Biophysics
Biophysics is an increasingly popular discipline that applies the approaches and methods of physics to unravel the underlying organizational principles of biological systems. Dresden is an internationally recognized hub for scientists working at the interface between physics and biology. Research in Dresden has a strong emphasis on investigating phenomena across all relevant scales – from individual molecules, to sub-cellular organization, to cellular properties, and on to tissues, organs, and organisms. Our strength lies in the close collaboration between theoretical physicists, providing the conceptual and modelling framework, experimental groups, developing and applying state-of-the-art techniques to obtain quantitative data, and cell and developmental biologists, who contribute the necessary biological expertise.
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Research Groups
Otger Campàs Group
TUD PoL Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis
Stefan Diez Group
TUD B CUBE, TUD PoL Molecular transport in cell biology and nanotechnology
Karim Fahmy Group
HZDR Structural basis of biological switches and biomolecular recognition
© cfaed, Katharina Knaut
Benjamin Friedrich Group
TUD PoL, TUD cfaed Biological Algorithms: Spatio-temporal dynamics of cells and tissues
Marcus Jahnel Group
TUD PoL, TUD BIOTEC Dynamics of Biomolecules
© Jan Greune
Felix Müller-Planitz Group
TUD MTZ Chromatin: its biogenesis and its cellular functions
M. Teresa Pisabarro Group
TUD BIOTEC Computational approaches to functional genomics and rational engineering for target/drug discovery and biotechnology innovation
Helmut Schießel Group
TUD PoL Theoretical Physics of Living Matter
© TUD CMCB, M. Gonciarz
Michael Schlierf Group
TUD B CUBE, TUD PoL Conformational changes in biomolecules and enzymes
Anna Taubenberger Group
TUD BIOTEC Oncomechanics
© B CUBE
Yixin Zhang Group
TUD B CUBE Drug design and screening: from biochemical methods to 3D model system