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Seeing Memories Form
ISTA scientists take a deep look into memory processing inside the hippocampus
November 20, 2024
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Bringing Quantum Mechanics to Life
New ISTA assistant professor Julian Léonard makes abstract quantum properties visible
November 12, 2024
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Hard in Theory, Easy in Practice
ISTA researchers investigate why graph isomorphism algorithms seem so effective
November 6, 2024
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High-Tech Inventor to Further ML in Science
Machine learning expert, electrical engineer, and inventor Alex Bronstein joins ISTA faculty
October 30, 2024
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Dandelion-Shaped Supernova
ISTA astronomer Ilaria Caiazzo helps model a unique historical supernova in 3D
October 25, 2024
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Understanding Impacts of Mutations
ISTA scientists propose a novel framework to study “polygenic” diseases
October 24, 2024
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Evolution in Real Time
ISTA scientists predict—and witness—evolution in a 30-year marine snail experiment
October 11, 2024
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From Chaos to Structure
How a bunch of seemingly disorganized cells go on to form a robust embryo
October 10, 2024
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One Million Euro Funding
ISTA researcher receives NOMIS Grant
October 9, 2024
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Cluster of Excellent Brains
ISTA neuroscience part of FWF Cluster of Excellence with 21 million Euro research funding
October 4, 2024
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Ylva Götberg Named to TIME100 Next
ISTA Assistant Professor Ylva Götberg named to TIME’s list of 100 emerging leaders
October 2, 2024
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A Centralized Database of All Math
A Mathlib developer at ISTA: Graduate student Martin Dvořák’s ‘side-project’
September 27, 2024
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Austria’s Math Award to Matthew Kwan
Austrian Mathematical Society recognizes Kwan’s contributions
September 26, 2024
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A Viral Close-Up
HTLV-1: A unique virus
September 25, 2024
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Exploring the Future of AI
Recap of the fully booked bigX 2024 by ISTA, xista, and IV
September 23, 2024
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76 New PhD Students at ISTA
28 countries represented in the Institute’s largest PhD cohort to date
September 20, 2024
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A Neuroscience Network Across Continents
From Imbizo–a computational neuroscience summer school in South Africa–to ISTA
September 18, 2024
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Big Algebras: Dictionary of Abstract Math
Abstract algebra and algebraic geometry to connect quantum physics with number theory
September 12, 2024
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Cells, Data, Stars: New ERC Projects at ISTA
EU funding for recipients Lisa Bugnet, Alicia Michael, and Marco Mondelli
September 5, 2024
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A Very “Clean Room”
Take a glimpse into ISTA’s Nanofabrication Facility
September 4, 2024
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Star Lives and Afterlives
ISTA welcomes stellar evolution specialist Ilaria Caiazzo as an assistant professor
August 27, 2024
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Re-engineering Bacterial Defense Systems
New ISTA Assistant Professor Jack Bravo develops potent tools for genome engineering
August 20, 2024
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Align or Die
ISTA researchers uncover how ‘mortal filaments’ self-assemble and maintain order
August 12, 2024
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Research with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing
ISTA is investing in an NVIDIA GPU cluster for generative AI and machine learning
August 8, 2024
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Wind, Water, and an Ever-Changing Climate
Atmosphere, ocean, and climate researcher Caroline Muller promoted to professor
August 1, 2024
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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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Nov 20, 2024
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Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Hitchin WKB analysis in higher rank Hitchin WKB analysis in higher rank
Szilard Szabo, University of Budapest
Nov 21, 2024
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Freeze! Show Your Hands… Apprehending Motion and Handedness to Get the Most from Cryo-Electron Tomography Freeze! Show Your Hands… Apprehending Motion and Handedness to Get the Most from Cryo-Electron Tomography
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Nov 22, 2024
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Novel quantum dynamics with superconducting qubits Novel quantum dynamics with superconducting qubits
Pedram Roushan, Google Quantum AI, USA
Nov 26, 2024
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The Schrödinger equations as inspiration of beautiful mathematics The Schrödinger equations as inspiration of beautiful mathematics
Gigliola Staffilani, MIT Mathematics
Nov 27, 2024
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Asymptotic distribution of wildly ramified extensions of function fields. Asymptotic distribution of wildly ramified extensions of function fields.
Seguin Béranger, Universität Paderborn
Dec 5, 2024
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Exponential sums over finite fields in many variables Exponential sums over finite fields in many variables
Emmanuel Kowalski, ETH Zürich
Dec 12, 2024
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Ultrafast molecular chirality: a topological connection Ultrafast molecular chirality: a topological connection
Olga Smirnova, MBI Berlin
Dec 17, 2024
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On a geometric problem of machine learning On a geometric problem of machine learning
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Dec 19, 2024
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New Methods and Materials in Quantum Emitter Science New Methods and Materials in Quantum Emitter Science
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Julian Fischer

