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Science
Publications
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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.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/02/07/guerra-santillan-et-al "››› read article")

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Science
Publications
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Jahnel Group
Brugués Group

February 6, 2024

### Making Ends Meet: Researcher find that a protein superglue is crucial for DNA damage repair

A landmark study published in Cell, led by PoL member Alberti and including PoL group leaders Jahnel and Brugués, has revealed that PARP1 proteins form a kind of molecular superglue to hold broken DNA ends together.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/02/06/making-ends-meet-researcher-find-that-a-protein-superglue-is-crucial-for-dna-damage-repair "››› read article")

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Science
Publications
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Friedrich Group

February 1, 2024

### Assembling the pieces for building muscles

Researchers from the Friedrich Group published a model for building the muscle structure in PRX Life.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/02/01/assembling-the-pieces-for-building-muscles "››› read article")

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Events

January 22, 2024

### The Saxony Minister of Science Visits PoL

Sebastian Gemkow is introduced to the world of PoL research.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/01/22/the-saxony-minister-of-science-visits-pol "››› read article")

Science
Awards
Associates and Affiliates

January 15, 2024

### 2024 SPIE Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics for Jürgen Czarske

The PoL member Jürgen Czarske is awarded for significant contributions to the development of digital holography, and related techniques for biomedicine, fiber communication, imaging, information processing, and laser metrology.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2024/01/15/2024-spie-dennis-gabor-award-in-diffractive-optics-for-juergen-czarske "››› read article")

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Education
Events

December 5, 2023

### PoL opens up the EUtopia week

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/12/05/pol-opens-up-the-eutopia-week "››› read article")

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Events

November 30, 2023

### A day to bring Machine Learning to Biology data analysis

Symposium brings Dresden and Leipzig researchers together

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/11/30/a-day-to-bring-machine-learning-to-biology-data-analysis "››› read article")

Education
Science
Research Groups
Events

November 24, 2023

### The PoL Day 2023

A day to bring and celebrate the PoL community!

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/11/24/the-pol-day-2023 "››› read article")

Education
Fischer-Friedrich Group

November 9, 2023

### Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/11/09/inaugural-lecture-by-prof-elisabeth-fischer-friedrich "››› read article")

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Science
Publications
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Campàs Group

November 3, 2023

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

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/11/03/under-pressure-seeing-the-squeeze-in-living-organisms "››› read article")

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Education
Adams Group

November 1, 2023

### Dr. Ellen Adams as Mentor for Young Female Students

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/11/01/ellen-adams-as-mentor-for-young-female-students "››› read article")

October 23, 2023

### Research Group in PoL Aims to Reveal the Energy Map for Life

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/10/23/research-group-in-pol-aims-to-reveal-the-energy-map-for-life "››› read article")

Science
Associates and Affiliates
Friedrich Group

September 27, 2023

### Two PoL members are in the newly selected DFG research units

How do primary cilia act as signaling hubs to shape healthy tissues? This is what the newly selected DFG research groups aims to to unravel. The two PoL members, Benjamin Friedrich and Anne Grapin-Botton, are part of it.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/27/two-pol-members-are-in-the-newly-selected-dfg-research-units "››› read article")

Science
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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")

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Education
Mateus Group
Friedrich Group
Fischer-Friedrich Group

September 18, 2023

### DIGS-BB Biological Making of Materials Summer School 2023

With the theme “Biological of Making Materials”, the school attracted outstanding Master’s and advanced Bachelor’s students to Dresden.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/18/digs-bb-biological-making-of-materials-summer-school-2023 "››› read article")

Publications
RA3
Fischer-Friedrich Group

September 15, 2023

### Ingenious “Safety Belt” Mechanism Safeguarding Mammalian Cells

A “safety belt” mechanism that protects the structural integrity of mammalian cells was observed by the Fischer-Friedrich group.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/15/ingenious-safety-belt-mechanism-safeguarding-mammalian-cells "››› read article")

Science
Awards
Associates and Affiliates

September 5, 2023

### ERC Grants Conceded to Three PoL Members

Agnes Toth-Petroczy, Alexander von Appen, and Ricard Alert receive funds to launch their own projects.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/05/erc-grants-conceded-to-three-pol-members "››› read article")

Society
Events

September 4, 2023

### Physics of Life joins the Dresden isst Bunt 2023

PoL exposes its internationality and diversity to the local community in the traditional picnic organized by the city of Dresden.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/04/physics-of-life-joins-the-dresden-isst-bunt "››› read article")

Education
Bio-image Analysis Group
Events

September 1, 2023

### Bio-Image Analysis Symposium

Bio Image Analysis Symposium is hosted in Dresden and brought during a whole week experts on the field to discuss modern results and complex current challenges.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/01/bio-image-analysis-symposium "››› read article")

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Education
Events

September 1, 2023

### Statistical Inference in Physical Biology Workshop with Prof. Dr. Justin Bois, hosted by PoL

A Summer Workshop in Statistics hosted by PoL brought Prof. Dr. Justin Bois from Caltech to Dresden

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/09/01/statistical-inference-in-physical-biology-workshop-with-prof-dr-justin-bois-hosted-by-pol "››› read article")

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Awards
Associates and Affiliates
Schießel Group

August 15, 2023

### PoL members awarded in the ICBP 2023

Prof. Dr. Frank Jülicher received the IUPAP medal for Physics of Life 2023, Dr. Ricard Alert for the IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize, and Manish Yadav for the best poster.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/08/15/pol-members-awarded-in-the-icbp-2023 "››› read article")

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Science
Research Avenues
Research Groups
Events

July 10, 2023

### EMBO Workshop on Physics of Living Systems Unites Global Scientific Community in Dresden

The highly anticipated EMBO Workshop on Physics of Living Systems: From Physical Principles to Biological Function took place from July 3rd to 7th, attracting over 300 scientists from around the world.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/07/10/embo-workshop-on-physics-of-living-systems-unites-global-scientific-community-in-dresden "››› read article")

Education
Society
Events

July 3, 2023

### Physics of Life Captivates Visitors at Long Night of Science Dresden 2023

On June 30th, 2023, the highly anticipated 20th-anniversary edition of the Long Night of Science unfolded from 17:00 to midnight, captivating an unprecedented number of visitors. This extraordinary event brought together science enthusiasts of all ages, with Physics of Life (PoL) being presented in three different locations: the main campus, the Technische Sammlungen Museum Dresden (TSD), and the Center of Regenerative Therapies (CRTD).

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/07/03/physics-of-life-captivates-visitors-at-long-night-of-science-dresden-2023 "››› read article")

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Science
Publications
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Associates and Affiliates

June 22, 2023

### Repelling disorder: What makes cholesterol-containing surfaces so repulsive?

Living organisms use powerful physical principles to control interactions at their surfaces. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Leipzig University and TU Dresden have now discovered why cholesterol-containing surfaces can exhibit greatly reduced attachment of proteins and bacteria.

[››› read article](https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/news/2023/06/22/repelling-disorder-what-makes-cholesterol-containing-surfaces-so-repulsive "››› read article")

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