
An Honor and a Farewell
After more than eight years at HITS, Volker Springel, head of the Theoretical Astrophysics group at HITS, has assumed his new …

The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells
Elementary cytoskeleton protein is different in parasites and represents a starting point for a possible new therapy against malaria infections. Researchers …

New computational method for drug discovery
HITS researchers developed tauRAMD, a tool to predict drug-target residence times from short simulations. The method is illustrated on the cover …

HITS open house event 2018
Tag der offenen Tür am HITS: Mitmachangebote, Präsentationen und Vorträge von der Molekularbiologie bis zur Astronomie. Das Heidelberger …

Accelerated reactions in condensed bio-matter?
HITS researcher Dr. Kashif Sadiq explores ribonucleoprotein granules, a condensed form of bio-matter found inside cells. He investigates whether the rate …

New planetarium and astronomy visitor centre opened
Today, after three years of construction, the ESO Supernova Planetarium and Visitor Centre will be inaugurated. The new centre at the …

Habilitation for HITSter Rüdiger Pakmor
The astrophysicist Dr. Rüdiger Pakmor from the Theoretical Astrophysis group (TAP) successfully completed the habilitation process at Heidelberg University. At …

EuroNeurotrophin project starts
14 Early Stage Researchers to be trained in a European training network for the discovery of small molecule neurotrophin mimetics as candidate …