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Mystery of giant proton pump solved
Mechanism how complex I of respiratory chain pumps protons finally understood – Study published in Science

September 24, 2020

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Feeling Like a Cell
A researcher investigates how immune cells feel their way through our bodies.

September 23, 2020

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Structure of ATPase, the world’s smallest turbine, solved
First complete structure of mammalian F1Fo ATP-synthase – Study published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

September 14, 2020

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Federal Minister Edtstadler experiences research at IST Austria
Together with researchers she discussed the role of competitive research funding

September 14, 2020

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High-ranking delegation visits IST Austria
Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Margarete Schramböck and Wirtschaftslandesrat Jochen Danninger visited the IST Austria campus together with their government colleagues.

September 7, 2020

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ERC Starting Grants for Julian Fischer and Scott Waitukaitis
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) two grants for frontier research set to improve our understanding of understanding of tribocharging and explore the role of randomness in multiscale problems in physics and mechanics.

September 3, 2020

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When is necessary sufficient?
Researchers provide the key to an algorithm for finding integer solutions to certain polynomial equations.

August 17, 2020

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Documenting the beauty of nature
IST Austria scientists present three novel techniques to simulate nature’s complexity

August 13, 2020

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Tamas Hausel appointed member of the Academia Europaea
Mathematician Hausel is the seventh IST Austria professor to join the pan-European scientific society

August 10, 2020

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The bouncer in the brain
IST Austria scientists discover cells that filter and sharpen spatial signals

August 6, 2020

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Cells react differently to genomic imprinting
Genomic imprinting controls the survival advantage of astrocytes – Study published in Neuron

July 23, 2020

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Order from noise
Collective cell dynamics could define stem cells identity, number, and dynamics

July 6, 2020

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Forschungsfinanzierungs- gesetz to be the right signal
Long-term financial security and autonomy are the foundation of successful research

June 25, 2020

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IST Austria evaluation: “a positive trajectory “
Third evaluation of institute acknowledges accomplishments so far and recommends long term commitment

June 16, 2020

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Pioneers at the intersection of sciences
IST Austria and NOMIS Foundation launch fellowship program focusing on interdisciplinary research and mentoring

June 16, 2020

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Wounded plants: how they coordinate their healing
Scientists at the IST Austria discovered governing factors within plant regeneration

June 15, 2020

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Possible physical trace of short-term memory found
Search for the long-sought “engram” successful? – Study published in Neuron

June 2, 2020

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Efficient animation for visual artists
Researchers demonstrate efficient method for simulating elastoplastic materials and objects composed of irregular-shaped bodies.

May 28, 2020

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“Off-road” mode enables mobile cells to move freely
Basic biomechanical principle of cell migration revealed – IST Austria study published in Nature

May 13, 2020

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Scientists demonstrate quantum radar prototype
New detection technique based on quantum technology developed at IST Austria – Study published in Science Advances

May 9, 2020

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Blood flows could be more turbulent than expected
Turbulent blood flow may increase risk of arteriosclerosis – Study published in PNAS

May 5, 2020

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Thomas Henzinger elected to two prestigious American academies
The computer scientist and president of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

May 4, 2020

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Two IST Austria postdocs receive FWF fellowships
New fellowships for immune cell response and nanotechnology research – FWF Lise Meitner Fellowships to Alba Juanes Garcia and Cheng Chang.

April 14, 2020

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Boosting large-scale quantum computing networks
Superconducting quantum circuits — a new pathway towards large-scale quantum computers. Future and Emerging Technology (FET) grant awarded to IST Austria quantum physicist, Johannes Fink.

April 9, 2020

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ERC grant for soon-to-be IST Austria professor Vadim Kaloshin
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded soon-to-be IST Professor, Vadim Kaloshin, an ‘Advanced Grant’ for the development of tools to study rigidity and integrability of large classes of dynamical systems.

March 31, 2020

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Everybody for Everybody
The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) is initiating an interdisciplinary Citizen Science project to collate and analyze data on social interactions during the Corona crisis.

