
Issue 2 | 2021
HITS Group Leader Anna Wienhard (Groups and Geometry) has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) …

The MBM video contest winner is …
Have you ever tried to explain complex scientific findings just with words? We all know how important clear and memorable scientific …

On the front cover: Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Proteins in the Presence of Surfaces
Brownian dynamics simulations are well-suited to study processes governed by diffusion, such as the adsorption of protein molecules to a mica …

Welcome Chris!
A warm welcome to Christoph who has recently joined the MBM group. Here are a few words from Christoph about himself: …

Welcome Jannik!
A warm welcome to Jannik who has recently (re-)joined the MBM group. Here are a few words from Jannik about …

Investigating cancer development with the help of mathematics
Scientists from Heidelberg have found a way to trace cancer formation using mathematical models. The results have now been published in …

The good, the bad, and the spaghetti code: Software put to the test
Computer scientists at HITS and KIT Karlsruhe have developed “SoftWipe”, a largely automated open source tool and benchmark to assess the …

ERC Advanced Grant for HITS group leader
Mathematician Anna Wienhard has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. She is group leader of the associated “Groups and Geometry” group …

Traps and code: assessing insect biodiversity in Southern Crete
HITS group leader Alexandros Stamatakis (Computational Molecular Evolution) is one of the coordinators in a citizen science project to asses insect …

Putting computing power together against SARS-CoV-2
European scientists identified potent inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, a promising target for antiviral compounds.