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Valentin Wössner
Research Interests
- Stress fibers
- Active gels
- Cell motility
- Continuum mechanics
Short Vita
- since July 2023
- PhD student at Heidelberg University, Institute for Theoretical Physics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz
- 2021 - 2023
- Master of Science in Physics at Heidelberg University, Germany
- Thesis: "Active Gel Theory for Cell Motility with Adhesion" under the supervison of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz
- 2017 - 2021
- Bachelor of Science in Physics at Heidelberg University, Germany
- Thesis: "Tomographic reconstruction of 3D photoelectron distributions via intra-cavity Velocity Map Imaging" under the supervison of Priv.-Doz. Dr. José Ramón Crespo López-Urrutia
Publications
- Active gel model for one-dimensional cell migration coupling actin flow and adhesion dynamics
Valentin Wössner, Oliver M. Drozdowski, Falko Ziebert, Ulrich S. Schwarz
New J. Phys., 26, 073039 (2024). - Photoelectron tomography with an intra-cavity velocity-map imaging spectrometer at 100 MHz repetition rate
J.-H. Oelmann, T. Heldt, L. Guth, J. Nauta, N. Lackmann, V. Wössner, S. Kokh, T. Pfeifer, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia
Rev. Sci. Instrum., 93, 123303 (2022)
Talks & Posters
- Contributed Talk: "The positioning of stress fibers in contractile cells minimizes internal mechanical stress"
Finite Elements for Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis, 09.09. - 13.09.2024, Fréjus, France. - Poster: "Adhesion-based active gel model for 1D cell migration"
The 3DMM2O Conference 2024: 3D Cellular Systems: Synthetic Environments, Mechanobiology & Organoids, 07.04. - 11.04.2024, Schöntal monastery, Germany. - Poster: "Adhesion-based active gel model for 1D cell migration"
DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 17.03. - 22.03.2024, Berlin, Germany. - Contributed Talk: "Adhesion-based active gel model for 1D cell migration"
4th BioMechBW Workshop on Mechanobiology, 06.03.2024, Stuttgart, Germany. - Poster: "Minimal Active Gel Model for Single-Cell Motility with Adhesion"
9th Biennal European Cell Mechanics Meeting (CellMech), 26.09. - 29.09. 2023, Marseille, France.
Teaching activities
- Winter term 2023/24, Tutor in Complex Systems for Heidelberg cohort of MPS Matter to Life
Address
Valentin Wössner
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
BioQuant - Center for Quantitative Biology
Im Neuenheimer Feld 267
Room 162
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
email: woessner at thphys.uni-heidelberg.de
phone: +49-(0)6221-54-51252
http://www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de/~biophys
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
BioQuant - Center for Quantitative Biology
Im Neuenheimer Feld 267
Room 162
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
email: woessner at thphys.uni-heidelberg.de
phone: +49-(0)6221-54-51252
http://www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de/~biophys