CBI Junior Group: Mission Accomplished
HITS Junior Group “Computational Biology” is bringing its work to a close with two publications in “Nature.” According to Group Leader …
Welcome Jakub!
We welcome Jakub Fišák as a guest student in the PSO group. Jakub is a PhD student at Masaryk University (…
PSO group hosts HJAC colloquium speaker Frans Pretorius
On January 30, 2018, the PSO group hosted Professor Frans Pretorius from Princeton University. Frans works on general relativity with a …
Better Weather Forecasts for Africa: Development Assistance 2.0
Precipitation forecasts are very useful for agricultural areas such as the Sahel. However, while there are reliable models and measurements for …
Vorlesung: Python programming for scientists
Heidelberg University, Winter Semester 2017/2018, Lecturer: Dr. Markus Kromer
How black holes shape the cosmos
Astrophysicists from Heidelberg, Garching, and the USA gained new insights into the formation and evolution of galaxies. They calculated how black …
Visitor: Fabian Schneider
From January 25 to January 26, 2018, Dr. Fabian Schneider from Oxford University visited the PSO group to collaborate on the evolution of massive …
The largest genome ever: Decoding the Axolotl
A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican …
A new genome for regeneration research
The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into …
A matter of mobility: multidisciplinary paper suggests new strategy for drug discovery
A joint industry/academia study of a cancer target protein reveals unusual relation between binding site flexibility and drug-target lifetime. The …