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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.

Picture of the evolution of oxygen adaptation in bacteria.

Exploring the history of bacteria evolution

16. April 2025

In a new study published in “Science”, an international team of scientists presents a reconstruction of the evolution of Earth’s …

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Raphael Hirschi, Klaus Tschira Guest Professor 2025

New Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at HITS

15. April 2025

HITS welcomes Swiss-British astrophysicist Raphael Hirschi as the 6th Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at the Institute. He has been Professor of …

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Manfred Fuchs Prize for SIMPLAIX researcher

14. April 2025

Congratulations to our SIMPLAIX Principal Investigator Pascal Friederich (KIT) on the award of the Manfred Fuchs Prize 2025 for his outstanding research …

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Save the date: Max Bonomi at the HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium

10. April 2025

On 21 July 2025, Max Bonomi, Institut Pasteur, Paris (France) will give a joint HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium (hybrid) talk at the Studio Villa Bosch, …

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Protein Dyamics & Machine Learning: Cecilia Clementi at the HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium

2. April 2025

On 10 February 2025, Cecilia Clementi, Einstein Professor , Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) gave a joint HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium on “Modeling …

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Issue 1 | 2025

18. March 2025

HITS kicked off the new year with a change in the scientific leadership. Since January 2025, physicist and computer scientist Kai Polsterer …

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We are hiring! Full Professorship (W3) in “Molecular Biophysics”

10. March 2025

We are seeking an outstanding candidate to lead a research group at HITS and contribute to the research and teaching initiatives …

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Generative AI and the Physics of Molecules : Simon Olsson at the HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium

1. March 2025

On 27 January 2025, Simon Olsson from the Chalmers University of Technology, Department for Computer Science and Engineering, Gothenburg (Sweden), gave a joint …

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Guillermo Carbrera-Vives. Klaus Tschira Guest Professor 2024/25

Guillermo Cabrera-Vives

26. February 2025

Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, September 2024 – March 2025 “I admire the way how research is done here,” Guillermo Cabrera-Vives wraps up his first …

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A synthetic peptide based on the natural protein S100A1,

Therapeutic Designer Peptide to Combat Acute Heart Muscle Weakness

12. February 2025

Researchers of the Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have developed a synthetic peptide …

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