Living matter is characterized by the robust emergence of biological structure and function from fluxes of mass, energy and information. These fluxes, operating far from thermodynamic equilibrium, are spatiotemporally coordinated to robustly generate dynamic structures that enable functions at molecular, cellular and tissue scales.
Our aim
Our aim is to reveal physical principles that underlie the emergent dynamic organization of the living state of matter. To do so, a new type of physics, the physics of life, will be harnessed, to investigate how robust spatiotemporal structures that enable function emerge in living systems. A theoretical framework will be developed, to incorporate metabolism, information processing and cross-scale feedback into active matter theory.
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Energy, Matter, and Information Fluxes
RESEARCH TOPIC 1
Living Matter as Information Processing Systems
RESEARCH TOPIC 2
Achieving Robustness in Fluctuating Active Matter
RESEARCH TOPIC 3
Emergence of Biological Tempo
RESEARCH TOPIC 4
RA Leading Team
Benjamin Friedrich
Frank Jülicher
Helmut Schießel
Ricard Alert
PoL Groups
Elias Barriga
Jan Brugués
Otger Campàs
Stefan Diez
Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich
Benjamin Friedrich
Stephan W. Grill
Anthony A. Hyman
Frank Jülicher
Christina Kurzthaler
Rita Mateus
Ivo F. Sbalzarini
Helmut Schießel
Xingbo Yang
PoL Associates
Felix Müller-Planitz
Arash Nikoubashman
Jens-Uwe Sommer
Jesse Veenvliet
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