FDA – detect and follow force in proteins

5. July 2021

Force distribution analysis (FDA) is a method to detect and follow force and stress propagation in proteins, reminiscent of Finite Element …

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KIMMDY – a hybrid approach for Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation

5. July 2021

The simulation scheme called KIMMDY (Kinetic Monte Carlo / Molecular Dynamics) enables covalent bond breakages in all-atom Molecular …

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“SoftWipe” – open-source tool and benchmark to assess the quality of scientific software

5. July 2021

Digital tools are essential in almost all scientific disciplines. Reliable, carefully developed software is particularly important when large amounts of research …

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Evaluating probabilistic forecasts with scoringRules

28. June 2021

Comparing predictive performance Forecasts are generally surrounded by uncertainty and being able to quantify this uncertainty is key to good decision …

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Using Bioinformatics algorithms to predict the European Football Championship

25. June 2021

Researchers from the Computational Molecular Evolution (CME) group at HITS have simulated the knock-out phase of the European Football Championship using …

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Issue 2 | 2021

18. June 2021

HITS Group Leader Anna Wienhard (Groups and Geometry) has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) …

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On the front cover: Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Proteins in the Presence of Surfaces

9. June 2021

Brownian dynamics simulations are well-suited to study processes governed by diffusion, such as the adsorption of protein molecules to a mica …

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Investigating cancer development with the help of mathematics

28. May 2021

Scientists from Heidelberg have found a way to trace cancer formation using mathematical models. The results have now been published in …

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Issue 1 | 2021

10. March 2021

HITS welcomes new group leader Fabian Schneider, who started in January 2021. The astrophysicist is currently establishing his own research group “Stellar …

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Registration open: Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Brainstorm 5 (BDBDB5)

26. January 2021

Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Brainstorm 5 (BDBDB5: https://bdbdb.h-its.org/) will take place in virtual format on 24-25 …

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