PSO group hosts HJAC colloquium speaker Frans Pretorius
On January 30, 2018, the PSO group hosted Professor Frans Pretorius from Princeton University. Frans works on general relativity with a …
Better Weather Forecasts for Africa: Development Assistance 2.0
Precipitation forecasts are very useful for agricultural areas such as the Sahel. However, while there are reliable models and measurements for …
Vorlesung: Python programming for scientists
Heidelberg University, Winter Semester 2017/2018, Lecturer: Dr. Markus Kromer
How black holes shape the cosmos
Astrophysicists from Heidelberg, Garching, and the USA gained new insights into the formation and evolution of galaxies. They calculated how black …
Visitor: Fabian Schneider
From January 25 to January 26, 2018, Dr. Fabian Schneider from Oxford University visited the PSO group to collaborate on the evolution of massive …
The largest genome ever: Decoding the Axolotl
A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican …
A new genome for regeneration research
The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into …
A matter of mobility: multidisciplinary paper suggests new strategy for drug discovery
A joint industry/academia study of a cancer target protein reveals unusual relation between binding site flexibility and drug-target lifetime. The …
Kerstin Hoppenhaus and Andreas von Bubnoff to be “Journalists in Residence” at HITS
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …
PSO group hosts HJAC colloquium speaker Maria Lugaro
On January 9, 2018, the PSO group hosted Dr. Maria Lugaro from the Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. …