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Roques-Carmes: MIT Tech Review Innovator
French physicist recognized for technology that could improve X-ray clarity & sensitivity
September 8, 2026
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€9.2 Million in EU Grants for ISTA
Five ERC Starting Grants will fund innovative projects run by early-career researchers
September 3, 2026
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Jack Bravo Named 2026 Vallee Scholar
ISTA researcher receives prestigious award to advance biomedical discovery
September 2, 2026
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Royal Society Honors Monika Henzinger
Milner Award and Lecture lauds Henzinger’s pioneering computer science research
August 27, 2026
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Digital Dunes and Fortified (Sand) Castles
ISTA scientists tame unruly sand in graphics and simulations
August 18, 2026
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Laura Schmid Receives ISTA Alumni Award
Schmid is leading the launch of a new computer science journal
August 17, 2026
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Brain and Organoid Side-by-Side
ISTA researchers develop a new organoid model of the cerebral cortex
August 12, 2026
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Black Hole Star: Mirage or Miracle?
ISTA scientists may solve riddle of supermassive black holes in the early Universe
August 12, 2026
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Neuronal Precursors Split Early
ISTA Postdoc investigates how distinct neuron types arise in the cerebral cortex
August 5, 2026
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After the Anesthesia
The female brain reacts differently to ketamine
July 31, 2026
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Infinite Deformation and Shape Computation
ISTA scientists present two computer graphics papers at SIGGRAPH 2026
July 22, 2026
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Turning a Single Molecule into a Magnet
ISTA researchers uncover a quantum phenomenon relevant for nanodevices
July 15, 2026
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Quantum Bath Syncs Distant Qubits
ISTA physicists confirm 20-year-old theory that could boost quantum technology
July 14, 2026
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The Art of Proper Flickering
Genes follow a precise switching protocol
July 13, 2026
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Roots Steer Clear of Plant Rot
Newly identified ‘saprotropism’ helps roots avoid decaying plant matter
July 9, 2026
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Camp Donation: Responsible AI Program
First postdocs selected to advance trustworthy, and ethical AI research
July 8, 2026
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Three ISTA Professors Join EMBO
Xiaoqi Feng, Anđela Šarić and Gašper Tkačik honored for outstanding research
June 30, 2026
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Harnessing Light at the Nanoscale
Physicist and engineer Charles Roques-Carmes joins the ISTA faculty
June 30, 2026
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Toward Experiment Guided AlphaFold
ISTA researchers enhance Nobel Prize-winning structural prediction model
June 29, 2026
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ISTA Secures New ERC Advanced Grant
Prestigious 2.8-million Euro prize will fund SPINSWAP superconductivity project
June 23, 2026
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The “Gate” for Bulky Cargo
ISTA scientists reveal new details of how large proteins cross cell membranes
June 22, 2026
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Celebrating 52 Graduates
In a class spanning 25 countries, five exceptional PhDs are honored with awards
June 22, 2026
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Patterns in Genetic Chaos
Autism-related genes share a common path during early brain development
June 17, 2026
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ISTA Researcher Wins Zero Emissions Award
Lavinia Saltarelli receives 385,000 euros for climate-relevant research
June 16, 2026
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How Proteins Breathe
… and what makes them freeze
June 15, 2026
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Second Term for President Martin Hetzer
First term “strengthened international reputation, research capacity, talent acquisition, and research transfer to economy and society.”
June 11, 2026
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Human Traits Beyond Inherited Genes
ISTA scientists reveal complex genetic connections between generations
June 9, 2026
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Organizations Welcome Commitment to Funding
Science & Research Essential to the Country’s Prosperity
May 27, 2026
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Cell Movement in the Embryo
Zebrafish study at ISTA shows: without keratin, nothing moves
May 21, 2026
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Plant Stress and Unique cAMP Signaling
Plants evolved distinct functions for two forms of a fundamental signaling molecule
May 8, 2026
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Superconductivity That Shouldn’t Exist?
ISTA physicists dissect the mind-boggling properties of a strange quantum material
April 29, 2026
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Do Memories Form on a Blank Slate?
How thought networks in the hippocampus develop after birth
April 27, 2026
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Anabaena Learns a New Trick
Cyanobacteria surprise scientists with evolutionary shift
April 16, 2026
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Archaeology of Star Magnetism
ISTA team presents theoretical evidence for ‘fossilized’ magnetism in stars
April 14, 2026
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Microbial Hockey
ISTA scientists discover how bacteria rotate tiny pucks
April 7, 2026
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Two’s Company: New Class of Star Remnants
ISTA scientists find X-ray emitting, highly magnetic, rapidly rotating white dwarfs
March 31, 2026
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Three Professors New Members of ÖAW
Sylvia Cremer, Amelia Douglass, and Alicia Michael among newly elected members
March 26, 2026
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ISTA’s First Schmidt Science Fellow
David Vijatovic joins prestigious global program for young science talent
March 25, 2026
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SCIENCE STORY
Keynote by Francesca Pellicciotti
Recording from the VISTA Opening Festival
March 24, 2026
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Understanding Mountain Water
$9.5 million project combines fieldwork, advanced modeling, AI, and community engagement
March 19, 2026
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Colliding Dust and the Sparks of Creation
ISTA scientists explain static electricity in the most abundant solid insulators
March 18, 2026
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New Emerging Fields Project
ISTA Professor Anđela Šarić & colleagues receive FWF grant for pioneering scientific work
March 9, 2026
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Enhancing Nature’s Catalysts
ISTA welcomes synthetic chemist Julia Reisenbauer as an assistant professor
February 25, 2026
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Big Data and Human Height
Algorithmic innovation in genetic analysis of complex traits
February 18, 2026
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Explaining Next-Gen Solar Cells
ISTA physicists explain the exceptional energy-harvesting efficiency of perovskites
February 16, 2026
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ISTA Lecture with Cynthia Dwork
Differential privacy: public methods for private data
February 5, 2026
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ISTA Researchers Recognized in 2025
Honors across disciplines and career stages highlight institutional excellence
January 30, 2026
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On the Frontiers of Geometric Topology
Xujia Chen: New woman mathematician joins the ISTA faculty
January 28, 2026
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ERC Grant to Bring Privacy to LLMs
European Research Council supports AI research at ISTA with Proof of Concept grant
January 27, 2026

