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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.

Richard Schwartz

13. June 2023

Divide and Conquer:  5 Point Energy Minimization Thomson’s classic problem asks, for any N, which configurations of N points on …

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Steve Trettel

13. June 2023

Geometry from the Inside Geometry is one of the oldest ongoing projects of humanity, with an unbroken chain of deep thought …

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Anil Ananthaswamy named “HITS Journalist in Residence”

16. May 2023

The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …

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Registration open: 2nd HBPMolSim Training Workshop on Tools for Molecular Simulation of Neuronal Signaling Cascades and HBP BRAVE partner project open meeting

12. May 2023

The second HBPMolSIM training workshop on Tools for Molecular Simulation of Neuronal Signaling Cascades will take place in hybrid format on 21…

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SIMPLAIX Workshop: Thanks to all participants!

9. May 2023

A big thank you to all the speakers and participants for making last week’s SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for …

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A step forward: Workshop for the “Habitable” board game

2. May 2023

A team of young researchers at HITS has received 10,000 euros in the university competition for the Science Year “Our Universe” to …

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We congratulate: Poster award for Jannik and Eric!

2. May 2023

We happily announce that two of our MBM colleagues have won the poster prize at the Computer Simulation and Theory of …

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As they live and breathe – the role of long-chain fatty acids in cellular respiration

17. April 2023

Cellular respiration is a complex and highly regulated process that allows cells to draw energy from nutrition. An international team of …

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Simulation of transmembrane proteins in lipid environments: not always an easy task

11. April 2023

Researchers in the Molecular and Cellular Modeling group (MCM) at HITS have recently released the first parameters of a micelle-forming lipid …

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Issue 1 | 2023

4. April 2023

This spring, a special project is blossoming: SIMPLAIX, a collaboration of HITS with Heidelberg University and the KIT. The three partner …

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