Philip Guthardt Torres

Research Interests

Since Jun. 2012:: Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Ulrich Schwarz at Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University.
May 2012:: PhD in physics.
Oct. 2009 - May 2012:: PhD student in the group of Ulrich Schwarz at Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University.
Feb. 2009 - Sep. 2009:: PhD student in the group of Ulrich Schwarz at Institute of Zoology, Karlsruhe University (now KIT).
Nov. 2008:: Diploma in physics.
Nov. 2007 - Jan. 2009:: Diploma student in the group of Karsten Kruse at Saarland University.
Apr. 2004 - Jan. 2009:: Student of physics, Saarland University.

Filament turnover stabilizes contractile cytoskeletal structures. P. Guthardt Torres, K. Doubrovinski, and K. Kruse. EPL 91, 68003 (2010). DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/91/68003
Contractile network models for adherent cells. P. Guthardt Torres, I. B. Bischofs, and Ulrich S. Schwarz. PRE 85, 011913 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011913

Talk: Filament turnover stabilizes contractile cytoskeletal structures. DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany. (2009)
Talk: Contractile network models for adherent cells. DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany. (2011)
Talk: Rupture dynamics of cytoskeletal networks. DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, Germany. (2012)

Poster: Failure of Networks of Molecular Bonds. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes winter school, Cargèse, Corsica, France. (2010)
Poster: Modeling adherent tissue cells by contractile networks and bundles. 509. Heraeus Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany. (2012)

Physikalische Beschreibung von Systemen dynamischer Filamente und molekularer Motoren, Diploma thesis, Saarland University.
Modeling Shape and Rupture of Filament Networks, PhD thesis, Heidelberg University.

Institute for Theoretical Physics
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
Philosophenweg 19
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
email: p.guthardt.torres at tphys.uni-heidelberg.de
phone: +49-(0)6221-54-9442
http://www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de/~biophys/index.php?n1=guthardt