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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 15d

Die Leopoldina begrüßt zwei neue Vizepräsidenten: Thomas Lengauer, emeritierter Direktor am @mpi-inf.mpg.de, und Thomas Boehm, emeritus Forschungsgruppenleiter am @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social. Neu ins Akademie-Präsidium wurde zudem Ferdi Schüth, Direktor am MPI für Kohlenforschung, gewählt.

Gruppenfoto des Präsidiums der Leopoldina, aufgenommen auf einer Treppe im Akademiegebäude. Acht Männer und Frauen in formeller Kleidung stehen in zwei Reihen, vorne in der Mitte die Präsidentin der Leopoldina.

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 4d

Join us for The Future of NLP 2025 – the first event in the new HITS “The Future of” series, exploring the cutting edge of Natural Language Processing, ML, and Large Language Models!

🗓️ 24–25 November 2025
📍 Studio Villa Bosch, Heidelberg

🔗 Registration is now open 👉 thefutureofnlp2025.h-its.org

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 8d

⏰ Last chance to apply for the Journalist in Residence Program at HITS! 📝

Don’t miss this opportunity and submit your application by Sunday, 5 October here 👉 www.h-its.org/hits-job/cal...

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#JournalistInResidence #HITSResearch #ScienceCommunication

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 9d

🍂 October at HITS is painted in warm shades of BROWN. 🍂

Autumn means science is back in full swing after the summer break, bringing new discoveries and a touch of seasonal magic. ☕✨

#AutumnVibes #ScienceAtHITS #Ocober #Heidelberg #Institute #Theoreticalstudies #HITS

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 11d

Welcome to Vagrant Gautam (@dippedrusk.com), our newest HITS Independent Postdoc, who will collaborate closely with the Natural Language Processing (NLP) group! 🎉 We’re excited to have you on board! 💻💡✨

Read more here: www.h-its.org/2025/09/29/f...

Fair and Faithful Language Processing - HITS

Computer scientist Vagrant Gautam joined HITS as an Independent Postdoc in September 2025. The program offers young researchers the opportunity to shape ...

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to Rostislav Fedorov on a successful PhD defense! 🎓✨ Well done!👏

Ganna (Anya) Gryn’ova 🇺🇦 @grynova.bsky.social · 14d

Very proud of newly minted Dr. Fedorov @chemwedding.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD thesis on #machine_learning for organic electrode materials this week @hitsters.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 17d

📰 HITS Newsletter Issue 3 | 2025 is out! 🚀

Highlights:

🔬Hands-on science at Explore Science
🎉Highlights from our Alumni Meeting
🌌Astrophysics breakthroughs in Nature Astronomy
💡Insights from Klaus Tschira Guest Professor Raphael Hirschi

Read more: www.h-its.org/2025/09/10/i...

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · 22d

We had an amazing 4 days at Heidelberg Laureate Forum! #HLF2025 ✨ Our booth was buzzing with curious and clever young researchers. We loved chatting about their interests, career paths, and opportunities at HITS. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by and made the event so memorable!

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Sep 5

⏳ One month to go! Apply now for the HITS Journalist in Residence Program 2026 📝 Deadline: 5 Oct 2025 #HITSJIR2025

HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 22

HITS Journalist in Residence 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣

Call for experienced science journalists: Explore new research areas and learn about #ML and data-driven science in Germany. The program offers a stay of 3-6 months (€ 6,000/mo.). Apply until 5 October 2025: ow.ly/8lew50Wt6yS

#HITSJIR2025

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Sep 1

Kicking off September with Purple 📅
Fresh page, purple days – Before summer fully slips away, we’re painting our days in purple: from twilight skies to violet blooms. 🎨🍂 You’ll even spot the hue in the HITS flag and, of course, all around the HITS garden. Here’s to a September full of color and joy!

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Aug 6

Join us at the 10th Conference on Systems Biology of Mammalian Cells!

📅 4-6 May 2026 | 📍 Baroque Palace Mannheim, Germany
Theme: From Data and Models to E Health. HITS will be represented by the SDBV group!

Stay tuned for more details: www.lisym-cancer.org/sbmc2026

From Data and Models to E-Health | SBMC 2026

Website of the 10th international conference on Systems Biology of Mammalian Cells SBMC 2026 on May, 4th – 6th in Mannheim.

www.lisym-cancer.org

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Aug 1

August is here, and our color calendar turns bright YELLOW! ☀️
Rainy days bring out fire salamanders on the mossy ground, while indoors, researchers stay dry, solving equations on the yellow board as vivid as the color itself. Stay golden, even in the grey. 🌼

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 30

HITS welcomes Dr. Ke-Jung Chen (Humboldt Fellow from Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics) and Wun-Yi Chen (ASIAA PhD student supported by the NSTC-DAAD Summer Program). Both are visiting from Taipei, Taiwan. Great to have you at HITS!

