We directly measure the equilibrium length scale of dynamic heterogeneities close to the
glass transition by means of a new multidimensional NMR experiment. The spatial information …

In this review a systematic analysis of the potential energy landscape (PEL) of glass-forming
systems is presented. Starting from the thermodynamics, the route towards the dynamics is …

Computer simulations of a hard sphere system close to the glass transition are presented.
From three-time correlations, we obtain information about the single-particle dynamics on all …

A new aspect of the nature of the relaxation rate distribution of α relaxation in glasses is
analyzed for the example of a polymer: How long does a polymer segment remember its …

Computer simulations of a model glass-forming system are presented, which study the
correlation between the dynamics in real space and the topography of the potential energy …

Considerable progress has been made in generating fully functional and transplantable
dopamine neurons from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Before these cells can be used …

Stem cell treatments for neurodegenerative diseases are expected to reach clinical trials soon.
Most of the approaches currently under development involve transplantation of immature …

Several experimental methods feature the potential to distinguish between slow and fast
contributions to the non-exponential, ensemble averaged primary response in glass-forming …

Generation of precisely patterned neural cells from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) is
instrumental in developing disease models and stem cell therapies. Here, we provide a …

We study the relation of the potential energy landscape (PEL) topography to relaxation
dynamics of a small model glass former of Lennard-Jones type. The mechanism under …