
In “Cell”: Floppy but fast
Inside cells, communication between the nucleus, which harbours our precious genetic material, and the cytoplasm is mediated by the constant exchange …

How Complex Problems Become Simple
Mathematician Anna Wienhard is the new Research Group Leader at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). In addition to her …

SCO Scientists: “Best Lecture” at KIT Computer Science
For their lecture “Introduction to Bioinformatics for Computer Scientists”, SCO group members Alexandros Stamatakis, Andre Aberer, Tomas Flouri, Alexey Kozlov, Kassian …

HITS: Call for „Journalist in Residence“ 2016
Are you an experienced science journalist? Would you like a change of scenery, and the chance to get away from your …

New Standards in Biotechnology
A new working group for data processing and integration in biotechnology has been set up by the International Organization for Standardization, …

Von Wetter, Schlangen und Molekülen: Girls‘ Day am HITS
– Sorry, this press release is only available in German – Am 23. April, dem bundesweiten Girls‘ Day, gibt das Heidelberger Institut für …

What is the Impact of Cosmic Rays on Galaxy Formation?
European Research Council will fund HITS astrophysicist Christoph Pfrommer with an ERC Consolidator Grant with € 2 Million HITS astrophysicist Priv.-Doz. Dr. …

Brighter than 100 Billion Stars
Supernova scientist Friedrich Röpke is the leader of the new research group „Physics of Stellar Objects“ at HITS and professor …

New Branches at the Tree of Life
Biologist Emily Jane McTavish (University of Kansas) does evolutionary research using DNA sequence data and computational tools. She is visiting the …