News

What´s new at HITS? On this page you can find the latest news from and about HITS, including the latest scientific discoveries, personal achievements by our researchers or general changes at HITS.

More than the sum of its parts: Combining models to improve COVID-19 forecasts

29. September 2021

Soon after the beginning of the pandemic, researchers from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and the Karlsruhe Institute of …

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Woman in Science

23. September 2021

Svenja de Buhr is a doctoral researcher in the MBM group and today one of the protagonists in the video series “…

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It’s in the DNA: sequence recognition by the linker histone

23. September 2021

Using single-pair FRET (Fluorescence/Förster Resonance Energy Transfer) spectroscopy and computational modeling, Madhura De, researcher in the Molecular and Cellular …

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HiFlow³ – Software module development for Finite Element simulation

22. September 2021

HiFlow³ is a multi-purpose finite element software providing powerful tools for efficient and accurate solution of a wide range of problems …

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HITSters will be part of new faculty at Heidelberg University

22. September 2021

Heidelberg University has founded the Faculty of Engineering Sciences to pool competences for innovative engineering approaches with international visibility. HITS researchers …

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Issue 3 | 2021

14. September 2021

The astrophysicist Fabian Schneider, head of the junior group “Stellar Evolution Theory” (SET) at HITS, has been awarded the “Ludwig-Biermann-Förderpreis” …

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“Test of Time Award” for HITS researcher

13. September 2021

Alexandros Stamatakis, group leader at HITS and professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has received the “Test of Time …

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NCT-Run 2021: Team “The HITSters” runs beyond the limits

3. September 2021

The HITS running team “The HITSters” participated for the fourth time in the NCT charity run in Heidelberg. On 2-4 July 2021, …

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Biomedisa – an open-source online platform for biomedical image segmentation

2. September 2021

In many scientific disciplines, the key to extracting meaningful information from large three-dimensional images, obtained from X-ray tomography or optical microscopy, …

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Astronomy Award for HITS researcher Fabian Schneider

26. August 2021

Astrophysicist Fabian Schneider, head of the junior group “Stellar Evolution Theory” (SET) at HITS, has received the Ludwig Biermann Award of …

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