News

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New Book

After Volume 4 "Mechanical characterization of cells" of the Physics of Cancer series was published in November 2023, Volume 5 Physics of Cancer (Second Edition) "Magnetics- and laser-based biophysical techniques to combat cancer" has been published.

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Group Members

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Claudia Mierke

Professor

Biologische Physik
Linnéstraße 5, Room 326
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-32541

Kathrin Koch

Technische Assistentin für Lehre und Forschung

Biologische Physik
Linnéstraße 5, Room 407
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-32602

Research Topics

Our research

An overview of the research topics the team of Biological Physics investigates.

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Publications

Our published works

This section provides a comprehensive list of the publications authored by the Biological Physics team.

2023

  • Hayn A, Fischer T, Mierke CT
    The role of ADAM8 in the mechanophenotype of MDA-MB-231breast cancer cells in 3D extracellular matrices
    Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
    Volume 11 - 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1148162

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  • Bretz NP, Salnikov AV, Perne C, Keller S, Wang X, Mierke CT, Fogel M, Erbe-Hofmann N, Schlange T, Moldenhauer G, Altevogt P
    CD24 controls Src/STAT3 activity in human tumors
    Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 69:3863–3879 (2012)
    DOI:10.1007/s00018-012-1055-9

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  • Mierke CT
    Phenotypic Heterogeneity, Bidirectionality, Universal Cues, Plasticity, Mechanics, and the Tumor Microenvironment Drive Cancer Metastasis
    Biomolecules 2024, 14(2), 184
    https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14020184
  • Shijie He, Claudia Tanja Mierke, Yubing Sun, Jeroen Eyckmans, Ming Guo
    Editorial: Mechanobiology of Organoid Systems
    Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, section Cell Adhesion and Migration
    doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1369713
  • Mierke CT
    Extracellular Matrix Cues Regulate Mechanosensing and Mechanotransduction of Cancer Cells
    Cells 2024, 13(1), 96, 2 January 2024
    https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13010096

 

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2021

  • Claudia Tanja Mierke
    Physics of Cancer, Volume 3
    Experimental biophysical techniques in cancer research
    ISBNs: Hardback: 978-0-7503-3113-5, Mobi: 978-0-7503-3114-2, ePub: 978-0-7503-3115-9, myPrint: 978-0-7503-3116-6

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  • The Physics of Cancer
    Research Advances
    Chapter 5: Cell Mechanics Drives Migration Modes by Claudia Tanja Mierke
    2020, Edited By: Bernard S Gerstman (Florida International University, USA), World Scientific, 300 Pages
    ISBN: 978-981-122-348-8

2016

  • Research on the Physics of Cancer
    A Global Perspective
    Chapter 2: Physical View on the Interactions Between Cancer Cells and the Endothelial Cell Lining During Cancer Cell Transmigration and Invasion by Claudia Tanja Mierke
    2016, Page 19-42, Edited by: Bernard S Gerstman (Florida International University, USA), World Scientific, 220 Pages
    ISBN: 978-981-4730-25-9

2015

  • Mechanobiology of the Endothelium
    Chapter: Cancer Metastasis and Biomechanics of the Endothelium by Claudia Tanja Mierke
    2015, Editor Helim Aranda-Espinozsa, CRC Press, 280 Pages
    ISBN: 9781482207248

Teaching

View of the Large Lecture Hall at Linnéstraße 5 from below

Lectures

Winter Semester
Physics of Cancer I
12-PHY-MWPPOC1.VL01
12-PHY-MWPPOC1.SE01
Cellular Biophysics
12-PHY-MWPM1.VL01
12-PHY-MWPM1.SE01

Summer Semester
Experimental Methods in Biophysics
12-PHY-MWPM3.VL01
12-PHY-MWPM3.SE01
Physics of Cancer II
12-PHY-MWPPOC2.VL01
12-PHY-MWPPOC2.SE01

Contact

Biologische Physik

Linnéstraße 5
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-32541