Digital tools for effective virus research
The “Serratus” cloud-computing infrastructure enables researchers to effectively search public sequence databases for biological viruses. So far, more than 130,000 new RNA …
An unstructured protein as a dog-leash
A key process of all cellular life is cell division, in which the genetic material of one cell is duplicated and …
ERC Starting Grant for HITS group leader
Ganna Gryn’ova, head of the Computational Carbon Chemistry group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, has been awarded approximately €1.5 …
A new lead in FAIR data
HITS researcher Ulrike Wittig will be a new lead in the data platfom of the European life science organization ELIXIR. She …
Computing drug-target binding kinetics: three papers in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
How long does a drug molecule stay bound to its protein target? How quickly does it bind to and dissociate from …
New Research Project: Mathematical Oncology in Heidelberg
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Heidelberg is working together to develop mathematical modeling to help decipher tumor development in hereditary …
Revisiting star formation in the era of big data
HITS group leader Kai Polsterer selected member of an international team at the International Space Science Institute Kai Polsterer, head of …
How can a surface guide centriole assembly?
Centrioles are cell organelles with a cylindrical shape and a 9-fold radially symmetric architecture. They play a role in the formation …
“TULIPS” lets astronomy flourish in the classroom
HITS researcher Eva Laplace has developed a software that visualizes the evolution of stars in short movies. For this project that …
Congratulations Florian Franz
We would like to congratulate Florian Franz who successfully defended his PhD thesis last week! Congratulations! The whole MBM group wishes …
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