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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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Structure of protein nano turbine revealed
First structure of a cell’s rotary engine determined

August 22, 2019

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Summer camp with additional value
Science for kids and teacher training at IST Austria

August 21, 2019

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Too much inequality impedes support for public goods
Nature study from University of Exeter Business School, IST Austria and Harvard University

August 14, 2019

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ISTernship – The interns of IST Austria
IST Austria welcomes 44 ISTerns to campus

August 6, 2019

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When plant roots learned to follow gravity
Key evolutionary steps of gravity-directed root growth identified

August 2, 2019

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Scientists call on EU: Give CRISPR a chance!
Common Open Statement asks to amend outdated GMO legislation

July 30, 2019

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Visual computing team presents findings at SIGGRAPH 2019
Researchers at world’s largest conference on computer graphics and animation

July 26, 2019

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‘Cool Tech’ on campus
Technology used at IST Austria produces temperatures close to absolute zero

July 22, 2019

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Minister Iris Rauskala visits “Kinderuni” at IST Austria
Around 300 enthusiastic kids took part in the Kinderuni in Klosterneuburg.

July 19, 2019

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Thomas A. Henzinger receives prestigious EATCS award
Renowned computer scientist and president of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) has been honored for his extensive contributions to computer science by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS).

July 15, 2019

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IST Austria celebrates 23 PhD graduates
On Tuesday July 9th, the Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria) celebrated 23 new graduates of the Institute’s PhD program.

July 10, 2019

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New method for realistic water wave animations
Researchers at IST Austria have developed a method that realistically models water wave animations at a significantly lower computational expense.

July 2, 2019

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Building a bridge to the quantum world
Scientists develop prototype of what may serve as link to connect quantum computers

June 26, 2019

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IST Austria No. 3 among the world’s best research institutes
Nature Index ranks IST Austria in Klosterneuburg at the top of the world

June 19, 2019

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Peter Jonas elected member of EMBO
Number of EMBO members at IST Austria rises to 8

June 11, 2019

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IST Austria celebrated 10-year anniversary
High-ranking visitors from politics and research celebrated 10-year anniversary this week

June 7, 2019

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Paul Nurse lectured on “Science as Revolution”
IST Lecture by Nobel laureate continued 10-year anniversary celebrations

June 6, 2019

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BRIDGE Network launched
Five top international research institutes form BRIDGE Network

June 5, 2019

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IST Austria – 10 years of world-class basic research
More than 300 invited guests celebrated 10-year anniversary

June 5, 2019

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IST Austria held research festival to celebrate 10th anniversary
More than 2000 people visited IST Austria’s Open Campus

May 27, 2019

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How to correctly generate a brain
During brain development, stem cells generate neurons of different type and function at distinct points in time | IST Austria researchers contribute key experiment to identify essential protein controlling stem cell behavior

May 9, 2019

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How the cytoplasm separates from the yolk
Cooperation of cell biologists and physicists at IST Austria unravels physical basis of yolk-cytoplasm segregation in early fish embryo | Study published in Cell

May 9, 2019

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How plant cells heal wounded neighbors
Already specified root cells are reprogrammed to correctly replace dead neighbor cells in newly discovered process of “restorative patterning” | Study published in Cell

May 2, 2019

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Leonid Sazanov elected Fellow of Royal Society
Sazanov advanced understanding of structure and mechanism of an important respiratory enzyme

April 17, 2019

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Leukocytes use nucleus as ruler to choose path
Mobile cells move around obstacles in dense tissue by selecting for larger pore sizes. Study in Nature.

April 4, 2019

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New mechanism of plant hormone auxin acts opposite way
Auxin accumulation at inner bend of seedling leads to growth inhibition rather than stimulation.

April 4, 2019

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Body height, BMI, disease risk & Co.
New eLife article on limitations of quantitative genetic methods in population research.

March 29, 2019

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Grid cells create “treasure map” in rat brain
Firing pattern of grid cells carries information about goals.

March 28, 2019

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Science Education Day: Bringing Science into Schools
Around 200 participants engaged in lectures, workshops and more

March 28, 2019

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THEORY OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, APPLIED AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

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Andrew Higginbotham

CONDENSED MATTER AND QUANTUM CIRCUITS

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Anna Kicheva

TISSUE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN FORMATION

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ALGORITHMS, COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY

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PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

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Electro-optic entanglement source for microwave to telecom quantum state transfer

Alfredo R Rueda Sanchez, William J Hease, Shabir Barzanjeh, Johannes M Fink

npj Quantum Information 2019

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Algebraic methods in the congested clique

Keren Censor-Hillel, Petteri Kaski, Janne Korhonen, Christoph Lenzen, Ami Paz, Jukka Suomela

Distributed Computing 2019

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Molecular and evolutionary dynamics of animal sex-chromosome turnover

Beatriz Vicoso

Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019

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Auxin signalling in growth: Schrödinger’s cat out of the bag

Michelle C Gallei, C Luschnig, Jiří Friml

Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2019

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Anatomical specializations related to foraging in the visual system of a nocturnal insectivorous bird, the band-winged nightjar (Aves: Caprimulgiformes)

Juan Esteban Salazar, Daniel Severin, Tomas A Vega Zuniga, Pedro Fernández-Aburto, Alfonso Deichler, Michel Sallaberry A., Jorge Mpodozis

Brain, Behavior and Evolution 2019

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Structural and functional remodeling of amygdala GABAergic synapses in associative fear learning

Yu Kasugai, Elisabeth Vogel, Heide Hörtnagl, Sabine Schönherr, Enrica Paradiso, Markus Hauschild, Georg Göbel, Ivan Milenkovic, Yvan Peterschmitt, Ramon Tasan, Günther Sperk, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Werner Sieghart, Nicolas Singewald, Andreas Lüthi, Francesco Ferraguti

Neuron 2019

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Defying gravity: a plant’s quest for moisture

Scott A Sinclair, Jiří Friml

Cell Research 2019

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A stochastic framework of neurogenesis underlies the assembly of neocortical cytoarchitecture

Alfredo Llorca, Gabriele Ciceri, Robert J Beattie, Fong Kuan Wong, Giovanni Diana, Eleni Serafeimidou-Pouliou, Marian Fernández-Otero, Carmen Streicher, Sebastian J Arnold, Martin Meyer, Simon Hippenmeyer, Miguel Maravall, Oscar Marin

eLife 2019

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