# News

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© Karolina Kuodyte/ Rashmiparvathi Keshara et al. / MPI-CBG

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January 22, 2026

### Making human pancreatic acinar cells

Dresden researchers develop novel methods to create acinar cells, which are involved in the formation of pancreatic cancer.

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

© PoL

Science
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Elias Barriga Group

October 29, 2024

### Journal Club by Dr. Elias Barriga in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Elias Barriga highlights the invaluable contribution of Zhao and colleagues in a 2006 publication to the field of electrotaxis in a new journal club article.

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©Michael Brand and Evelyn Abraham

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Associates and Affiliates

August 27, 2024

### Seeing the future: zebrafish regenerates fully functional photoreceptor cells and restores its vision

Research by PoL associate Michael Brand has identified that regenerated photoreceptors in the zebrafish retina regain normal function, allowing complete recovery of vision.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/08/27/seeing-the-future-zebrafish-regenerates-fully-functional-photoreceptor-cells-and-restores-its-vision "››› read article")

© Elias Barriga and edited by EMBO

Education
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Elias Barriga Group

August 21, 2024

### EMBO Interview with Elias Barriga

Elias Barriga, group leader at PoL, former EMBO Fellow, and Installation Grantee and Young Investigator, explains his research in this EMBO interview published on August 6th, 2024 by Terry O'Connor.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/08/21/embo-interview-with-elias-barriga "››› read article")

© Campàs Lab – Rana Amini

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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.

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© Fuhrmann et al., Science Advances 2024, MPI-CBG

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Dye Group

August 12, 2024

### A New Mechanism for Shaping Animal Tissues

Dresden researchers discover a new mechanism for three-dimensional tissue shape changes in animals.

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© Neha Pincha Shroff & Pengfei Xu

Science
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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.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/04/03/pressured-to-become-the-organizer "››› read article")

© PoL / Guerra Santillán et al

Science
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Fischer-Friedrich Group

February 7, 2024

### What regulates basal tension in epithelia? The answer is in the basement!

Novel findings published in PRX Life from the Fischer-Friedrich and Dahmann groups have uncovered a mechanism of basal tension regulation in epithelia.

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© PoL / Vian et al.

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Campàs Group

November 3, 2023

### Under Pressure: Seeing the Squeeze in Living Organisms

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Elias Barriga Group

September 27, 2023

### New Research Group at PoL Investigates Collective Cell Migration in Living Tissue

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/27/new-research-group-at-pol-investigates-collective-cell-migration-in-living-tissue "››› read article")

© Joana Carvalho, Júlia Charles/EMBL

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Ebisuya Group

June 20, 2023

### The speed of life: a zoo of cells to study developmental time

Researchers from the Ebisuya Group at EMBL Barcelona have used an unprecedented stem cell zoo to compare six different mammalian species and their developmental

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/06/20/the-speed-of-life-a-zoo-of-cells-to-study-developmental-time "››› 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")

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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")

© 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

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© MPI-CBG

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Mateus Group

March 23, 2021

### Start of the first DRESDEN-concept Research Group

Dr. Rita Mateus joins the Dresden research community with her research on organ growth and structural colors.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/03/23/start-of-the-first-dresden-concept-research-group "››› read article")

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Doyle Group

February 25, 2021

### New Research Group Leader: Adele Doyle

Adele Doyle will start as new research group leader at PoL in July 2021. Her group studies how molecular circuits give rise to specialized mechanosignaling.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/02/25/new-research-group-leader-adele-doyle "››› read article")

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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.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/02/25/new-research-group-leader-otger-campas "››› read article")

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Research Groups
Mateus Group

February 3, 2021

### New Research Group Leader: Rita Mateus

Portuguese scientist, Dr. Rita Mateus, is newly appointed and first DRESDEN-concept Research Group Leader. Dr. Mateus and her research lab will work with zebrafish in order to understand how animals control their organ size.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2021/02/03/new-research-group-leader-rita-mateus "››› read article")

© MPI-CBG

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Research Groups
Dye Group

December 16, 2020

### New Research Group Leader: Natalie Dye

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2020/12/16/new-research-group-leader-natalie-dye "››› read article")

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