
Who will win? Phylogenetics help to predict
Outreach talk (in German) by HITS group leader Alexandros Stamatakis about efficiently simulating elimination tournaments using concepts from phylogenetics At the “…

Multiscale simulations unveil molecular mechanisms that shape brain plasticity
New publication on multiscale molecular simulations to investigate adenylyl cyclase-based signaling in the brain, together with colleagues collaborating in the Human …

Integrative data-intensive approaches to drug design
The 23rd EuroQSAR Symposium will take place in Heidelberg, chaired by HITS group leader Rebecca Wade. Deadline for abstract submission: 4 August 2022 …

The invisible needle in a stellar haystack
An international research team with participation of HITS discovered a “dormant” black hole in a binary-star system outside our galaxy. These …

Massive stars, black holes and binaries
SET group at HITS organized the first presence meeting of VFTS & Friends It all started with an “ESO Large Programme”: …

Digital Worlds 20.22: In the beginning was the Code
Come and join us for our Open Day at HITS on Saturday, 9 July, from 11am-5pm After four years the Heidelberg …

HITS: Call for “Journalist in Residence” in 2023
Are you an experienced science journalist? Would you like to delve into new areas of research and deepen your technical knowledge? …

Carl Smith – Journalist in Residence 2022
Australian science journalist Carl Smith was the HITS “Journalist in Residence” in 2022. He is a staff science journalist and presenter working …

Issue 2 | 2022
A “magic triangle” has formed: “SIMPLAIX” is a three-way-cooperation between HITS, Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), enabled …

Jupiter – a heavy metal planet?
An international team of astronomers, among Michaël Bazot from the “Theory and Observations of Stars” (TOS) group at HITS, has …