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Groundbreaking Ceremony for ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
A groundbreaking ceremony for the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre took place on February 24 at ESO’s Headquarters in Garching, …
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HITS scientists building bioinformatics networks
HITS scientists Jonathan Fuller and Xiaofeng Yu have been involved in co-founding the Heidelberg Unseminars in Bioinformatics (HUB) along with colleagues …
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Seminar: “Computational Methods in Optics and Astrophysics”
This seminar is aimed at students from the Physics Master program and is credited as “Compulsory Master Seminar” (MVSem). The work-load …
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New Branches at the Tree of Life
Biologist Emily Jane McTavish (University of Kansas) does evolutionary research using DNA sequence data and computational tools. She is visiting the …
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Heidelberg Researchers Find Unusually Elastic Protein
Scientists at Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have discovered an unusually elastic protein in one of …
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Klaus Tschira Foundation celebrates anniversary with HITS
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) organized a scientific symposium on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Klaus Tschira …
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Oxidative stress: Alternative utilization of glucose ensures survival of the cell
Oxidative stress in the cell blocks the normal sugar metabolism. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the team …
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New Foundations for HITS
HITS has new statutes and new shareholders, Heidelberg University and KIT. Furthermore, the “HITS Stiftung” and a Scientific Advisory Board have …
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Welcome back Richard and Ulf!
In december, Richard Henchman and Ulf Hensen are visiting us to continue our work on entropy calculations. Welcome!
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A new way to calculate conformational entropies!
Our joint paper with Ulf and Richard got accepted on how to calculate conformational entropies of complex molecules from molecular forces, …