ERC Advanced Grant for HITS group leader
Mathematician Anna Wienhard has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. She is group leader of the associated “Groups and Geometry” group …
Traps and code: assessing insect biodiversity in Southern Crete
HITS group leader Alexandros Stamatakis (Computational Molecular Evolution) is one of the coordinators in a citizen science project to asses insect …
Putting computing power together against SARS-CoV-2
European scientists identified potent inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, a promising target for antiviral compounds.
Corona variants: Tackle the bioinformatics bottleneck!
In the light of fast-spreading coronavirus variants, genomic surveillance has become of great importance to fight the pandemic. In a …
How can we rely on AI?
Statisticians from HITS, KIT, and Heidelberg University introduce the new “CORP” approach to better determine the reliability of forecasting methods. CORP …
104 minutes of science
In an online conversation, Casey Dunn, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and HITS group leader Alexis Stamatakis …
MGMS Lecture: Rebecca Wade
Rebecca Wade, leader of the Molecular Modeling (MCM) group, is the lecturer for the 2020 Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) Lecture …
Exploring the evolution of stars
Fabian Schneider leads the new research group “Stellar Evolution Theory” (SET) at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). The astrophysicist …
Season’s Greetings!
We had looked forward to this year with great anticipation because on 1 January 2020 HITS celebrated its 10th birthday. Therefore we invited …
DFG funds HITS research on SARS CoV-2 spike glycoprotein
The SARS-CoV2 virus is notorious for its characteristic spike protein that helps the virus to invade cells. Rebecca Wade and the …
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