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Call for applications: HITS Journalist in Residence program open for science journalists. Applications deadline: 28 September 2023

Issue 3 | 2023
This summer, we celebrated a special event: the first onsite meeting with our alumni in four years, intertwined with a “Math …

Dieter Kranzlmüller appointed third Board Member of the HITS Foundation
The council of the HITS Foundation has appointed Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller as third director of the board. He joined the …

Olexandr Isayev
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, May – June 2023 Sitting on the terrace and glancing at the young researchers at the adjacent table who …

Philipp Podsiadlowski
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, May, October – December 2023 Outside his office window lies the lush, spring green part of the HITS garden, …

Sarbani Basu
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, September – November 2022 “It´s almost like being a postdoc again”, says Sarbani Basu, sitting at the desk …

Antonis Rokas
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, June – September 2022 He steps out onto the terrace and enjoys the view of the garden, which is …

Holding on to letting go – the Power of Bonds in Cell Stability
Two-component adhesives are a brilliant invention. Scientists at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have found that the principle behind …

The Universal Sound of Black Holes
They are mysterious, exciting and inescapable – black holes are some of the most exotic objects in the Universe. With gravitational-wave detectors, …

New SIMPLAIX PI: Tristan Bereau
Computational physicist Tristan Bereau, professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, has been appointed new Principal Investigator in the …