March 30, 2020

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Pulling together
A message from Thomas Henzinger, President of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria

March 23, 2020

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Proteins as molecular switches
IST Austria biochemists identify self-organizing properties of Rab proteins – Study published in PNAS

March 12, 2020

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Cancellation of all events until mid-April
Cancellation of all events on IST Austria campus until mid-April

March 10, 2020

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How to thrive without gene regulation
IST Austria scientists demonstrate alternative evolutionary strategy – Study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

March 9, 2020

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Little cell – big cover story
IST Austria scientists rebuild cell division machinery to reveal protein choreography – Study featured on the cover of Nature Microbiology

March 5, 2020

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The beginning defines the end
IST Austria scientists and collaborators revealed surprising effects of different initial configurations in quantum many-body systems. By using concepts of classical physics applied to quantum systems, scientists find a way to search for the “least chaotic” initial conditions in interacting quantum systems. Study published in Physical Review X.

February 28, 2020

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Gašper Tkačik receives highest honor of Austrian Academy of Sciences
The IST Austria biophysicist will receive the Lieben Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for his outstanding research at the interface of physics, biology, and neuroscience.

February 20, 2020

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Annual AHPC Meeting 2020
Meeting of supercomputer experts at IST Austria

February 19, 2020

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The librarian of memory
Hippocampus finds correct memories – Study published in Neuron

February 17, 2020

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Mariya Gabriel and Heinz Faßmann visited IST Austria
The high-ranking guests were impressed by the development of the institute for basic science

February 13, 2020

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Turn left or right? This brain area helps us decide
Medial prefrontal cortex supports flexible behavior when rules change – Study published in Neuron

February 6, 2020

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Sanitary care by social ants shapes disease outcome
Social interactions of ants affect pathogen competition – Study published in Ecology Letters

January 17, 2020

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Geometry meets time
IST Austria PhD student and computer scientist in collaboration with researchers from Caltech and Rey Juan Carlos University designs flat sheets that transform themselves taking the predefined curved shape with the rates of deformation specified across the whole surface – Study published in Nature Communications

January 13, 2020

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New function for potential tumor suppressor
Analysis of Cdkn1c loss at single cell level reveals novel and unexpected role of gene – Study published in Nature Communications

January 10, 2020

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„Flash and freeze“
New method to simultaneously study both structure and function of synapses in intact brain circuitry of mice presented – Study published in Neuron

January 9, 2020

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2019: Ten Years – A Review
A year of excellent research results and great Institute developments

December 20, 2019

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IST Austria – a place of growth
Four new professors have joined the Institute in 2019 to raise total number of research groups to 53

December 18, 2019

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JKU and IST Austria join ELLIS Network
The Institute for Machine Learning and the LIT AI Lab (JKU) as well as the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) in Lower Austria have been selected as two Austrian research institutions to become an ELLIS location.

December 12, 2019

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ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Krishnendu Chatterjee
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded IST Austria Professor, Krishnendu Chatterjee, a ‘Consolidator Grant’ for the improvement of algorithmic tools for probabilistic or stochastic models. Stochastic models are foundational to many scientific disciplines and increasingly to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and game theory simulations.

December 10, 2019

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Book release: How machines learn
IST Austria Professor and book editor Christoph Lampert explains Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on everyday situations for easy understanding.

November 29, 2019

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Science-Industry Talk connected scientists with the economy
Capturing Serendipity – capturing chance

November 20, 2019

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Robert Seiringer Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Austrian Professor honored for his achievements and contributions to Mathematics

November 14, 2019

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Jiří Friml receives Czech Neuron Award
Neuron Foundation honors plant biologist for lifelong research into plant hormone auxin.

