About us


At the Institute of Biophysics, we are looking at the dynamics and mechano-chemical function of individual molecules and their interactions and transport processes inside of living cells with the aim of increasing the mechanistic understanding of important biological processes including gene expression, DNA repair and chromatin organization.

For this task, we are developing novel methodologies in an interdisciplinary approach between Physics, Biology and Data Sciences, including single-molecule FRET, single-molecule microscopy in living cells, super-resolution optical microscopy and single-molecule force spectroscopy. In addition, we are developing data analysis methods to foster a quantitative understanding of biological processes.  

 

Leitung/Director:

Prof. Dr. Jens Michaelis
 

 

News

January 2025
We´d like to welcome our new deputy Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Serwane 
and his team at our Institute and 
the Ulm University. We´re looking forward to work with them.
www.serwanelab.org

 

October 2024
Congratulations to our former deputy Prof. Dr. Christof Gebhardt for becoming the new head of the Institute of Experimental Physics. We´d like to thank him and his team for their excellent work. It has been a great collaboration and we were lucky to had the chance to work with him. We wish him and his team all the best for the future.
https://www.uni-ulm.de/en/nawi/home-expphys/

August 2024
Congratulations on successfully defended doctoral thesis
to Christian Ganslmayer!