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Studying Biophysics at Saarland University
Karin Jacobs, Professor of Experimental Physics at Saarland University, is Vice President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for another six years. In her first term as Vice President of the DFG since 2021, Karin Jacobs has been committed to scientists in early career phases, in the Presidential Working Group on "Sustainability" and in the Senate's ad hoc working group on topics of digital change.
Congratulations!
See also press release of Saarland University from 02.07.2025 and press release of DFG from 02.07.2025
Studying Biophysics at Saarland University
Despite all modern science, the human being is still a puzzle with many missing pieces. Biophysics can find some of them. Biophysicists study what happens in the cells of the body and what forces are at work. Two students, Julia Weibert and Valentin Warken, give an insight into their studies at Saarland University.
See also: “Auf Goethes Spuren in menschlichen Zellen” (Campus - Das Web-Magazin, 20.06.2025, in German only)
Biophysics at Saarland University
Biophysicists can do anything, says Franziska Lautenschläger. In an interview, she and her colleague Albrecht Ott, Professor of Biological Experimental Physics, talk about the biophysics study programs, the career prospects for biophysicists and why you know you're in the right place when you get up in the morning and head to the lab full of anticipation for the day ahead.
See also “Mit Biophysik beschwingt aus dem Bett” (Campus - Das Web-Magazin, 20.06.2025, in German only)
Professorship for Bin Qu
In June 2025, Bin Qu joined the Osnabrück University as Professor for "Biomedical Foundations" at the Institute of Health Research and Education.
Congratulations and all the best for the future!
DFG Priority Program for Cell Biology
On April 10 and 11, 2025, the on-site review of the new SPP 2493 - HetCCI took place on the Campus Homburg. All applicants presented their plans to a panel of international experts. The coordinator Sandra Iden and her colleagues look forward to starting this new priority program on heterotypic cell-cell interaction in summer 2025.
See also: Press release from Saarland University (19.4.2024, in German)
The research building is taking shape
The building is still scaffolded, but work is progressing to finally unite Saarbrücken's biophysics under one roof. "We can hardly wait to finally be able to move into the new building of the interfaculty center," says Prof. Dr. Franziska Lautenschläger.
Aritcle in Saarbrücker Zeitung 10.03.2025 (in German only) .
From benign to aggressively growing brain tumor
A team led by Professors Joachim Oertel, Director of the Clinic for Neurosurgery at Saarland University Hospital, Steffi Urbschat, Head of the Research Laboratory at the Clinic for Neurosurgery, and Gregor Jung, Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at Saarland University, have now succeeded in developing a coloring method that costs little and only takes a few minutes.
Press release by Saarland University from 11.02.2025 (in German)
A sports-scientific portrait
What do sport climbing and biophysical research have in common? A sports-scientific portrait of Prof. Dr. Franziska Lautenschläger appeared in the Saarbrücker Zeitung on 9.2.2025 (in German only).
15 years of antibiotic research
Prof. Dr. Rolf Müller has been leading antibiotic research at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) for 15 years. The Saarbrücker Zeitung reported on this in an article dated February 3, 20255 (in German only) .
Topping-out ceremony
On September 13, 2024 - after 15 months of construction - the completion of the building shell was celebrated with a topping-out ceremony. Minister Reinhold Jost, Minister Jakob von Weizsäcker and University President Professor Ludger Santen were present at the ceremony. The state is constructing the new research building with financial support from the federal government at a cost of around 49 million euros.
Photo competition of SFB 1027: and the winner is...
Winners of Photocompetition 2024 of SFB 1027:
- Divyendu Thalla: (Project A10 - The actin cortex during transitions of cellular states)
- Samer Alokaidi (Project B2 - Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation: Physical processes at interfaces)
- Kristin Kochems and Samhita Thalla (Projects B2 - Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation: Physical processes at interfaces and A10 - The actin cortex during transitions of cellular states)
Congratulations and many thanks to all participants for submitting their wonderful pictures!
Past competitions can be found here.