Theoretical Physics of Life
Our group studies the Physics of Life. We use a theoretical physics perspective to uncover the fundamental principles of living systems. The functionality of biological systems, such as chromosomes or motile cells, depends on their organization and dynamics. Understanding how this functional behavior emerges is a major challenge for physics! These constitute many-body systems, typically operating far from thermal equilibrium.
Our research is inspired by the overarching question:
How does functional behavior in biological systems emerge from the collective dynamics of their interacting constituents?
By combining approaches from theoretical physics with stochastic inference and machine learning, we strive to understand how processes down to the protein level control emergent functional behavior at larger scales.
