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A new, patented method called Progressive Mechanoporation makes it possible to mechanically disrupt the membranes of cells for a short time period and let drugs or genes inside cells. In this way, researchers can test new therapies more easily than before. 

Modern vaccines such as those against…

The mechanical properties of cells can reveal which diseases a patient is suffering from. Researchers at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin in Erlangen are taking advantage of this effect - and revolutionising diagnostics. Their goal: instead of costly examining blood samples in the…

The city of Dresden awarded Maik Herbig, former PhD student of MPL Director Jochen Guck, the Dresden Excellence Award 2020 for his doctorate. The Saxon capital, together with the network "Dresden - City of Science", honors with the prize annually four scientists for their excellent final theses.

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The research focus of our Biological Optomechanics Division is the elucidation of biophysical and biomechanical processes at the molecular, cellular and tissue level. In the project "RAPID Diagnostics", which is financed by a Medical Valley Award for a period of 2 years, we want to further develop…

The Biological Optomechanics Division at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light is looking for a

Data Analyst / Machine Learning for Medical Diagnostics (m/f/d)

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Cells are the basic entities of biological systems. They have particular physical properties, which enable them…

With construction companies having finished securing the so-called Mittelrisalit - the protruding central part of the building - demolition work on the west wing of the historic Erlangen mental asylum (Heil- und Pflegeanstalt, Hupfla) is now starting. On the vacated site, the new Max-Planck-Zentrum…