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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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Edouard Hannezo and Martin Loose join EMBO Young Investigator Programme
Professors Edouard Hannezo and Martin Loose selected to join EMBO Young Investigator Programme as “some of the best young researchers in the life sciences” (EMBO)

November 13, 2019

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Jozsef Csicsvari appointed member of the Academia Europaea
Neuroscientist Csicsvari joined the pan-European scientific society as sixth IST Austria professor

November 4, 2019

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Biochemistry meets mechanics
IST Austria PhD student identified mechanosensitive cell-cell junctions required for cell movement in early zebrafish embryo – Study published in Cell

October 31, 2019

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Research consortium receives €3.7 million grant
IST Austria Professor Björn Hof among a consortium of leading international physicists awarded over €3.7 million to advance the scientific understanding of turbulence.

October 16, 2019

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Techtober at IST Austria
Curiosity-driven science at IST Austria as a solid foundation for practical applications

October 10, 2019

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IST Austria inaugurates new cryo-electron microscopes
Austria’s largest and most advanced cryo-electron microscopy facility installed – Symposium on October 18 highlights developments in cutting-edge cryo technology

October 7, 2019

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Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein visited IST Austria
Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein visited IST Austria for an exchange on excellence in basic research and international best practices of scientific institutions.

October 3, 2019

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Technology and Research Center IST Park
New lighthouse in the Lower Austrian research landscape

October 3, 2019

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New form of magnetism found
Physicists have discovered new type of magnetism in interaction of two ultra-thin atomic layers

September 26, 2019

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IST Scholar – New cohort of IST Austria PhD students
IST Austria welcomes 62 new PhD students

September 18, 2019

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Peer review makes the world of science go round
Peer Review Week: Professor Siekhaus among best reviewers of Developmental Cell – Peer Review Week from September 16-20 puts peer reviewers in the spotlight

September 17, 2019

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Carus Medal awarded to IST Austria professor Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Leopoldina commends Heisenberg’s research achievements in the field of developmental biology – Award ceremony on September 20, 2019

September 9, 2019

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Two ERC Starting Grants for Edouard Hannezo and Maksym Serbyn
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 organ morphogenesis and quantum systems.

September 3, 2019

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“Top Models in Science” inspires teenagers
For third time, teenagers learned about models that are used in innovation and science.

September 2, 2019

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IST Austria Professor Maksym Serbyn wins Ludwig Boltzmann Prize
The Austrian Physical Society has awarded its Ludwig Boltzmann Prize to theoretical physicist Maksym Serbyn for his pioneering work on the non-equilibrium properties of quantum systems.

August 29, 2019

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High-end microscopy reveals structure and function of crucial metabolic enzyme
Structural biologists reveal the atomic structure and regulative mechanism of the metabolic enzyme transhydrogenase – Results are the first to be published based on state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscope at IST Austria

August 28, 2019

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Jun 8, 2020

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Markus Arndt, University of Vienna
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Jun 10, 2020

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Jun 11, 2020

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Dimitri Wyss, L’Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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Jun 16, 2020

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Monica Benito, University of Konstanz
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Jun 17, 2020

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Krzysztof Pietrzak, IST Austria
[Webinar] Krypto gegen Krise – wie moderne Kryptografie im Kampf gegen die Pandemie und den Klimawandel mitmischt [Webinar] Krypto gegen Krise – wie moderne Kryptografie im Kampf gegen die Pandemie und den Klimawandel mitmischt
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Jun 22, 2020

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Marja Timmermans, University of Tübingen
[Canceled] Making a flat leaf: Pre-patterns, small RNA morphogens, and Turing reactions [Canceled] Making a flat leaf: Pre-patterns, small RNA morphogens, and Turing reactions
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Jun 23, 2020

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Junliang Shen, MIT Mathematics
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Jun 30, 2020

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Sunil Chhita, Durham University
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Aug 31, 2020

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Nov 26, 2020

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Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University and University of Vienna
(Re)Nationalizing Europe? The Austrian case 1995-2015 (Re)Nationalizing Europe? The Austrian case 1995-2015
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Dec 7, 2020

4:00 pm
Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University
Parties, doughnuts and coloring: some problems in graph theory Parties, doughnuts and coloring: some problems in graph theory
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STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEXES

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Anna Kicheva

TISSUE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN FORMATION

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Nicholas Barton

EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS

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Mario de Bono

GENES, CIRCUITS, AND BEHAVIOR

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Daria Siekhaus

INVASIVE MIGRATION

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Zhanybek Alpichshev

CONDENSED MATTER AND ULTRAFAST OPTICS

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Vladimir Kolmogorov

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Recent Publications

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Precision medicine in clinical oncology: the journey from IgG antibody to IgE

Judit Singer, Josef Singer, Erika Jensen-Jarolim

Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology 2020

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Sheaf-theoretic stratification learning from geometric and topological perspectives

Adam Brown, Bei Wang

Discrete & Computational Geometry 2020

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On the average-case hardness of total search problems

Chethan Kamath Hosdurg

2020

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Bosonic collective excitations in Fermi gases

Niels P Benedikter

Reviews in Mathematical Physics 2020

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Frequency-dependent block of excitatory neurotransmission by isoflurane via dual presynaptic mechanisms

Han Ying Wang, Kohgaku Eguchi, Takayuki Yamashita, Tomoyuki Takahashi

The Journal of neuroscience 2020

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T cells: Bridge-and-channel commute to the white pulp

Michael K Sixt, Tim Lämmermann

Immunity 2020

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MAU2 and NIPBL variants impair the heterodimerization of the cohesin loader subunits and cause Cornelia de Lange syndrome

Ilaria Parenti, Farah Diab, Sara Ruiz Gil, Eskeatnaf Mulugeta, Valentina Casa, Riccardo Berutti, Rutger W.W. Brouwer, Valerie Dupé, Juliane Eckhold, Elisabeth Graf, Beatriz Puisac, Feliciano Ramos, Thomas Schwarzmayr, Macarena Moronta Gines, Thomas Van Staveren, Wilfred F.J. Van Ijcken, Tim M. Strom, Juan Pié, Erwan Watrin, Frank J. Kaiser, Kerstin S. Wendt

Cell Reports 2020

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Cellular locomotion using environmental topography

Anne Reversat, Florian R Gärtner, Jack Merrin, Julian A Stopp, Saren Tasciyan, Juan L Aguilera Servin, Ingrid De Vries, Robert Hauschild, Miroslav Hons, Matthieu Piel, Andrew Callan-Jones, Raphael Voituriez, Michael K Sixt

Nature 2020

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