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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich
Person

Affiliations

Chair of mechanics of active biomaterials (Heisenberg) (CMCB)
- Full Professor
- elisabeth.fischer-friedrich@tu-dresden.de
Clusters of Excellence PoL: Physics of Life
- Member

Research interests

cell mechanics

actin cytoskeleton

atomic force microscopy

viscoelasticity

continuum mechanics

active gel theory

cellular morphogenesis

epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Identification Numbers

ORCID	0000-0002-2433-916X
Scopus author ID	14830187700

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Mesenchymal-epithelial transition reduces proliferation but increases immune evasion in tumor spheroids

Dimari, G., Hu, Y., Frenzel, A., Fuchs, A., Wurm, A. A. & Fischer-Friedrich, E., 15 Aug 2025, In: iScience. 28, 8, 113023.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article › Contributed › peer-review

ECM proteins shape topographical patterns in the basement membrane of Drosophila wing discs

Santillán, K. Y. G., Dahmann, C. & Fischer-Friedrich, E., 15 Jul 2025, In: Matrix Biology. 140, p. 78-87 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article › Contributed › peer-review

The WIRS motifs in Fat2 are required for Drosophila egg chamber rotation but not for elongation

Bhatt, A., Ruffine, V., Töpfer, U., Ryu, J., Fischer-Friedrich, E. & Dahmann, C., 17 Jan 2025, In: Development (Cambridge, England). 152, 2, 9 p., DEV204201.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article › Contributed › peer-review

Epithelial Folding Through Local Degradation of an Elastic Basement Membrane Plate

Guerra Santillán, K. Y. (First author), Jantzen, C., Dahmann, C. & Fischer-Friedrich, E., 11 Nov 2024, In: Advanced Physics Research. 3, 12, 11 p., 2400062 .

Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article › Contributed › peer-review

AdamTS proteases control basement membrane heterogeneity and organ shape in Drosophila

Töpfer, U., Ryu, J., Guerra Santillán, K. Y., Schulze, J., Fischer-Friedrich, E., Tanentzapf, G. & Dahmann, C., 23 Jul 2024, In: Cell reports. 43 (2024), 7, 18 p., 114399.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article › Contributed › peer-review

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Heisenberg Professorship

Fischer-Friedrich, E. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2023

Prize: Fellow/scholarship › Professorship

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