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Bioinformatics: New type of bacteria found in the human gut
With software techniques, molecular biologists and computer scientists show that around half of the bacteria species in the human gut are …
KIT Introduction to Bioinformatics Course
The course evaluation by the students for the course: “Introduction to Bioinformatics for Computer Scientists” which Alexis, Solon, Tomas, Kassian, Andre, …
HITS Researcher Alexandros Stamatakis Appointed Professor in Karlsruhe
Dr. Alexandros Stamatakis, head of the Scientific Computing (SCO) research group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), has been …
New International Research Initiative on the Evolution of Insects officially started
The 1KITE (1K Insect Transcriptome Evolution) project involves more than 50 scientists from all over the world. It will unravel the secrets …
The Tree of Life – When do Plants spin off new Species?
An international multi-disciplinary research team from Brown University, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, and Yale University has reconstructed the largest …
A Code for Evolutionary Biology
Alexandros (Alexis) Stamatakis heads the new research group “Scientific Computing” at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) – Software and supercomputing …