Towards a high-resolution map of the cancer cell: focus on lysosome dysfunction

Wnt signaling and pattern formation in Hydra

Transport Phenomena and Mechanics in 3D Tissue Model Environments

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Molecular Dynamics Simulations* 

(*But Were Afraid to Ask)

Engineering lipid membranes: From biophysical properties to biotechnological applications

Physics in bacterial motility

Relevant forces in biophysical systems

Self-assembly and self-organization in nonreciprocal colloidal systems

Enzymatic and microbial electrosynthesis for the conversion of carbon dioxide into food supplements and commodity chemicals

Crafting the lipid droplet proteome

Biohybrid micro-transport — how motile cells move passive micro-cargo

Synthetic Cells to Advance Understanding of Biological Systems and Applications in Biotechnology

SFB 1027 Status Seminar 2023

Dynamics of calcium channels and sensors in neurons

Special tricks of nature’s own detergent – effects and applications of lysolipid-membrane interactions

Introduction to Microfluidics and (some of) its Applications in Biophysics

Membrane remodeling in artificial cells: to bud or not to bud

Gene regulatory networks control the fate of biological cells

About phases and fluctuations induced by nonreciprocal interactions

Mechanisms employed by immune killer cells to locate and eliminate tumor cells

Biomaterial design for extracellular matrix mechanobiology

Cell Physics 2023 / Annual Meeting of the DGZ 2023

"Think Zinc"

Biophysical approaches for cell characterization

Birth of an organelle, in silico: molecular mechanism of lipid droplet budding

Cell Biology and Biophysics of Store-operated Calcium signaling

Intersectin deficiency impairs cortico-striatal neurotransmission and causes obsessive-compulsive behaviors in mice

Regulation of NK cells and non-classical T cells during CMV infections

Active fluctuations of filaments

Passive and active particles at membranes: deformation-mediated interactions and self-organization in active systems

How do immune killer cells locate and eliminate tumor cells?

Mechano-sensing through self-assembly at the cell membrane: the example of caveolae

Attach, kill, release, repeat - mechanisms of NK cell serial killing

Staphylococcal biofilms: Facts, myth, and views

Artificial Life

An introduction to general concepts in elasticity

Opportunities, challenges, and limitations of lipid droplets in  free-standing lipid bilayers 

Human Killer Cells

Active Matter: about bird swarms, bacterial colonies, living cells and molecular motors

Physiological Confinement Induces Stem Cell Differentiation

Biomolecular Motors: From Cellular Function to Nanotechnological Applications

Bottom-up assembly of synthetic cell-based immune microenvironments

BioVoxxel Workshop: Editing, Processing and Analysis of Scientific Image

A gentle touch - Revealing the mechanisms of membrane property sensors in biological membranes

Bridging scales to study cell-cell communication in the skin

Modeling Droplets Inside Biological Cells

Catch me if you can –Lessons on microtubule dynamics from bottom-up reconstitution

Making it happen: Time and self management for your PhD

Confined Cell Migration and Lipid Nanoparticles - About Spatio-Temporal Control of Living Cells in Designed Spaces

Building Nanostructures in Cancer Cells

Knowing when to talk or stay silent - how do secretory cells communicate with each other?”

Investigating the molecular mechanisms of exocytosis using state-of-the-art microscopy, biochemistry, mouse genetics and electrophysiology

Membrane Fusion Disentangled by Colloidal Probe Microscopy

Bacterial Motility as an Example of the Evolutionary Optimized System

Material Synthesis Inspired by Nature

Bioadhesion in the oral cavity

Physics of Life

Synthetic virus

Integrative Modelling of Large Biomolecular Complexes

MINFLUX Nanoscopy and Related Matters

Pattern Formation in Active Cytoskeletal Systems

Living materials for medical applications

Morphological Complexity and Topological Transformations of Membrane Compartments

Reconstituting (Parts of) Cell Division

Protein-Based Sensors Revealing Physicochemical Properties of Cells

Controlling the Activity of Drugs, Proteins and Genes by Ultrasound

Calcium and redox regulation of melanoma pathobiology: From molecules and theoretical models to clinical aspects

Feeling the Force: Protein Molecules and Materials as Mechano-Sensors

Physics of Active Droplets

Simulation Studies of Pore Formation, Fusion and Fission

Feeling for Cell Functions

Nanoscale Contact Area of Soft Objects upon Adhesion

Dynamic Matter Through Self-Assembly Inspired by Life

How Non-Muscel Cells Combine Signaling and Self-Assembly to Generate Force on Demand

Chemically Active Matter

From Cardiomyocyte to Whole Heart: Three-Dimensional Structure Analysis by X-Ray Diffraction and Tomography

Cortex Mechanics of Cells - Where Bottom-Up and Top-Down Strategies Meet

From 3D to 2D: Functional Multicomponent Membranes on Supports

Reconstitution of 'Life-like' out-of Equilibrium Systems

Nanomachines at Work: Atomistic Simulations of Biomolecular Systems

Growing Tissues with Synthetic Building Blocks

From Fluid Based Transport Networks in the Brain to Building Synthonems by Synthetic Biology