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The effect of the fitness gradient on fixation probability

Jakub Svoboda, Hossein Nemati, Josef Tkadlec, Kamran Kaveh, Krishnendu Chatterjee

Nature Communications 2026

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Muscle regeneration failure may lead to clinical features of myopathy in anti-IgLON5 disease

Yvette S. Crijnen, Verena Endmayr, Suzanne C. Franken, Nadine A.M.E. Van Der Beek, Maartje Louter, Thomas Ströbel, Ellen Gelpi, Inga Koneczny, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Jan Lewerenz, Birgit Högl, Julia V. Wanschitz, Ulrich He Hofstadt-Van Oy, Robin W. Van Steenhoven, Mariska M.P. Nagtzaam, Jeroen Kerstens, Juliette Brenner, Anna E.M. Bastiaansen, Robert M. Verdijk, Thierry P.P. Van Den Bosch, Marco Schreurs, Sharon Veenbergen, Marcel M. Verbeek, Dave L. Roelen, Mar Guasp, Peter A.E. Sillevis Smitt, Lidia Sabater, Juna M. De Vries, Romana Höftberger, Maarten J. Titulaer

Neurology, Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2026

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Triggering conversion in vanadium electrodes

Stefan Alexander Freunberger

Nature Materials 2026

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Calibrating the teacher synapse: Mechanisms and functional significance of presynaptic inhibition at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses

Peipeng Lin

2026

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Mechanistic insights into MDA5 selectivity and regulation

David Michalik

2026

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Large-scale imaging of cellular actin networks at single filament resolution using montage cryo-electron tomography

Manjunath Javoor

2026

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Quasi-solitons in Rydberg atom chains

Aron Kerschbaumer, Jean-Yves Marc Desaules, Marko Ljubotina, Maksym Serbyn

Nature Communications 2026

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Flow matching for reaction pathway generation

Ping Tuo, Jiale Chen, Ju Li

Nature Communications 2026

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