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Deep-Mapping the Night Sky for Hot Stars
UVEX: NASA’s new UV space telescope with an ISTA fingerprint to conquer space
July 11, 2024
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Obituary: Arnold Schmidt
ISTA mourns one of the Institute’s ‘founding fathers’
July 10, 2024
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Martin Hetzer joins EMBO
ISTA president honored for outstanding research
July 9, 2024
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ISTA Graduation 2024
Representing 20 countries on 5 continents, honoring exceptional PhDs and alumni
June 21, 2024
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2024 Wittgenstein Award for Jiří Friml
Cell biologist at ISTA receives Austria’s most highly endowed science prize
June 20, 2024
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A Railroad of Cells
Computer simulations explain cell movement
June 19, 2024
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“Can’t sleep, must run experiments”
2,000 young and older guests visit the ISTA Open Campus 2024
June 13, 2024
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Ursula von der Leyen at ISTA
President of the European Commission on campus in Klosterneuburg
June 7, 2024
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Tom Henzinger Elected to Royal Society
ISTA professor and founding president is new member of UK body
June 6, 2024
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US National Academy Elects Nick Barton
ISTA professor and evolutionary biologist joins US National Academy of Sciences
June 4, 2024
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The Embryo Assembles Itself
New mathematical framework sheds light on how cells communicate to form embryo
June 3, 2024
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Nurturing Curiosity From the Start
Ground-breaking new kindergarten and press conference “Masterplan 2036”
May 22, 2024
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Beneath the Surface
To grow their roots, plants feel gravity — ISTA scientists take a close look
May 16, 2024
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Exploring Uncharted Territories
ISTA awards NOMIS-ISTA Fellowship
May 15, 2024
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Bilateral AI – New FWF Cluster of Excellence
Four research groups from ISTA involved
May 6, 2024
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Biological Timekeeping
New assistant professor at ISTA investigates how cells keep track of time
May 2, 2024
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The Glacier Researcher
C/O Vienna Magazine interview with ISTA Professor Francesca Pellicciotti
April 29, 2024
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ISTA Physicists Admitted to Young Academy
With Kimberly Modic and Hryhoriy Polshyn, ISTA counts seven members in ÖAW body
April 23, 2024
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New Leadership Team
ISTA welcomes three new Vice Presidents to strengthen institute management
April 9, 2024
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The (Un)Reachable States of Matter
New assistant professor at ISTA bridges ultrafast physics and quantum mechanics
April 9, 2024
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Nerve Cells “Old at Heart”
New research shows: key molecules within nerve cells persist throughout life
April 5, 2024
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How Plants Heal Wounds
Pressure changes and mechanical forces trigger wound healing in plants
April 4, 2024
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Million Euro Boost for Neuro Start-up
ISTA researchers secure venture capital for new MedTech company Syntropic Medical
April 4, 2024
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World Record: Tiniest Egg Ever
ISTA researchers create smallest egg in history – and lose it
April 1, 2024
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The Protein Factory
New assistant professor at ISTA assembles 3D nano-molecules
March 27, 2024
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A Resident Journalist’s Soliloquy
German science journalist Sigrid März is the 2024 ISTA Journalist in Residence
March 21, 2024
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Two Artists, Two Portraits
ISTA Welcomes Artists in Residence Julia Carrillo and Maximilian Prüfer in April
March 21, 2024
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Walking on Rolling Stones
Exhibition at first Klima Biennale Wien
March 20, 2024
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Two Emerging Fields Teams with ISTA
Florian Schur and Gaia Novarino receive FWF funding for pioneering research
March 12, 2024
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Leonid Sazanov Wins Schrödinger Award
Sixth ISTA scientist to receive this highest award by the Austrian Academy of Sciences
March 11, 2024
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Baby Quasars
ISTA: James Webb Space Telescope spots little giants in the deep past
March 7, 2024
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What Math Tells Us about Social Dilemmas
Scientists at ISTA present a new mathematic model for cooperation
February 26, 2024
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Cloud Clustering Causes More Extreme Rain
New climate model shows more extreme rainfall in the tropics with increased temperatures
February 23, 2024
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Neuronal Insights: Flash and Freeze-Fracture
Analyzing brain region using light flashes, high-pressure freezing and fracturing
February 15, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence as a Tool in Science
ISTA researchers welcome AI use in science, but remain cautious
February 13, 2024
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Down to the Core of Poxviruses
ISTA researchers uncover the architecture of poxvirus cores
February 5, 2024
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Finding Your Way in Research
Grow as a researcher with ISTA’s summer program
February 1, 2024
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The Explainers
Christian Bertsch and Mia Meus interview by C/O Vienna Magazine
January 22, 2024
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2+1 ERC Grants for ISTA
Two ERC Proof of Concept Grants and one ERC Consolidator Grant
January 18, 2024
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Anđela Šarić Promoted to Professor
A fast-track path to tenure at ISTA for research on simulating living matter
January 12, 2024
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Synapses Brought to the Point
Scientists unravel structure and function of important inhibitory synapses in the cerebellum
January 11, 2024
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Stranger than Friction: A Force Initiating Life
Scientists examine how friction forces propel development in a marine organism
January 9, 2024
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The Snail or the Egg?
How marine snails switched from laying eggs to giving birth
January 4, 2024
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Spark a (Research) Flame 3
Co-affiliation enables interdisciplinary PhD thesis projects
December 20, 2023
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Reaching for the (Invisible) Stars
Uncovering the missing precursors of hydrogen-poor supernovae
December 14, 2023
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The Pedigree of Brain Cells
New study explains development of the mammalian superior colliculus
December 13, 2023
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Causal AI: The Future of Machine Learning
AI researcher Locatello joins ISTA’s faculty as an assistant professor
December 11, 2023
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Spark a (Research) Flame 2
The rotation principle in the first year of the ISTA PhD
December 7, 2023
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On the Hunt
ISTA scientists unravel mysteries of “one of the creepiest-looking” insects
December 5, 2023

