News

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.

Oxidative stress: Alternative utilization of glucose ensures survival of the cell

15. January 2015

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

14. January 2015

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!

13. January 2015

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!

13. January 2015

Our joint paper with Ulf and Richard got accepted on how to calculate conformational entropies of complex molecules from molecular forces, …

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FAK allosteric network helps interpreting FRET measurements!

12. January 2015

Jing’s allosteric network of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) when binding PIP2 helped to interpret recent FRET results in FAK activation …

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Welcome Katra!

11. January 2015

Dr. Katra Kolsek joins us as a postdoc to work on disulfides in the von Willebrand factor. Welcome!

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Welcome Ana!

11. January 2015

We are happy that Ana Herrera Rodriguez joins us as a PhD student to work on silk assembly under flow. Welcome!

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HITSter scores best

18. December 2014

HITSter Philipp Gerstner was now honored by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) for the best diploma of his class. Philipp …

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Michele Catanzaro – Journalist in Residence 2014

12. December 2014

In 2014, the HITS Journalist in Residence Program was announced for the third time – and for the first time internationally. Journalists from 22 …

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In “Science”: Big data explain evolution of birds

12. December 2014

Bird tree of life reproduced by gene analysis and supercomputing, new findings about basics of birdsongs, feathers, biodiversity, and bird evolution …

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