Welcome to the homepage of the BioForce Group
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
- 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
- Cover of the journal 'Analytical Chemistry' with Johannes Rheinlaender's 3D-image of a live cell
- 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)
- Aylin Balmes selected as Young Scientist for the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024
- Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Life Science by the Joachim Herz Foundation awarded to Aylin Balmes
- Poster award at the conference "AFM BioMed", Münster, to Johannes Rheinlaender
- Cover of the journal 'Soft Matter' with Johannes Rheinlaender's 3D-image of a live cell
- Cover of the journal 'Applied Physics Letters' with Marc Schächtele's 3D-image of a live cell
- Award 'Best Study Course' in the graduate program 'Biomedical Technologies' to Johannes Rheinlaender and Tilman Schäffer
- Award for the best poster at the symposium "Novel tools to investigate cellular physiology at the nanoscale", Bochum, to Jan Seifert
- Award 'Best Lecture Series in Pre-Clinical Studies (3rd place)' to Tilman Schäffer
- Award 'Best Instructor' in the graduate program 'Biomedical Technologies' to Johannes Rheinlaender
- Award for the best oral presentation at the AFM BioMed conference, Porto, to Nicolas Schierbaum
- Doctoral Award from the University of Tübingen to Christoph Braunsmann
- Award for the best poster at the 10th European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA) Congress, Dresden, to Nicolas Schierbaum
- Cover of the journal 'Soft Matter' with Nicolas Schierbaum's 3D-image of a live cell
- Award 'Best Instructor' in the graduate program 'Biomedical Technologies' to Johannes Rheinlaender