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Valentin Wössner
Research Interests
- Structure Formation in the Actin Cytoskeleton
- Cell Mechanics and Motility
- Finite Element Methods and Numerical Continuation
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
- Theory for Coexistence and Selection of Branched Actin Networks in a Shared and Finite Pool of Monomers
Valentin Wössner, Falko Ziebert, Ulrich S. Schwarz
PRX Life, 4, 033020 (2026). - The positioning of stress fibers in contractile cells minimizes internal mechanical stress
Lukas Riedel, Valentin Wössner, Dominic Kempf, Falko Ziebert, Peter Bastian, Ulrich S. Schwarz
J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 195, 105950 (2025). - 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
- Contributed Talk: "Coexistence and selection of branched actin networks"
DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 08.03. - 13.03.2025, Dresden, Germany. - Contributed Talk: "The positioning of stress fibers in contractile cells minimizes internal mechanical stress"
DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 16.03. - 21.03.2025, Regensburg, Germany. - Contributed Talk: "Active gel model for one-dimensional cell migration coupling actin flow and adhesion dynamics"
WE-Heraeus-Seminar - The Cytoskeleton as Active Matter, 30.09. - 04.10.2024, Bad Honnef, Germany. - 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. - Contributed Talk: "Adhesion-based active gel model for 1D cell migration"
4th BioMechBW Workshop on Mechanobiology, 06.03.2024, Stuttgart, Germany.
Teaching activities
- Summer term 2025, Tutor in Dynamical Systems
- Winter term 2024/25, Tutor in Complex Systems for Heidelberg cohort of MPS Matter to Life
- 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
