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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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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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Technology Transfer: From Astronomy to Medicine and Recycling Technology Transfer: From Astronomy to Medicine and Recycling
Tanya Urrutia, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
Nov 11, 2024
11:30 am
Institute colloquium  
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Convergent Minds and the Evolution of Complex Cognition Convergent Minds and the Evolution of Complex Cognition
Onur Güntürkün, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Nov 19, 2024
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Nov 6, 2024
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Art-Inspired Curved Crease Origami Research Art-Inspired Curved Crease Origami Research
Klara Mundilova, EPFL
Nov 7, 2024
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Diversity in Science Diversity in Science
Nov 19, 2024
3:30 pm
Quantum Colloquium  
SPINTRONICS WITH 2D Materials SPINTRONICS WITH 2D Materials
Jaroslav Fabian, University of Regensburg (Germany)
Nov 12, 2024
11:00 am
Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Multi-resolvent local laws for differently deformed Wigner matrices and applications in mathematical physics Multi-resolvent local laws for differently deformed Wigner matrices and applications in mathematical physics
Oleksii Kolupaiev, ISTA
Nov 12, 2024
4:30 pm
Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Transcendental Brauer—Manin obstructions on singular K3 surfaces Transcendental Brauer—Manin obstructions on singular K3 surfaces
Rachel Newton, King`s College London
Nov 14, 2024
1:00 pm
Quantum Colloquium  
“The quantum limits of precision and timekeeping” “The quantum limits of precision and timekeeping”
Marcus Huber, TU Wien
Nov 19, 2024
11:00 am
Virtual Student Open Day Virtual Student Open Day
Nov 20, 2024
1:00 pm
Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Hitchin WKB analysis in higher rank Hitchin WKB analysis in higher rank
Szilard Szabo, University of Budapest
Nov 21, 2024
1:00 pm
Mathematics Colloquium  
The Schrödinger equations as inspiration of beautiful mathematics The Schrödinger equations as inspiration of beautiful mathematics
Gigliona Staffilani, MIT Mathematics
Nov 27, 2024
3:30 pm
Quantum Colloquium  
Ultrafast molecular chirality: a topological connection Ultrafast molecular chirality: a topological connection
Olga Smirnova, MBI Berlin
Dec 17, 2024
11:00 am
Quantum Colloquium  
New Methods and Materials in Quantum Emitter Science New Methods and Materials in Quantum Emitter Science
Hendrik Utzat, UC Berkeley
Jan 9, 2025
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Edouard Hannezo

PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

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Lora Sweeney

EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF MOTOR CIRCUITS

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Christopher Wojtan

COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND PHYSICS SIMULATION

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Mikhail Lemeshko

THEORETICAL ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

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Jérémie Palacci

MATERIALI MOLLI

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Gaia Novarino

GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

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Bart Pieber

CATALYSIS AND SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY

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Zhanybek Alpichshev

CONDENSED MATTER AND ULTRAFAST OPTICS

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Conformally invariant random fields, Liouville quantum gravity measures, and random Paneitz operators on Riemannian manifolds of even dimension

Lorenzo Dello Schiavo, Ronan Herry, Eva Kopfer, Karl Theodor Sturm

Journal of the London Mathematical Society 2024

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Reconciling theories of dominance with the relative rates of adaptive substitution on sex chromosomes and autosomes

Yasmine Mcdonough, Filip Ruzicka, Tim Connallon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2024

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T-dual branes on hyperkähler manifolds

Maria A Sisak

2024

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Tangent space generators of matrix product states and exact floquet quantum scars

Marko Ljubotina, Elena Petrova, Norbert Schuch, Maksym Serbyn

PRX Quantum 2024

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On the chromatic number of powers of subdivisions of graphs

Michael Anastos, Simona Boyadzhiyska, Silas Rathke, Juanjo Rué

Discrete Applied Mathematics 2024

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Calorie restriction increases insulin sensitivity to promote beta cell homeostasis and longevity in mice

Cristiane Dos Santos, Amanda Cambraia, Shristi Shrestha, Melanie Cutler, Matthew Cottam, Guy Perkins, Varda Lev-Ram, Birbickram Roy, Christopher Acree, Keun Young Kim, Thomas Deerinck, Danielle Dean, Jean Philippe Cartailler, Patrick E. Macdonald, Martin W Hetzer, Mark Ellisman, Rafael Arrojo E Drigo

Nature Communications 2024

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Transport properties of canonical PIN-FORMED proteins from Arabidopsis and the role of the loop domain in auxin transport

DP Janacek, M Kolb, L Schulz, J Mergner, B Kuster, Matous Glanc, Jiří Friml, K Ten Tusscher, C Schwechheimer, UZ Hammes

Developmental Cell 2024

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Protein cage directed assembly of binary nanoparticle superlattices

Yu Zhou, Ahmed Shaukat, Jani Seitsonen, Carlo Rigoni, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Mauri A. Kostiainen

Advanced Science 2024

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