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The Human Brain Project has begun
The world’s most ambitious neuroscience project is underway. Scientists from the 135 partner institutions of the Human Brain Project, co-funded by …

Rebecca Wade participates in the EU flagship ‘Human Brain Project‘ (HBP)
Prof. Rebecca Wade, head of the Molecular and Cellular Modeling (MCM) group at HITS, is a collaborator in the ‘Human …

Exploring Drug-Target Interactions
HITS Scientists Participate in a New European Research Project In drug discovery it is often difficult to predict if a potential …

Publication in “Nature Structural & Molecular Biology”
HITS Researchers participate in a project that reveals the mechanism of molecular chaperones – Publication in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Together …

HITS Scientist Rebecca Wade receives professorship at the University of Heidelberg
Today, Dr. Rebecca Wade, head of the “Molecular and Cellular Modelling” research group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), …

New peptides to fight ovarian cancer drug resistance
Italian and German scientists have designed peptides to target the protein-protein interface of a key enzyme in DNA synthesis crucial for …

Novel compounds for fighting against parasitic diseases
Parasites of the Trypanosomatidae family cause a number of serious human diseases. Researchers from Italy, Belgium, and Germany have published the …

BDBDB2 Workshop on Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Simulations
BDBDB2 Workshop on Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Simulations at the Studio, Villa Bosch, Heidelberg Following a very successful workshop on …