Workshop "Grant Proposal Writing" Part II

Workshop "Grant proposal writing", Part I

Optogenetics: Light-controlled activation of the T cell receptor reveals kinetic proofreading

Bacterial confinement in hydrogels: Engineering artificial biofilms as living materials

Seeing is believing: The regulatory T cell response during retroviral infection

Frontiers in Computational Methods for Active Matter

The hydrophobic gap at high pressures

ONR Global: A funding program in search for the next great idea

From single filaments to many vesicles – understanding collective behavior of biological model systems

First-passage problems in statistical physics

Dissecting the cytoskeleton - Microtubule dynamic and mechanical properties and the interplay with vimentin intermediate filaments

Cell Mechanics and Cell Optics in Biology

Cooperation and competition within epithelial cells dictate tissue repair, maintenance and
tumorigenesis

Force generation by cytoskeleton molecules

Scanning Gel Electrochemical Microscopy (SGECM): Looking for Biological Applications

Ordered and disordered phases of biological matter: fundamentals and applications

“Excuse me, where do I need to go?”

- Exploring cellular protein targeting pathways by combining “old-school biochemistry” with state-of-the-art microscopy and quantitative omics analyses –

Cilia biomechanics and the link to human airway diseases

Introduction to Microfluidics and (some of) its Applications in Biophysics

Structure and function of FAX/TMEM14 membrane proteins

Regulation and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules under Forces and Torques

Coordination of cell polarity, mechanics and fate - from molecular to organismal scale

Neuronal tension – a new paradigm for understanding memory and learning

Optics for Neuroscience

Differential Photodetectors: From Photonic Devices to their Use as an Analytical Platform

Everything you wanted to know about molecular dynamics simulations*

*But were afraid to ask

Modelling neural cells and cell-cell interactions in phagocytosis

How do immune killer cells eliminate tumor cells efficiently?

Active and Passive Cell Mechanics with Scanning Probe Microscopy

Bottom up approaches to synthetic Cellularity

Membrane domain biogenesis and function

Looking at proteins in live cells with atomic resolution: from Science Fiction to Science Reality

Virtual fluidic channels: from functional single cell rheology to tissue mechanics

Pathophysiology of calcium dysregulation in dental enamel cells

Electrophysiological methods to investigate model cell membranes properties

Crosstalk between Mechanical and Biochemical Signals during Hydra Regeneration

Controlling stability and transport of magnetic microswimmers by an external field

Domain formation in lipid membranes as studied via computer simulations

KDEL receptors are adaptive regulators of the endoplasmic reticulum proteome

Fluctuation induced emergent traits in living matter

How do cells move and how to obsever it.

Membrane Permeability from Conventional MD Simulations: Counting Transitions vs. Bayesian Analysis

Workshop on Data and Image Analysis (Part II): Particle Image Velocimetry technique

Workshop on Data and Image Analysis (Part I): Data Analysis and Parameter Estimation

Physics of DNA (polymer) translocation through a nanopore

Reconstitution of Extracellular Vesicle Content Release in a Cell Free Extract

The Unconventional Secretory Pathway of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2: A Direct Gateway Into the Extracellular Space

Unravelling mechanism of actions of combined drug application via molecular analysis of multi-OMICs datasets

Detection of Rare Conformational States of Proteins by High Pressure NMR Spectroscopy

Engineering neurogenesis for the postnatal brain

Oral biofilm - Current research topics at the Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology in Freiburg

Scientific Talks Workshop

Scientific Talks Workshop

Stochastic Concepts in Biophysics - A non-technical Introduction

Manipulating co-regulators of RUNX and SOX9 to enhance the chondrogenic potential of chondrogenic progenitor cells in osteoarthritis

Stem cell based microphysiological Organ-on-a-Chip systems as in vitro models of human tissue with physiological structure and function

Studying cell-microenvironment interactions from single cells to 3D in vitro model

Magnetic Manipulation of Molecular Activity in Model Membranes and Cells

Synthetic Cells: Make-Grow-Divide

Molecular motors robustly drive active gels to a critically connected state

Engineering the cellular microenvironment – materials, growth factors and beyond

Driving Life's Engine: from semiflexible components to cell migration

Nanobiophysics of cells

Biological and microbial applications of specialized physical and electro­chemical techniques

Mechanical and optical properties of biological systems

The study of in-intro epigenetic biomarker for the early diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer

Physical basis of protein liquid-liquid phase separation

Dynamics and heterogeneity of inflammatory signalling in single cells

Ca²⁺, immune cells and channelopathies

Biomechanics of platelet production

Presentation Skills

Electrochemical H₂O₂ determinations from single living human mono­cytes

Position control of magnetic particles/swimmers under flow

Size-dependent organelle transport during phagocytosis

Active microrheology in confined systems: from superdiffusive to giant diffusive fluctuations

Particle tracking and image processing I: Particle image velocimetry

Stem cell based microphysiological Organ-on-a-Chip systems as in vitro models of human tissue

