New publication: Stimulus-Induced Mechanical Compaction of Biological Polymer Networks via Smart Hydrogel Microstructures

30.09.2025: In our new work, we engineered light- and thermoresponsive microstructures within lab-on-chip devices to mechanically compact biological polymers. Read the paper here.

New team member: Vicente Salas-Quiroz

01.09.2024: We welcome Vicente Salas-Quiroz, as a new PhD student.

New team member: Matthias Pöllmann

22.01.2024: We welcome Matthias Pöllmann, as a new PhD student.

New team member: Katharina Esch

10.09.2023: We welcome Katharina Esch, as a new PhD student.

New arrivals to the group

This semester Lena and Mergime joined us as master students. Welcome!

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2nd price at scientific photography contest

Within a 4-weeks internship Mergime learns to reconstitute protein patterns and wins 2nd price of the scientific photography contest. Congratulations!

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Biswaroop joins our group as a master student

Only a few days after his arrival he was already able to engineer micron-sized gel objects, such as the initials of our institute: MPL (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light) 

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