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03.02.2012 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
New International Research Initiative on the Evolution of Insects officially started
1KITE project will investigate the evolutionary history of insects
30.01.2012 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
HITS Scientist Rebecca Wade receives professorship at the University of Heidelberg
Today, Dr. Rebecca Wade, head of the “Molecular and Cellular Modelling” research group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), has been appointed to the W3 professorship “Computational Structural Biology” (Faculty of Biosciences/HITS) at the University of Heidelberg.
25.08.2011 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
Towards Better Standards for Systems Biology

In the second COMBINE workshop (03.-07.09.2011 in Heidelberg), scientists aim at refining important description standards for systems biology
01.08.2011 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
New peptides to fight ovarian cancer drug resistance
Italian and German scientists have designed peptides to target the protein-protein interface of a key enzyme in DNA synthesis crucial for cancer growth. The peptides act by a novel inhibitory mechanism and curb cancer cell growth in drug resistant ovarian cancer cells. The multidisciplinary research project was led by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS).
21.07.2011 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
One Year of HITS – HITS In the Year 2010
The first Annual Report of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) is now available. It covers computer-aided research, reaching from the discovery of a new molecular mechanism in blood coagulation to the largest ever cosmological simulation.
19.04.2011 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
The Tree of Life – When do Plants spin off new Species?
An international multi-disciplinary research team from Brown University, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), and Yale University has reconstructed the largest evolutionary tree (phylogeny) for plants and learned that major groups of plants tinker with their design and performance before rapidly spinning off new species. The finding upends long-held thinking that plants' speciation rates are tied to the first development of a new physical trait or mechanism.
04.04.2011 - [Language: Englisch/English ]
Novel compounds for fighting against parasitic diseases
Parasites of the Trypanosomatidae family cause a number of serious human diseases. Researchers from Italy, Belgium, and Germany have published the identification of novel anti-parasitic compounds targeting an enzyme unique to the parasites. These compounds are promising for the development of drugs with fewer side-effects than current medical treatments.
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