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We are hiring! Full Professorship in “Molecular Biophysics” We are seeking an outstanding candidate to lead a research group at HITS and contribute to the research and teaching initiatives at IWR and the Faculty of Biosciences. Learn more at: adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Apply today!

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Curious about how Machine Learning and Molecular Simulations are used to model Protein Dynamics? Then watch our HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium with Cecilia Clementi @cecclementi.bsky.social which is now available on our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAI...

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Many thanks to our colloquium speaker Cecilia Clementi @cecclementi.bsky.social from FU Berlin, for providing a deeper understanding of how machine learning and molecular simulations are leveraged to model protein dynamics. Keep an eye out for the video release on the HITS YouTube channel!

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Registration for the 3rd SIMPLAIX Workshop on Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling (7–9 May 2025) is now open! Learn more about the conference here simplaix-workshop2025.h-its.org and register here simplaix-workshop2025.h-its.org/registration/ We look forward to seeing you there! 😊

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Don't miss our next HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium on 10 February at 2:00 PM CET! Cecilia Clementi @cecclementi.bsky.social will talk about Modeling Protein Dynamics with Machine Learning and Molecular Simulation. Sign up ow.ly/h0Wl50UQ2kX to join via Zoom or just come by. @simplaix.bsky.social

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February arrives with a new page on the calendar, bringing with it a stunning turquoise freeze on our pond, colored by algae and bacteria.

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How can Generative AI help improve molecular dynamics simulations, potentially supporting drug discovery and materials design in the near future? Simon Olsson @smnlssn.bsky.social has some answers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=souA... @simplaix.bsky.social @rebecca-wade.bsky.social

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Special thanks to our colloquium speaker @smnlssn.bsky.social from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, for his excellent presentation on Generative AI and the Physics of Molecules. Stay tuned for the video release on the HITS YouTube channel! @simplaix.bsky.social @rebecca-wade.bsky.social

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We are hiring! Do you have a degree in Biology, Bioinformatics, Medicine, Medical Informatics, or a related field? The Scientific Databases and Visualization (SDBV) group is looking for a Biodata Expert to join the team. Find out more here: www.h-its.org/hits-job/bio...

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It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Karl Martin Menten, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. We send our sincere condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcement...

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Bist Du bereit, für einen Tag in die Rolle einer Astronomin zu schlüpfen? Dann komm am 3. April 2025 von 9-13 Uhr zum Girls’ Day am HITS und begleite uns auf eine spannende Reise ins Innere der Sterne! ⭐ Hier geht's zur Anmeldung 👉 ow.ly/X9Lh50UK1ll Foto KI-generiert mit DALL-E.

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You're invited to the HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium titled "How can Generative AI help understand the Physics of Molecules?" on 27 January at 2:00 PM CET, featuring Simon Olsson @smnlssn.bsky.social. Participate on-site by emailing [email protected] or register via ow.ly/qBGP50UIfxt for Zoom access.

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As of January 2025, Kai Polsterer is the new Scientific Director of HITS, taking over from Tilmann Gneiting who had been Scientific Director for the last 2 years. The new deputy Scientific Director will be Rebecca Wade (@rebecca-wade.bsky.social). Read more here: ow.ly/HMlS50UBKUg Photos ©HITS

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In the HITS garden, grey is the color of the winter season. Nature is already planning its comeback, and we’re starting the new year with new energy and ambitious resolutions.

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We‘re kicking off 2025 with our HITS calendar. This year’s overall theme is “Colors.” You can look forward to colorful photos from the HITS garden. For those who don’t have a copy at home, we’ll continue sharing our pictures and the text of the month here. Cheers to a successful and colorful year!

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We wish you and your families a safe and joyful holiday season and a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year. www.h-its.org/2024/12/19/s...

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After 15 years, we say goodbye to group leader Frauke Gräter (@graeterlab.bsky.social) who will assume her new role as director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz as of January 2025. Read more about her time at HITS here: www.h-its.org/2024/12/19/f...

