104 minutes of science
In an online conversation, Casey Dunn, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and HITS group leader Alexis Stamatakis …
MGMS Lecture: Rebecca Wade
Rebecca Wade, leader of the Molecular Modeling (MCM) group, is the lecturer for the 2020 Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) Lecture …
Welcome Liza!
A warm welcome to Liza who has recently joined the MBM group. Here are a few words from Liza about herself: …
Registration open: Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Brainstorm 5 (BDBDB5)
Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Brainstorm 5 (BDBDB5: https://bdbdb.h-its.org/) will take place in virtual format on 24-25 …
Siobhan Roberts – Journalist in Residence 2020
The Canadian science journalist and author Siobhan Roberts was the HITS “Journalist in Residence” 2020. Siobhan Roberts has worked as a freelance …
Exploring the evolution of stars
Fabian Schneider leads the new research group “Stellar Evolution Theory” (SET) at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). The astrophysicist …
15th Würzburg workshop on Astrophysics 2020 at HITS
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual winter workshop organized by the Physics of Stellar Objects (PSO) group at HITS had …
New Scientific Director: Frauke Gräter
As of January 2021, Frauke Gräter is the new Scientific Director of HITS. As the position of Scientific Director rotates through …
Season’s Greetings!
We had looked forward to this year with great anticipation because on 1 January 2020 HITS celebrated its 10th birthday. Therefore we invited …
DFG funds HITS research on SARS CoV-2 spike glycoprotein
The SARS-CoV2 virus is notorious for its characteristic spike protein that helps the virus to invade cells. Rebecca Wade and the …