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Scientific board member Angelika Amon passed away
Wednesday, cell biologist and cancer researcher Angelika Amon passed away.

October 30, 2020

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Molecular compass for cell orientation
Scientists at IST Austria discovered how the hormone auxin coordinates the cells during vasculature formation and regeneration

October 29, 2020

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Elements of the Future
Researchers investigate the foundations and applications of forgotten elements in energy storage.

October 28, 2020

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Remembering Novelty
Uncovering a new part in our understanding of the brain.

October 15, 2020

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New Deep Learning Models
Artificial intelligence (AI) can become more efficient and reliable if it is made to mimic biological models. New approaches in AI research are hugely successful in experiments.

October 13, 2020

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Julian Fischer wins Förderungspreis of the Austrian Mathematical society
Mathematician Julian Fischer is the first IST Austria professor to win this award

October 6, 2020

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Wanted: A new phase of matter
Professor Kimberly Modic’s search for Quantum Spin Liquids

October 5, 2020

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Sticking together
Cells’ stickiness sets up patterns in developing organism – Study published in Science

October 2, 2020

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Novel platform for women in science receives research award
Initiative towards gender equality in STEM leadership positions receives Wissen schaf[f]t Zukunft award from Lower Austria

October 1, 2020

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Wound-healing Waves
Researchers find a complex interplay among cells, which guides them to where they need to go.

September 28, 2020

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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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Variance reduction for effective energies of random lattices in the Thomas-Fermi-von Weizsäcker model

Julian L Fischer, Michael Kniely

Nonlinearity 2020

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Empfehlungen für eine nationale Open Science Strategie in Österreich / Recommendations for a National Open Science Strategy in Austria

Katja Mayer, Katharina Rieck, Stefan Reichmann, Patrick Danowski, Anton Graschopf, Thomas König, Peter Kraker, Patrick Lehner, Falk Reckling, Tony Ross-Hellauer, Daniel Spichtinger, Michalis Tzatzanis, Stefanie Schürz

2020

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CHESS enables quantitative comparison of chromatin contact data and automatic feature extraction

Silvia Galan, Nick N Machnik, Kai Kruse, Noelia Díaz, Marc A Marti-Renom, Juan M Vaquerizas

Nature Genetics 2020

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Ventro-dorsal hippocampal pathway gates novelty-induced contextual memory formation

Felipe A Fredes Tolorza, Maria A Silva Sifuentes, Peter Koppensteiner, Kenta Kobayashi, Maximilian A Jösch, Ryuichi Shigemoto

Current Biology 2020

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Perturbations of protein synthesis: from antibiotics to genetics and physiology

Bor Kavcic

2020

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The evolution of gene expression by copy number and point mutations

Isabella Tomanek

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Microscopic derivation of the Fröhlich Hamiltonian for the Bose polaron in the mean-field limit

Krzysztof Mysliwy, Robert Seiringer

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Illuminating the role of Cul3 in autism spectrum disorder pathogenesis

Jasmin Morandell

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