Biophysics and Molecular Materials
Welcome to the Chair of Applied Physics, Biophysics and Molecular Materials
Group leaders:
Prof. Hermann Gaub Dr. Martin Benoit Prof. Jan Lipfert
(Chair) (Lipfert Lab webpage)
Research Areas:
Molecular Devices
The rapid development of scanned probe technologies allowing the precise application and measurement of minute forces has opened exciting new perspectives in bio-analytics...read more
Designer Cellulosomes - Fuel from Waste
Biofuel from wood and waste will be a substantial share of our future energy mix.The hydrocarbons in these materials are tightly packed by lignin.
The conversion of lignocellulose to fermentable polysaccharides is the current bottleneck...read more
Cell Adhesion
Cell to cell adhesion between live Dictyostelium cells was measured in a collaboration with Gerisch's group at the MPI Martinsried...read more
Force & Function
Given the prominence of strain resisting structures e.g. cytoskeleton, muscle or proteins involved in cell adhesion, force sensors play a pivotal role in the maintenance of viability and integrity of organisms....read more
Single Molecule Cut & Paste
Nanoscale Functional Assembly
Bottom up assembly of functional molecular ensembles with novel properties emerging fromcomposition and arrangement of
its constituents is a prime goal of nanotechnology...read more
Emeriti:
Prof. Erich Sackmann Prof. Klaus Stierstadt