More info 👉 www.h-its.org/2025/07/29/h...

Supernovae and cosmological impact - HITS

Humboldt Fellow from Taipei, Taiwan, at HITS – Invitation by the Physics of Stellar Objetcs group HITS has welcomed a new Alexander ...

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 29

Alicja (Jelenia Góra) and Ilay (Rehovot) are spending 3 weeks at HITS with the International Summer Science School Heidelberg. Guided by the Astroinformatics group, they've tackled projects to boost their programming and #ML skills. We’re delighted to host such motivated students.

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Group of people with trees in the background.

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happy #SysAdminDay! 🎉🖥️
Today, we recognize the vital work of our tech experts who keep our infrastructure secure, our systems running, and our data safe. A huge shoutout to the heroes behind the scenes – our System Administrators! Science runs on data, and data runs because of you. 🙌

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 23

Flabby, flexible, and full of potential: Researchers at HITS and @mpip-mainz.mpg.de have developed a #machinelearning model that designs flexible proteins – even with rare patterns. A leap toward next-gen enzymes, therapeutics & sustainable biotech! 🌱💊🔬

👉 Read more: www.h-its.org/2025/07/23/f...

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 23

Flabby, flexible, and full of potential: Researchers at HITS and @mpip-mainz.mpg.de have developed a #machinelearning model that designs flexible proteins – even with rare patterns. A leap toward next-gen enzymes, therapeutics & sustainable biotech! 🌱💊🔬

👉 Read more: www.h-its.org/2025/07/23/f...

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 22

HITS Journalist in Residence 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣

Call for experienced science journalists: Explore new research areas and learn about #ML and data-driven science in Germany. The program offers a stay of 3-6 months (€ 6,000/mo.). Apply until 5 October 2025: ow.ly/8lew50Wt6yS

#HITSJIR2025

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 21

Many thanks to our HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium speaker
@bonomimax.bsky.social from @pasteur.fr ‪for sharing valuable insights into the world of protein structures and dynamics. His talk showcased simulations and approaches for determining accurate protein structural ensembles of biological systems.

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Gräter lab @graeterlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Want your de novo designed protein to be wobbly? 🍮 Seva, Leif & team have made it possible - you find them at ICML! 🤩 @mpip-mainz.mpg.de @hitsters.bsky.social

Seva Viliuga @proteinator.bsky.social · Jul 17

1/6 One of the key features of functional proteins is their inherent structural flexibility. In our recent work at #ICML, we introduce flexibility to protein structure design! More in a thread below.

Code / Tutorial: github.com/graeter-grou...
Poster: W-109, Thu 17 Jul 11 a.m. PDT — 1:30 p.m. PDT

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 14

We're thrilled to host our next HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium speaker Massimiliano Bonomi @bonomimax.bsky.social from @upcite.bsky.social. Don’t miss a deep dive into the future of structural biology on 21 July at 2PM CET.‬

Attend online or catch it later on our YouTube channel: ow.ly/Cpv850Wok9u%...

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks to all who made our Alumni Meeting last Friday so memorable 🎉 – especially @anne-schreiter.bsky.social for her keynote and the alumni on the career panel. This event was undoubtedly a highlight of our 15th years’ anniversary. Until next time, let’s keep the connections alive! 💬

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 7

This month, we’re turning up the brightness with Orange – a color of warmth, excitement, and adventure. Think summer sunsets, crackling campfires, and fields of wildflowers 🌻. Let’s fill July with energy ⚡ and positivity ✨!

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jul 2

💥 First clear evidence of a double detonation supernova! 💥

Using data from ESO's @eso.org Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers – including scientists from HITS – confirmed some white dwarfs can explode in two steps.

A breakthrough in supernova research! 🙌

ESO @eso.org · Jul 2

💥💥 Double detonation!

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice.

The fingerprint that points to this mechanism is represented by two separate shells of calcium.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/

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A view of the remnants of a supernova explosion, featuring two concentric rings of ejected material. The outer ring glows in warm orange tones, while the inner ring is blue. The object is set against a dark backdrop sprinkled with distant stars.

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HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies @hitsters.bsky.social · Jun 30

Basteln, Tüfteln, Staunen – wir hatten riesigen Spaß! ✂️🎨💙

Fünf erlebnisreiche Tage, unzählige Fragen und viele leuchtende Kinderaugen. ✨ Danke für Euren Besuch am HITS-Stand bei #ExploreScience!

#WissenschaftZumAnfassen #HITS #MitmachenUndStaunen #ExploreScience

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