Director

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Prof. Dr. Joachim Spatz

Phone:+49 711 689-3611Fax:+ 49 711 689-3612

Email: spatz@​is.mpg.de

Group Leaders

Dr. Heike Boehm
Biophysics of Cellular Interactions
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Dr. Dorothea Brüggemann 
Synthetic Cell Systems 
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Dr. Dr. Ada Cavalcanti-Adam
Cell Signaling and Adhesion
is.mpg.de/spatz/cavalcanti-adam

Dr. Tamas Haraszti 
Biomimetic Actin Cortex Models 
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Dr. Ralf Kemkemer 
Cell Mechanics and Migration 
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Dr. Stefan Kudera 
Semiconductor Nanomaterials 
is.mpg.de/spatz/kudera

Dr. Dimitris Missirlis
Hydrogels and Mechanotransduction 
is.mpg.de/spatz/missirlis

Dr. Claudia Pacholski 
Nanomaterials for Optical and Sensoric Applications
is.mpg.de/spatz/pacholski

Dr. Amin Rustom
Bionic Microgenerators and Tunneling Nanotubes (TNTs)
is.mpg.de/spatz/rustom

Latest News

Welcome Dr. Banerjee! May 22nd 2013 - We welcome Dr. Indranil Banerjee, a new guest researcher in our group, who will stay with us over the next two months. Dr. Banerjee is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India.

New Paper: Biselectivity of IsoDGR Peptides for Fibronectin Binding Integrin Subtypes α5β1 and αvβ6: Conformational Control through Flanking Amino Acids. Bochen, A.; Marelli, U. K.; Otto, E.; Pallarola, D.; Mas-Moruno, C.; Di Leva, F. S.; Boehm, H.; Spatz, J. P.; Novellino, E.; Kessler, H.; Marinelli, L., In: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2013, 56, 1509-1519. DOI: 10.1021/jm301221x

New Paper: Cobalt(III) as a Stable and Inert Mediator Ion between NTA and His6-tagged Proteins. Wegner, S. V.; Spatz, J. P., In: Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2013, accepted. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201210317

 

New Materials and Biosystems (Spatz)

    Investigation of the interaction between synthetic and living materials:
  • Understanding of the dynamic regulation of adhesive contacts and of the cytoskeleton architecture of cells, its resultant influence on cellular activities.
  • Application of new optical and mechanical techniques and novel micro- and nanostructured materials to perform adhesion and mechanical experiments on living cells.
  • Construction of biomimetic models of protein networks with tunable complexity to untangle chemo-mechanical properties of the cytoskeleton and the adhesion complex.
 
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