
Increasing knowledge about COVID-19
The new “Task Force COVID-19” is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and aims to make it easier for experts …

Getting health data into shape
A multidisciplinary team is set to establish a research data infrastructure for personal health data in Germany: nfdi4health. The project – …

Solidarity in running shoes
HITS running team raises 10,000 Euros for cancer research in first virtual NCT Run – Klaus Tschira Foundation sponsors each team kilometer with 25 …

Run beyond the limits!
Alone and yet together! On 26-28 June 2020, the running team of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) will again participate …

Issue 2 | 2020
What our HITS researchers are doing during corona times as well as the latest research on collagen – those are the topics …

Corona Emergency Fund: HITS supports students
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a large impact on the life of many students, particularly in financial terms. In order …

ELIXIR facilitates development of COVID-19 Disease Map
HITS researchers collaborate with ELIXIR Nodes to contribute to the development of a knowledgebase of SARS-CoV-2 virus host-pathogen interactions. Announced last …

Supercomputing time for HITS research against Covid-19
Rebecca Wade from the Molecular and Celullar Modeling (MCM) group at HITS was awarded 3,250,000 core hours on the Marconi cluster at …

Stretched beyond the limits
It is a common phenomenon we know from cracked sneakers and burst tyres, and when it occurs it is usually in …

Hunting for the molecular Achilles heel of Sars-CoV-2
HITS Researchers are collaborating on drug discovery against SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease. Rebecca Wade and her group are …