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Effort clarifies major branch of insect tree of life
A team of international researchers just published a new study on Hemiptera, using a vast amount molecular data to investigate their …
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“Highly Cited Researchers” at HITS
HITS scientists are listed among the most cited researchers worldwide. This year’s “Highly Cited Researchers” ranking by Clarivate Analytics again …
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For the Third Time: Award for Teaching Bioinformatics
All good things come in threes: Dr. Alexandros Stamatakis – head of the HITS research group Scientific Computing and a computer science …
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Phylogenetic Tools: Software Quality Tests Yield Best Practices
Life science research increasingly runs on software. A good fraction, perhaps even most of it, is made by academics, for academics: …
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Again: Three “Highly Cited Researchers” at HITS
Three HITS scientists are named among the most cited researchers worldwide. This year’s “Highly Cited Researchers” ranking by Clarivate Analytics …
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New species discovered: Protist parasites contribute to the stability of rainforest ecosystems
Tropical rainforests are one of the most species-rich areas on earth. Thousands of animal and plant species live there. The smaller …
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Three “Highly Cited Researchers” at HITS
In this year’s ranking of “Highly Cited Researchers”, three HITS scientists are named among the most cited researchers worldwide: Tilmann …
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Data for life
HITS researcher Alexandros Stamatakis is new SAB member of the Greek ELIXIR National Node Prof. Alexandros Stamatakis, head of the Scientific …
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„Hands on“: Auszeichnung für Bioinformatik-Praktikum
This text is only available in German. Die Lehrveranstaltung „Hands-on Bioinformatics Practical“ von Prof. Alexandros Stamatakis und Dr. Tomas Flouri wird …
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SCO Scientists: “Best Lecture” at KIT Computer Science
For their lecture “Introduction to Bioinformatics for Computer Scientists”, SCO group members Alexandros Stamatakis, Andre Aberer, Tomas Flouri, Alexey Kozlov, Kassian …