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Listen to the HITS-SIMPLAIX joint colloquium with Markus Meuwly from @unibas.ch on Machine Learning and Protein Research which is now available on our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM5n... #machinelearning #proteinresearch #SIMPLAIX

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Victoria Stodden, associate professor at the University of Southern California and vice-chair of the HITS Scientific Advisory Board, has been selected to receive a prestigious Humboldt Research Award. Read more here: www.h-its.org/2024/12/18/v...

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It’s that time of the year again … for a new edition of the HITS newsletter “The Charts” 04/2024. This time with research highlights on “new findings in SARS-CoV-2 infection mechanism” and a farewell to group leader Frauke Gräter. Find the online version here: www.h-its.org/2024/12/05/i...

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We are hiring! The Natural Language Processing group at HITS is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct cutting-edge research in multi-lingual coreference resolution with our own high-performance computing infrastructure. Apply here: www.h-its.org/hits-job/pos...

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Thanks to our colloquium speaker Markus Meuwly (University of Basel, Switzerland @unibas.ch) for his splendid talk on computational protein dynamics. The talk will soon be available on the HITS YouTube channel – stay tuned! @simplaix.bsky.social @graeterlab.bsky.social #computationalproteindynamics

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Dear followers, As of today, we will cease all activity on X. This applies to both our profiles HITStudies and SIMPLAIX. In future, we'll be sharing our news and events on BlueSky and we hope you will join us at hitsters.bsky.social. Photo © Alexandre Debiève

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Mark your calendars for the HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium on “Computational Protein Dynamics in the Era of Machine-Learned Atomistic Simulations” on 16 December, 2pm CET. Email [email protected] for on-site participation or register here ow.ly/UoUL50UlAa5 to join via Zoom.

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Australian science journalist Jackson Ryan @drjr.bsky.social will be the next “Journalist in Residence”. He will join HITS in April 2025. We look forward to having him at the institute. Read more here: ow.ly/PhYK50Unizu Photo © jwr

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Great to host Rebecca Wade of @hitsters.bsky.social for a seminar at Bristol Chemistry today @bristoluni.bsky.social

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The 2025 HITS calendar has arrived with pictures of flowers, landscapes and special places at HITS. The theme centers around the vibrant colors of our garden, bringing a fresh, inspiring look to the year ahead! Let the calendar remind you of the colors surrounding us all year long.

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We’ve reached the last calendar page for this year, and it's becoming more and more common to see our beloved HITS duck frozen up in the pond again. We're getting ready for the last events and duties this year before hanging up the new calendar. Stay warm!

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„Physik in Hollywood" - Funktionieren eigentlich Lichtschwerter und wie schafft es Iron Man eigentlich, seinen Teilchen Beschleuniger so schnell zu bauen? Mehr dazu morgen Abend im Vortrag von Dr. Sascha Vogel im Carl Bosch Museum Heidelberg. www.carl-bosch-museum.de/angebote/ang...

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We are hiring! The HITS Comms Team is looking for a Senior Comms Manager for press and public relations work, event management, and the internal communication of an interdisciplinary research institute. Apply now! www.h-its.org/hits-job/sen... Photo ©Unsplash - Glenn Carstens-Peters

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Jetzt auf YouTube: HITS Journalist in Residence 2024 Felicitas Mokler spricht über „Journalismus und Künstliche Intelligenz“. Der Vortrag fand am 17. Oktober 2024 in Zusammenarbeit mit der Mathematik-Informatik-Station (MAINS) in Heidelberg statt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBh...

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Heute im Carl Bosch Museum: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Dietrich Lemke „Der Chemiker Carl Bosch: Liebhaber & Förderer der Astronomie“. Beginn 18.00 Uhr, Eintritt 3€. Schauen Sie vorbei! carl-bosch-museum.de/angebote/ang... ©Carl Bosch Museum

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Morgen noch nichts vor? Schauen Sie im Carl Bosch Museum (CBM) vorbei, zum Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Dietrich Lemke „Der Chemiker Carl Bosch: Liebhaber & Förderer der Astronomie“. Außerdem: Habitable Spieleabend am Freitag im CBM. Mehr hier ow.ly/mZn250U04Fs ©Carl Bosch Museum

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November is here and so is the cold weather in Heidelberg. Small creatures are hiding under a blanket of autumn leaves, as might be this Flower Scarab. Though it’s rather uncommon to spot one this late in the year, with its shiny carapace it's a real jewel in the HITS garden.