November 13, 2019

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Institute colloquium  
[Online] Recent advances in light induced superconductivity [Online] Recent advances in light induced superconductivity
Andrea Cavalleri, MPSD & Univ. of Oxford

Oct 5, 2020

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[Canceled] IST Lecture: Mechanisms for balancing sleep need and sleep [Canceled] IST Lecture: Mechanisms for balancing sleep need and sleep
Gero Miesenböck, University of Oxford

Oct 7, 2020

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Mathematics and CS Seminar  
E-polynomials of character varieties for real curves E-polynomials of character varieties for real curves
Tom Baird, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Oct 1, 2020

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Vienna Probability Seminar Vienna Probability Seminar
Elia Bisi, TU Wien

Oct 6, 2020

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[Online] Predictive simulation for films, fashion, and physics [Online] Predictive simulation for films, fashion, and physics
Florence Bertails-Descoubes, INRIA

Oct 19, 2020

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[Online] Fluid dynamics of living cells [Online] Fluid dynamics of living cells
Michael J. Shelley, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation

Nov 9, 2020

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Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Vienna Probability Seminar Vienna Probability Seminar
Guillaume Dubach, IST Austria

Oct 6, 2020

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P=W conjectures for character varieties with symplectic resolution P=W conjectures for character varieties with symplectic resolution
Mirko Mauri, Max Planck Institute Bonn

Oct 8, 2020

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Oct 20, 2020

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Mathematics and CS Seminar  
A priori bounds for Singular Stochastic PDEs A priori bounds for Singular Stochastic PDEs
Hendrik Weber, University of Bath

Oct 20, 2020

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Topological aspects of random graphs Topological aspects of random graphs
Mihyun Kang, TU Graz

Oct 20, 2020

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Neurotheory Forum  
[Online] Circuit mechanisms underlying the dynamic control of cortical processing by subcortical neuromodulators [Online] Circuit mechanisms underlying the dynamic control of cortical processing by subcortical neuromodulators
Anita Disney, Duke University School of Medicine

Oct 23, 2020

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[On-site and online] (Re)Nationalizing Europe? The Austrian case 1995-2015 [On-site and online] (Re)Nationalizing Europe? The Austrian case 1995-2015
Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University and University of Vienna

Nov 19, 2020

5:00 pm
Institute colloquium  
Parties, doughnuts and coloring: some problems in graph theory Parties, doughnuts and coloring: some problems in graph theory
Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University

Dec 7, 2020

4:00 pm
Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Seminar Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Seminar
Arielle Leitner, Weizmann Institute of Science

Dec 10, 2020

2:00 pm
Neurotheory Forum  
Online Talk Astrid Prinz Online Talk Astrid Prinz
Astrid Prinz, Emory University

Mar 12, 2021

3:00 pm

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TISSUE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN FORMATION

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DEVELOPMENTAL AND CELL BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

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Vladimir Kolmogorov

DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION

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Jozsef Csicsvari

SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE

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Mario de Bono

GENES, CIRCUITS, AND BEHAVIOR

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Maria Ibáñez

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Carl Goodrich

SOFT MATTER THEORY AND MATERIALS DESIGN

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Recent Publications

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Computational design of curved thin shells: From glass façades to programmable matter

Ruslan Guseinov

2020

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Leveraging structure in Computer Vision tasks for flexible Deep Learning models

Amélie Royer

2020

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Deep learning-assisted high-throughput analysis of freeze-fracture replica images applied to glutamate receptors and calcium channels at hippocampal synapses

David Kleindienst, Jacqueline-Claire Montanaro-Punzengruber, Pradeep Bhandari, Matthew J Case, Yugo Fukazawa, Ryuichi Shigemoto

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020

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Current status and future perspectives of lithium metal batteries

Alberto Varzi, Katharina Thanner, Roberto Scipioni, Daniele Di Lecce, Jusef Hassoun, Susanne Dörfler, Holger Altheus, Stefan Kaskel, Christian Prehal, Stefan Alexander Freunberger

Journal of Power Sources 2020

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Organization and dynamics of treadmilling filaments in cytoskeletal networks of FtsZ and its crosslinkers

Paulo R Dos Santos Caldas

2020

SOFTWARE

RGtracker

Robert Hauschild

2020

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Billiards in ellipses revisited

Arseniy Akopyan, Richard Schwartz, Serge Tabachnikov

European Journal of Mathematics 2020

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Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I

Julia Steiner

2020

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