàs Group
December 28, 2022
A glimpse of a cell’s sense of touch
A research team at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life of TU Dresden and the University of California, Santa Barbara, reveals how cells sense their mechanical environment as they build tissues during embryogenesis.
© Hagen Gebauer/TUD
RA1 RA4 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.
© Michael Kretzschmar
RA1 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
Research Avenues Doyle Group Campàs Group
July 5, 2021
New research groups established at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life
RA1 Research Groups Campàs Group
February 25, 2021
New Research Group Leader: Otger Campàs
Otger Campàs holds the Chair of Tissue Dynamics at PoL and leads the Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis group, starting in July 2021.
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