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PhD Students 1st cohort, PhD Students 2nd cohort, Principal Investigators, Data Scientist, Postdoctoral Researchers, RTG Office, Alumni
PhD Students 1st cohortup
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Laura Brinkmann
A8 - Structure and mechanics of strained actin filaments |
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Hendrik Bruns
B2 - X-ray diffraction for characterization of the cytoskeleton in cardiac, skeletal and engineered heart muscle |
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Nilay Çiçek
A6 - Flow patterns in actomyosin droplets – routes to self-propulsion |
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Saheli Dey
A2 - Microtubule dynamics in the presence of actin networks |
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Mohammad Eskandari B3 - The role of the cytoskeleton for spatial and temporal control of cell mechanics studied using an “average cell” Biological Physics (U Gö, Physics) Betz Lab Contact: amin.eskandari@phys.uni-goettingen.de |
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Maksim Kalutskii
A1 - Microtubule mechanics and turnover under cell-like physical constraints |
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Emily Klass
A4 - Regularization methods for inverse problems in biophysical systems |
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Niklas Klatt B1 - Polarity of cortex mechanics and fluidity Physical Chemistry (U Gö, Chemistry) Research Group "Biophysical Chemistry - Mechanics of Living Matter" Contact: niklas.klatt@uni-goettingen.de |
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Raffaele Mendozza
A5 - Mesoscopic models of cytoskeletal rheology |
 | Pratima Sawant A7 - Cytoskeletal filament networks confined in microfluidic droplets Biological Physics (U Gö, Physics) Research Group "Cellular biophysics" Contact: pratima.sawant@uni-goettingen.de |
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Jaskaran Singh
A3 - Cooperative molecular motors as active cross-linkers that shape cytoskeletal network structure |
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Elena Todisco
B5 - Functions of cytoskeletal filaments in mammalian oocyte division |
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Yamini Vadapalli
B4 - Actin and microtubules cooperate during chromosome capture of oocyte meiosis |
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Tobias Weege
A8 - Impact of adhesion on the assembly and mechanics of a minimal actin cortex attached to the membrane via ezrin |
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Shanay Zafari
A7 - Local mechanical response of vimentin networks at high strains |
PhD Students 2nd cohortup
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Sakshi Alegaonkar
B1 - Development of a 3D model of the renal tubule for investigating tissue physical properties |
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Sanjay Bhanarkar
A5 - Filament-based mesocopic models for cytoskeletal rheology |
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Aaron Globisch
A1 - Molecular dynamics simulations of cytoskeletal complexes |
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Jannis Fischer
B3 - Intracellular mechanics in migrating cells |
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Felix Fritz
B4 - Investigation of single molecule dynamics of
formins in live cells using MINFLUX nanoscopy |
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Absar Gull A4 - Multi-scale rheological inverse problems and active processes in cells Applied Mathematics (U Gö, Mathematics) Research group "Applied mathematics in natural sciences" Contact: a.gull@math.uni-goettingen.de |
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Ruben Haag
A7 - The role of keratin intermediate filaments in stretched cells |
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Claudia Marcelli
A2 - Mechanical behavior of passive and active microtubule networks |
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Marios Martzoukos
B5 - Studies of meiosis in mammalian oocytes |
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Kristian Pajanonot
A2, A7 Interactions between cytoskeletal filaments - Bayesian inference of bond parameters from single-filament interactions |
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Jonas Penning
A3 - Mechanical properties of intermediate filament
networks |
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Matthias Peters
A8 - Impact of point mutations in ezrin on actin binding characterized by colloidal probe Atomic Force Microscopy |
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Kim Stöbener
A6 - Active gel-filled unilamellar giant liposomes as model systems for cells |
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Andreas Teichmann
B1 - Polarity of cortex mechanics and fluidity |
Principal Investigators
 | Prof. Dr. Timo Betz B3 The role of the cytoskeleton for spatial and temporal control of cell mechanics studied using an “average cell” Biological Physics (U Gö, Physics) |
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 | Hon. Prof. Dr. Helmut Grubmüller A1 Microtubule mechanics and turnover under cell-like physical constraints Theoretical Biophysics (MPI NAT) |
 | Prof. Dr. Andreas Janshoff Vice Speaker A6 Flow patterns in actomyosin droplets – routes to self-propulsion B1 Polarity of cortex mechanics and fluidity Physical Chemistry (U Gö, Chemistry) Research Group "Biophysical Chemistry - Mechanics of Living Matter" |
 | Prof. Dr. Stefan Klumpp A3 Cooperative molecular motors as active cross-linkers that shape cytoskeletal network structure Theoretical Biophysics (U Gö, Physics) |
 | Prof. Dr. Sarah Köster Speaker A2 Dynamic microtubules as an integral part of the cytoskeleton A7 The role of intermediate filaments in composite cytoskeletal networks at high strains Biological Physics (U Gö, Physics) |
 | Dr. Peter Lénárt B4 Chromosome transport along microtubules in the crowded cytoplasm and across actin filament networks Cell Biology (MPI NAT) |
 | Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt B2 X-ray imaging of ordered actin structures X-Ray Physics (U Gö, Physics) Research group "Structure of biomolecular assemblies and x-ray physics" |
 | Hon. Prof. Dr. Melina Schuh B5 Functions of cytoskeletal filaments in mammalian oocyte division Cell Biology (MPI NAT) |
 | Prof. Dr. Peter Sollich A5 Mesoscopic models of cytoskeletal rheology Theoretical Soft Matter Physics (U Gö, Physics) |
 | Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem A8 Impact of adhesion on the assembly and mechanics of a minimal actin cortex attached to the membrane via ezrin Biomolecular Chemistry (U Gö, Chemistry) |
 | Prof. Dr. Anne Wald
A4 Multiscale rheological inverse problems and active processes in cells Applied Mathematics (U Gö, Mathematics) |
Data Scientistup
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Dr. Sascha Lambert Theoretical Biophysics (U Gö, Physics) Theoretical Biophyics Group Contact: sascha.lambert@phys.uni-goettingen.de |
Postdoctoral Researchersup
 | Dr. Pallavi Kumari
A7 The role of intermediate filaments in composite cytoskeletal networks at high strains |
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 | Dr. Komal Bhattacharyya
A3 Cooperative molecular motors as active cross-linkers that shape cytoskeletal network structure |
 | Dr. Yuzhen Feng
A7 The role of intermediate filaments in composite cytoskeletal networks at high strains |
 | Dr. Ulrike Rölleke
A2 Dynamic microtubules as an integral part of the cytoskeleton |
RTG Officeup
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Dr. Anna Strotseva-Feinschmidt Scientific coordinator Contact: rtg2756@uni-goettingen.de Tel. 0551 39 26990 |
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Friederike Schnelle Administrative coordinator Contact: rtg2756@uni-goettingen.de Tel. 0551 39 29731 |
Alumniup
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Dr. Maxim Igaev Postdoctoral Researcher A1 Microtubule mechanics and turnover under cell-like physical constraints |
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Dr. Yoav Pollack Data Scientist Theoretical Biophysics (U Gö, Physics) Theoretical Biophyics Group |