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Future Directions in Statistics Symposium Future Directions in Statistics Symposium
Jul 29, 2024
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Sep 2, 2024
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Sep 23, 2024
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Sep 30, 2024
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Oct 28, 2024
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Nov 11, 2024
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Institute colloquium  
Institute Colloquium: Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt (Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS)) Institute Colloquium: Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt (Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS))
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Institute colloquium  
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Feb 3, 2025
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GEOMETRIC COMPUTING AND DIGITAL FABRICATION

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Martin Loose

SELF-ORGANIZATION OF PROTEIN SYSTEMS

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Johannes Fink

QUANTUM INTEGRATED DEVICES

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Leonid Sazanov

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEXES

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Xiaoqi Feng

REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity is a missing link in the mountain water cycle

Marit van Tiel, Caroline Aubry-Wake, Lauren Somers, Christoff Andermann, Francesco Avanzi, Michel Baraer, Gabriele Chiogna, Clémence Daigre, Soumik Das, Fabian Drenkhan, Daniel Farinotti, Catriona Louise Fyffe, Inge de Graaf, Sarah Hanus, Walter Immerzeel, Franziska Koch, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Tom Müller, Andrea L. Popp, Zarina Saidaliyeva, Bettina Schaefli, Oliver S. Schilling, Kapiolani Teagai, James M. Thornton, Vadim Yapiyev

Nature Water 2024

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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis of megakaryopoiesis

Florian R Gärtner, Hellen Ishikawa-Ankerhold, Susanne Stutte, Wenwen Fu, Jutta Weitz, Anne Dueck, Bhavishya Nelakuditi, Valeria Fumagalli, Dominic Van Den Heuvel, Larissa Belz, Gulnoza Sobirova, Zhe Zhang, Anna Titova, Alejandro Martinez Navarro, Kami Pekayvaz, Michael Lorenz, Louisa Von Baumgarten, Jan Kranich, Tobias Straub, Bastian Popper, Vanessa Zheden, Walter Kaufmann, Chenglong Guo, Guido Piontek, Saskia Von Stillfried, Peter Boor, Marco Colonna, Sebastian Clauß, Christian Schulz, Thomas Brocker, Barbara Walzog, Christoph Scheiermann, William C. Aird, Claus Nerlov, Konstantin Stark, Tobias Petzold, Stefan Engelhardt, Michael K Sixt, Robert Hauschild, Martina Rudelius, Robert A.J. Oostendorp, Matteo Iannacone, Matthias Heinig, Steffen Massberg

Nature 2024

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Rescuing T cells from stiff tumors

Mario Avellaneda Sarrió, Michael K Sixt

Cell Chemical Biology 2024

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stability for the logarithmic Sobolev inequality

Giovanni Brigati, Jean Dolbeault, Nikita Simonov

Journal of Functional Analysis 2024

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Integrating molecular dynamics simulations and experimental data for azeotrope predictions in binary mixtures

Xiaoyu Wang, Bingqing Cheng

Journal of Chemical Physics 2024

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Monoallelic de novo AJAP1 loss-of- function variants disrupt trans-synaptic control of neurotransmitter release

Simon Früh, Sami Boudkkazi, Peter Koppensteiner, Vita Sereikaite, Li Yuan Chen, Diego Fernandez-Fernandez, Pascal D. Rem, Daniel Ulrich, Jochen Schwenk, Ziyang Chen, Elodie Le Monnier, Thorsten Fritzius, Sabrina M. Innocenti, Valérie Besseyrias, Luca Trovò, Michal Stawarski, Emanuela Argilli, Elliott H. Sherr, Bregje Van Bon, Erik Jan Kamsteeg, Maria Iascone, Alba Pilotta, Maria R. Cutrì, Mahshid S. Azamian, Andrés Hernández-García, Seema R. Lalani, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Xiaonan Zhao, Tiphanie P. Vogel, Herda Ona, Daryl A. Scott, Peter Scheiffele, Kristian Strømgaard, Mehdi Tafti, Martin Gassmann, Bernd Fakler, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Bernhard Bettler

Science Advances 2024

PHD THESIS

Towards a quantum entanglement enhanced atom interferomter

Vyacheslav Li

2024

PHD THESIS

Exploring the optimization landscape of variational quantum algorithms

Raimel A Medina Ramos

2024

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