THEORY OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, APPLIED AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

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Beatriz Vicoso

SEX-CHROMOSOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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Maximilian Jösch

NEUROETHOLOGY

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Christoph Lampert

MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION

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Maksym Serbyn

QUANTUM DYNAMICS AND CONDENSED MATTER THEORY

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Lora Sweeney

EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF MOTOR CIRCUITS

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Onur Hosten

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The Dsc ubiquitin ligase complex identifies transmembrane degrons to degrade orphaned proteins at the Golgi

Yannick Weyer, Sinead I. Schwabl, Xuechen Tang, Astha Purwar, Konstantin Siegmann, Angela Ruepp, Theresia Dunzendorfer-Matt, Michael A. Widerin, Veronika Niedrist, Noa J.M. Mutsters, Maria G. Tettamanti, Sabine Weys, Bettina Sarg, Leopold Kremser, Klaus R. Liedl, Oliver Schmidt, David Teis

Nature Communications 2024

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Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis for Wigner-type matrices

László Erdös, Volodymyr Riabov

Communications in Mathematical Physics 2024

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STK19 drives transcription-coupled repair by stimulating repair complex stability, RNA Pol II ubiquitylation, and TFIIH recruitment

Anisha R. Ramadhin, Shun-Hsiao Lee, Di Zhou, Anita P Testa Salmazo, Camila Gonzalo-Hansen, Marjolein van Sluis, Cindy M.A. Blom, Roel C. Janssens, Anja Raams, Dick Dekkers, Karel Bezstarosti, Dea Slade, Wim Vermeulen, Alex Pines, Jeroen A.A. Demmers, Carrie A Bernecky, Titia K. Sixma, Jurgen A. Marteijn

Molecular Cell 2024

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Quantitative convergence of a discretization of dynamic optimal transport using the dual formulation

Sadashige Ishida, Hugo Lavenant

Foundations of Computational Mathematics 2024

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Efficient and rapid sunlight-driven photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using multiferroic BiFeO3 nanoparticles

Madhu Verma, Ajay Kumar, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Akanksha Maurya, Sachin Kumar, Saurabh Singh, Simant Kumar Srivastav

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2024

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Binary yellow supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds. I. Photometric candidate identification

Anna J.G. O’Grady, Maria R. Drout, Kathryn F. Neugent, Bethany Ludwig, Ylva Louise Linsdotter Götberg, B. M. Gaensler

Astrophysical Journal 2024

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A unified model for the clustering of quasars and galaxies at z ≈ 6

Elia Pizzati, Joseph F. Hennawi, Joop Schaye, Matthieu Schaller, Anna Christina Eilers, Feige Wang, Carlos S. Frenk, Willem Elbers, John C. Helly, Ruari Mackenzie, Jorryt J Matthee, Rongmon Bordoloi, Daichi Kashino, Rohan P. Naidu, Minghao Yue

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2024

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High-girth Steiner triple systems

Matthew Alan Kwan, Ashwin Sah, Mehtaab Sawhney, Michael Simkin

Annals of Mathematics 2024

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