Biological Algorithms Group
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Our mission is to identify simple paradigms of robust motility control and pattern formation in complex biological systems. We reverse-engineer biological solutions of robust control in close collaboration with experimental biologists. We use tools from physics, information theory, and engineering; likewise, we seek to excite bio-inspired applications of biological information processing in these fields.
We focus on principles of biological information processing in two model systems:
- Motility control: We study how noisy sensory information controls biological motility and dynamic decision making, e.g. during sperm navigation to the egg.
- Pattern control: We study elementary rules of self-organized pattern formation during self-repair and adaptation, e.g. of load-balancing transport networks in the liver.
On top of that, we explore potential applications of biological control designs in advanced electronics applications in tight collaboration with the other paths of the cfaed.
We are currently searching for highly motivated and talented students to work at the interface of physics and biology with a twist towards computer science.
Group News
Branching Out: Understanding the Intricate Patterns of Diatom Silica Formation
By studying silica morphogenesis in diatoms, the Friedrich and Kröger groups at PoL have proposed a mathematical model to explain the formation of branching rib patterns.
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![A series of colourful patterns emerge from a single central seed, which is a young diatom valve. These grow outwards and form a halo of branches around the centre](assets/images/f/csm_2023-09518rr_babenko-et-al_cb4d54f8df-1fe398d1.png)
Read more … Branching Out: Understanding the Intricate Patterns of Diatom Silica Formation
cfaed exhibition 'Imaging Science'
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From biological clocks to the movement of sperm cells: Benjamin Friedrich appointed to new Heisenberg Professorship for Biological Algorithms
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![Prof. Ursula M. Staudinger, Rector of TU Dresden, hands over the certificate of appointment to Prof. Benjamin Friedrich](assets/images/4/Benjamin-Friedrich--T85_5391--photo--Michael-Kretzschmar-78c3eac4.jpg)
We welcome Natalia to our group!
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Welcome Rahul!
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New PRL on Chemokinesis
Chemokinetic Scattering, Trapping, and Avoidance of Active Brownian Particles
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