In our group we research physics at the interface to biology and medicine. For this purpose, we
measure mechanical and electrical parameters of nanosystems
develop novel instruments for high resolution microscopy and medical diagnosis
Current projects:
visualizing morphological and mechanical properties of living cells and tissues
differentiating cancerous tissue using water flow elastography
illuminating transport processes in artificial and natural membranes
exposing biomaterials on the molecular scale
News
06/2024
Student Award of the IUPAB-2024 for Aylin Balmes und Hendrik von Eysmondt (21st conference of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics, Kyoto, Japan)
04/2024
Aylin Balmes selected as Young Scientist for the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024
11/2022
Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Life Science by the Joachim Herz Foundation awarded to Aylin Balmes
09/2019
Poster award at the conference "AFM BioMed", Münster, to Johannes Rheinlaender
02/2019
Cover of the journal 'Soft Matter' with Johannes Rheinlaender's 3D-image of a live cell
08/2018
Cover of the journal 'Applied Physics Letters' with Marc Schächtele's 3D-image of a live cell
05/2018
Award 'Best Study Course' in the graduate program 'Biomedical Technologies' to Johannes Rheinlaender and Tilman Schäffer
09/2017
Award for the best poster at the symposium "Novel tools to investigate cellular physiology at the nanoscale", Bochum, to Jan Seifert
07/2017
Award 'Best Lecture Series in Pre-Clinical Studies (3rd place)' to Tilman Schäffer
07/2017
Award 'Best Instructor' in the graduate program 'Biomedical Technologies' to Johannes Rheinlaender
04/2016
Award for the best oral presentation at the AFM BioMed conference, Porto, to Nicolas Schierbaum
07/2015
Doctoral Award from the University of Tübingen to Christoph Braunsmann
07/2015
Award for the best poster at the 10th European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA) Congress, Dresden, to Nicolas Schierbaum
06/2015
Cover of the journal 'Soft Matter' with Nicolas Schierbaum's 3D-image of a live cell
05/2015
Award 'Best Instructor' in the graduate program 'Biomedical Technologies' to Johannes Rheinlaender