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Spooky spiders are up to mischief at HITS. Did you know that it’s considered good luck to see a spider on Halloween? Well, maybe you want to go outside and look for one, as there's nothing like a nice breath of fresh scare! Have a spooktacular night. Happy Halloween from HITS!

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Today, we're at #Wissenswerte, THE forum for science journalism in the German-speaking world. If you're around, don’t miss our Science Insight at 4pm on Machine Learning & proteins by HITS researcher Leif Seute. Venue: Heidelberg University or stop by our booth on the top floor.

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Yesterday, we hosted a group of enthusiastic young women at HITS from the Zukunfts-Orientierungs-Akademie (ZOrA) Heidelberg. The girls listened to scientific talks by our HITSters and had the chance to chat with them afterwards in a relaxed environment. What a great initiative!👍

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Welche Vor- und Nachteile hat KI-basierte Software für den Journalismus? Darüber sprach HITS Journalist in Residence F. Mokler letzte Woche in ihrem Talk "Journalismus & KI - passt das zusammen?" in der MAINS. Der Talk ist bald auf YouTube verfügbar. Fotos ©HITS

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Interested to know how Machine Learning and Astronomy go hand in hand? Watch yesterday’s HITS colloquium talk by Klaus Tschira Guest Professor Guillermo Cabrera-Vives and tell us in the comments how well you did in the Galaxy Classification Crowdsourcing Experiment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojLK...

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We thank Klaus Tschira Guest Professor Guillermo Cabrera-Vives for a brilliant talk at today's HITS colloquium. He spoke about what ML-based systems need to consider regarding real data and interactively explained how galaxies are classified. Stay tuned for the recording on our YouTube channel!

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New findings by scientists at HITS (Giulia Paiardi & Rebecca Wade) and Heidelberg University on how specific polysaccharides act as accomplices in SARS-CoV-2 infections, uncovering human susceptibility to the virus. Potential new therapeutic approaches unlocked: ow.ly/hify50TObUF

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Ein spannender Vortrag heute Abend in der MAINS. Kommen Sie vorbei! www.h-its.org/de/event/mok... #KI #HITSJIR2024 #Journalismus

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Join our next colloquium "Machine Learning & Astronomy" by Klaus Tschira Guest Professor Guillermo Cabrera-Vives, Universidad de Concepción, Chile, on 21 October at 2pm CET. Send an email to [email protected] for onsite participation or register here ow.ly/MTql50TKtoq to join via Zoom.

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One week to go! Am Donnerstag, den 17. Oktober 2024 um 19 Uhr, hält HITS-Journalist in Residence Felicitas Mokler einen öffentlichen Vortrag in der MAINS zum Thema „Journalismus und Künstliche Intelligenz – passt das zusammen?“ Mehr Infos: www.h-its.org/de/event/mok...

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Digital Baby Twins – Von der Blaupause bis zum mathematischen Modell. Was dahinter steckt und welche intrinsische Motivation die Wissenschaftlerin Elaine Zaunseder bei der Entwicklung des Modells hatte, erfahren Sie jetzt auf unserem Via Data Blog: scilogs.spektrum.de/via-data/dop...

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Hello October! Seems like fall has officially arrived and it’s time to get warm and cozy again. With this new season, we welcome back some familiar species in the HITS garden, such as leopard slugs and common slugs. They're natural enemies and tend to fight. A slimy affair indeed!

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Congrats Alexander Zeilmann for winning the best-poster award at the bwHPC symposium for his poster “KI-Morph – User-friendly large-scale image analysis & AI on bwHPC systems”. We are extremely proud!

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Science Hub Showcase at the #HLF24 by HITS group leader and Deputy Scientific Director Kai Polsterer. If you would like to know more about HITS, visit us at our booth in the entrance area. @hlforum.bsky.social

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Meeting Marisa and Peter (@PeterSaueressig.bsky.social) at the @hitsters.bsky.social booth at #HLF24.

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#HITSJIR2024 – How delightful to see our current Journalist in Residence Felicitas Mokler meeting Padma Tata Venkata at the #HLF24. Padma was the Journalist in Residence at HITS back in 2017. It was great catching up with you!

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