Protein Interaction Networks - Generation and Analysis

Making, maintaining and breaking epithelial barriers: the importance of integrating mechanical and chemical signals

Characterizing steady states of genome-scale metabolic networks in continuous cell cultures

Intermediate filament proteins – guardians of tissue integrity

The secret life of the microbiota in periodontal pockets

Cell Physics 2017 Conference

Pre-Conference Workshop / SFB Status Seminar

Role of Surface Proteins in Biofilm formation by Staphylococci

Modeling ligand-protein binding kinetics using molecular simulations and a novel pathway search method

Maintenance of ER homeostasis by ER redox network

Practical Lab course in Microbiology

SFB Biochemistry & Biophysics Symposium

Relevant forces in biophysical systems

From Water to Fibrils - The Many Faces of Computer-Aided Drug Discovery

Biofilms on polymeric dental materials

Protein phase transitions in and out of cells

Actin networks’ mechanics and growth assessed by a magnetic colloids technique

Bioactive NanoCoat - Controlling biofilm by functional coatings

Mechanical synchronization of beating within and between cardiomyocytes

Computer simulations of biological systems: why and how.

From simulations of biomolecules to biological function

Biomolecular dynamics from simulation and experimental data

Non-equilibrium processes in biosystems: membrane-cytoskeleton interactions and the formation of cell aggregates.

Physical forces shaping morphology

Out-of-equilibrium response of soft and biological matter to forces and deformation

Structure formation in biomembrane mimetics

Fission yeast pulls chromosome loops to facilitate

Predictive Theory of Cytoskeleton Dynamics

Understanding Cells as an active material

Computational and analytical models of the tumor microenvironment

Writing in English: Effective Strategies for Publishing Your Research

The adhesive properties of Staphylococcus aureus

Calcium-mediated actin reset (CaAR) drives acute cell adaptations

Proteins at interfaces and surfaces: insights from molecular simulation

Crazy ants are not so crazy

Studying membrane proteins in cells using liquid-phase electron
microscopy

Regulation of cell shape in bacteria

2nd Science Slam of the UdS Collaborative Research Centers

Kick-off-Meeting for SFB-1027 Introductory Lectures
Advanced Biophysical Tools

3rd International Conference on In-Situ and Correlative Electron Microscopy

Investigating cell functioning by theoretical analyses of cell-to-cell variability

Spin up, spin down - make the world go round

Biofilm-related Implant Infections

Innate control of actin nucleation optimizes migration of immune cells in tissues

Propagating interfaces in mixtures of active and passive Brownian particles

Optimizing speed and accuracy while assembling a mitotic spindle

First-order phase transition in cooperative percolation

Biomolecular Transport Systems: From Cellular Function to Nanotechnological Applications

(Membrane-) Protein Aggregation in Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Stress induced collective cell migration in epithelial sheets

Engineering the genetic code with a maximum degree of chemical liberty

Collective behavior of molecular motors within cellular functions: extraction of membrane tubes and forcing of cytoplasmic streaming

DNA - the all-purpose glue of bacteria

Oriented dynamics of endosomal motility by spindle asymmetry during asymmetric division

Cell Physics 2014

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Pre-Conference Workshop Cell Physics 2014

Synthetic Patterns: Sequential Establishment of Stripe Patterns in an Expanding Cell Population

Membrane activity of biomolecules due to shape and size variation

SFB 1027 Summer Camp for Junior Scientists

The role of vimentin in cell migration under confinement

IP3 receptors and intracellular Ca2+ as regulators of cell fate

Modeling Morphogenesis: From Theory to Observation

Collective Phenomena in Membranes: Lateral structure, fusion and spreading

Non-equilibrium effects that facilitate the emergence of self-replication and evolution

Swimming bacteria in polymer solutions

Integrating microtechnology, microbiology, & tissue engineering:From bacterial adhesion studies to organs-on-a-chip platforms

Symposium on Advanced Microscopy Techniques in Life Sciences

Targeting brain tumor stem cells in mouse model

Integrative functions of calcium: ORAI, mitochondrial calcium channels and cytotoxicity

Determine One's Position

Dynamics of active particles in external flow field

Today’s challenges of non-equilibrium (dynamic) interactions in complex fluid and biological systems that evolve in space and time

Cellular ecomomy of molecular machines

Circular and micro RNAs

Body language training course (for female scientists)

The dynamics of buckling and contractility of active gels

Statistical mechanics approaches to covariation in protein families

Mechanical properties of biological cells - the role of intermediate filaments

Bridging the gap: Enabling top research in translational research

Physics of tissue spreading and contraction

Superoxide-producing NOX NADPH oxidases: Where do they come from? What are they? Where is NOX research going?

Characterizing tension and stiffness of the cortex of mitotic Hela cells

Emerging Polymerization Fronts in a Minimal Cytoskeleton Model

Search strategy, chemotaxis and pattern formation of E.coli subject to signaling processes and noise

Molecular mechanisms and importance of leukocyte dynamics in vivo