„Using cellular phase transitions to understand cancer“ - Physics Colloquium on 24 June
On 24 June, a joint colloquium with the Faculty of Engineering will take place in the Emil Warburg lecture hall H15, building NW I. At 5 pm, Prof Dr Roberto Cerbino from the University of Vienna will be talking about ‘Using cellular phase transitions to understand cancer’. ...more
Manual for Cultivating Algae in the Laboratory
A team of biophysicists led by Prof. Dr. Oliver Bäumchen at the University of Bayreuth and biologists led by Dr. Maike Lorenz at the Culture Collection of Algae at Göttingen University has published a step-by-step guide for the reliable cultivation of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. ...more
Cell Movement Without Motors
Physicists from the Universities of Bayreuth and Grenoble have discovered a new mechanism of cell mobility. Their findings challenge the classical dogma that the molecular motor myosin is essential for the movement of mammalian cells. This insight paves the way for new strategies to control cell movement, with potential implications for the treatment of diseases. ...more
Silver Medal for Young Physicists from the University of Bayreuth’s Student Research Center
A team from the TAO Student Research Centre (SFZ) at the University of Bayreuth has won the silver medal at the German Young Physicists’ Tournament (GYPT). Benjamin Graf, Elisa Schöps, and Daniil Schulgin impressed the jury with their project on droplet formation - a phenomenon familiar from a leaking faucet. ...more
Invisibility Cloak for Magnetic Obstacles
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed a method that makes objects on a magnetic field invisible within a particle stream. Until now, this so-called cloaking had only been studied for waves such as light or sound. They report their results in Nature Communications. ...more
Bayreuth and Bristol physicists use AI to resolve a 150 year-old problem
Combining concepts from statistical physics with machine learning, researchers at the University of Bayreuth have shown that highly accurate and efficient predictions can now be made as to whether a substance will be liquid or gaseous under given conditions. ...more
