Projects and Research Interests
- Mass-conserving reaction–diffusion systems
- Intracellular pattern formation
- Adaptability and evolution of protein machineries
- Complex systems and nonlinear dynamics
- Computer vision and machine learning
Curriculum Vitae
- since 11/2015: PhD Student
- 2013-2015: Master Studies of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (TMP), LMU Munich
Master thesis: A new pattern formation mechanism in budding yeast - 10/2010 - 07/2013: Bachelor Studies of Physics, LMU Munich, Bachelor Thesis at LMU Munich (Prof. Peter Pickl) and UC Davis (Dirk Deckert, Ph.D.)
- 07/2010: Abitur, Carl-Zeiss-Gymnasium Jena
Publications
2023
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Coarsening and wavelength selection far from equilibrium: a unifying framework based on singular perturbation theory
Henrik Weyer Fridtjof Brauns Erwin Frey [arXiv:2203.03892] -
Redundancy and the role of protein copy numbers in the cell polarization machinery of budding yeast
Fridtjof Brauns Leila Margarita Iñigo de la Cruz Karl-Gustav Daalman Ilse de Bruin Jacob Halatek Liedewij Laan Erwin Frey [bioRxiv:2020.09.09.290510] -
Directing Min protein patterns with advective bulk flow
Sabrina Meindlhumer* Fridtjof Brauns* Jernej Rudi Finžgar* Jacob Kerssemakers Cees Dekker Erwin Frey [biorXiv: 10.1101/2021.12.23.474007]
2022
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Length regulation drives self-organization in filament-motor mixtures
Moritz Striebel Fridtjof Brauns Erwin Frey [arXiv:2109.05091] -
Bridging scales in a multiscale pattern-forming system
Laeschkir Würthner* Fridtjof Brauns* Grzegorz Pawlik Jacob Halatek Jacob Kerssemakers Cees Dekker Erwin Frey [arXiv:2111.12043]
2021
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Bulk-surface coupling identifies the mechanistic connection between Min-protein patterns in vivo and in vitro
Fridtjof Brauns* Grzegorz Pawlik* Jacob Halatek* Jacob W.J. Kerssemakers Erwin Frey+ Cees Dekker+ [bioRxiv:10.1101/2020.03.01.971952] -
A hierarchy of protein patterns robustly decodes cell shape information
Manon C. Wigbers* Tzer Han Tan* Fridtjof Brauns S. Zachary Swartz Erwin Frey+ Nikta Fakhri+ -
Diffusive coupling of two well-mixed compartments elucidates elementary principles of protein-based pattern formation
Fridtjof Brauns Jacob Halatek Erwin Frey [arXiv:2010.15095] -
Wavelength selection by interrupted coarsening in reaction-diffusion systems
Fridtjof Brauns Henrik Weyer Jacob Halatek Junghoon Yoon Erwin Frey [arXiv:2005.01495]
2020
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Self-organisation of Protein Patterns
Erwin Frey Fridtjof BraunsLecture Notes for Les Houches 2018 Summer School on“Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics”.[arXiv: 2012.01797] -
Phase-space geometry of mass-conserving reaction-diffusion dynamics
Fridtjof Brauns* Jacob Halatek* Erwin Frey [arXiv:1812.08684] -
Flow Induced Symmetry Breaking in a Conceptual Polarity Model
Manon C. Wigbers Fridtjof Brauns Ching Yee Leung Erwin Frey [arXiv:2005.09573] -
Pattern localization to a domain edge
Manon Wigbers Fridtjof Brauns Tobias Hermann Erwin Frey [arXiv:1908.07309]
2019
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Design of biochemical pattern forming systems from minimal motifs
Philipp Glock Fridtjof Brauns Jacob Halatek Erwin Frey Petra Schwille [bioRxiv:10.1101/666362]
2018
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Capping protein-controlled actin polymerization shapes lipid membranes
Katharina Dürre Felix C. Keber Philip Bleicher Fridtjof Brauns Christian J. Cyron Jan Faix Andreas R. Bausch -
Self-organization principles of intracellular pattern formation
Jacob Halatek Fridtjof Brauns Erwin Frey [arXiv:1802.07169]