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SCIENCE STORY
The First World Day for Glaciers
Interview with ISTA Professor Francesca Pellicciotti
March 21, 2025
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Hardware-Optimal Quantum Algorithms
ISTA PhD student spearheads efforts in tailoring algorithms to quantum hardware
March 18, 2025
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Updating the Textbook
ISTA scientists revise our knowledge about the auxin signaling mechanism in plants
March 5, 2025
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Cooling Materials–Out of the 3D Printer
ISTA researchers 3D print high-performance, sustainable thermoelectric materials
February 20, 2025
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An Electrifying Turn in an Age-Old Quest
Contact electrification depends on materials’ contact history, ISTA physicists show
February 19, 2025
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When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
ISTA physicists achieve optical readout of superconducting qubits
February 11, 2025
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Video Optimization in Our Brain
ISTA scientists uncover how the brain unblurs vision during movement
February 10, 2025
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ISTA Labs Certified as Sustainable
LEAF certification for more responsible research
February 7, 2025
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Dancing Bubbles Model a Cosmic Disaster
Quantum machine models how “false vacuum” decays into “dancing” cosmic bubbles
February 5, 2025
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The Globetrotter
New insight into the painted lady butterfly’s annual migration
February 4, 2025
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ISTA Welcomes Three Faculty Members
Samara Ren, Michael Sammler, and Latha Venkataraman join the ISTA faculty
January 30, 2025
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Many Roads Lead to… the Embryo
ISTA shows evolution had many optimal outcomes to choose from
January 22, 2025
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Neural Magic Acquired by Red Hat
ISTA’s First Startup Collaboration Achieves Milestone Exit in AI Technology
January 20, 2025
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The Megadroughts Are Upon Us
Forty-year study: Extreme droughts will become more frequent, severe, and extensive
January 16, 2025
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“Ask the Science Grandma!”
New offers at ISTA for women (60+) and children (6-12 years)
January 2, 2025
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Three Faculty Promotions in 2024
Anna Kicheva, Caroline Muller, and Florian Schur were promoted to professors
December 27, 2024
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AI Residency for Francesco Locatello
ISTA Assistant Professor partners with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative as AI Resident
December 16, 2024
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Distinct Nerve Wiring of Human Memory
ISTA biologists team up with neurosurgeons to unravel the human brain’s specificities
December 11, 2024
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Obituary: Claus J. Raidl
ISTA mourns guiding force of the Institute
December 10, 2024
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Love Thy Neighbor
How neighborhood enhances cooperation
December 6, 2024
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No Economic Upswing without Research
Joint appeal by Austrian research institutions and funding agencies to government
December 5, 2024
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Allen Distinguished Investigator at ISTA
ISTA Professor Anđela Šarić to lead a $1.5 million-funded project on active membranes
December 3, 2024
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A Matter of Time
New ISTA research shows how tissue development is temporally organized
November 27, 2024
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New Era in Amphibian Biology
ISTA scientists use harmless viruses to investigate the nervous system in frogs
November 26, 2024
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ELLIS: Enabling Excellence in AI Research
ELLIS Unit Vienna at ISTA to push AI foundations and applications in science
November 21, 2024
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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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Fundamental Principles during the Egg-to-Embryo Transition Fundamental Principles during the Egg-to-Embryo Transition
Andrea Pauli, IMP
Mar 24, 2025
11:30 am
Gaussian fluctuations for the open one-dimensional KPZ equation Gaussian fluctuations for the open one-dimensional KPZ equation
Andres Alberto Contreras Hip, University of Chicago
Mar 24, 2025
3:45 pm
Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Optimal Transport for Stationary Point Processes Optimal Transport for Stationary Point Processes
Martin Huesmann, Uni Münster
Mar 24, 2025
5:00 pm
Quantum Colloquium  
CANCELLED – Quantum Simulation and Sensing with Matterwave Interferometers and Clocks CANCELLED – Quantum Simulation and Sensing with Matterwave Interferometers and Clocks
James K. Thompson, JILA / University of Colorado, Boulder (US)
Mar 25, 2025
11:00 am
Third order upper bound for the ground state energy of the dilute Bose gas Third order upper bound for the ground state energy of the dilute Bose gas
Jakob Oldenburg, University of Zürich
Mar 25, 2025
4:00 pm
Seminar/Talk  
K-stablity of Fano 3-fold hypersurfaces of index 1 K-stablity of Fano 3-fold hypersurfaces of index 1
Livia Campo, University of Vienna
Mar 27, 2025
1:00 pm
Mathematics Colloquium  
Integer distance sets Integer distance sets
Rachel Greenfeld, Northwestern University
Apr 2, 2025
3:30 pm
Mathematics and CS Seminar  
Mathphys Analysis Seminar Mathphys Analysis Seminar
Benjamin Schlein, University of Zürich
Apr 3, 2025
4:00 pm
Quantum Colloquium  
Circuit QED with hole spins Circuit QED with hole spins
Simon Zihlmann, CEA Grenoble (FR)
Apr 8, 2025
11:00 am
Interaction of the local Langlands program with the generalized Springer correspondence Interaction of the local Langlands program with the generalized Springer correspondence
Anna-Marie Aubert, IMJ-PRG
May 15, 2025
1:00 pm
Institute Colloquium  
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Jeroen Dobbelaere, Julian Renaud & Paul Falthansl, ISTA
May 26, 2025
11:30 am
Hamiltonian estimation in semiconductor spin qubits Hamiltonian estimation in semiconductor spin qubits
Jeroen Danon, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
May 27, 2025
11:00 am
Colloquium  
Microwave to optical quantum transduction and optical frequency combs: Nonlinear optics in ultra-high quality resonators Microwave to optical quantum transduction and optical frequency combs: Nonlinear optics in ultra-high quality resonators
Harald Schwefel, University of Otago / New Zealand
Jun 17, 2025
11:00 am
Conference  
TASC9/KASC16 Workshop TASC9/KASC16 Workshop
Jul 7, 2025
9:00 am
Institute Colloquium: Katie Breivik Institute Colloquium: Katie Breivik
Katie Breivik, Carnegie Mellon University
Oct 13, 2025
11:30 am

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Sandra Siegert

MICROGLIA-NEURON INTERACTION

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Julian Fischer

THEORY OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, APPLIED AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

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Francesco Locatello

CAUSAL LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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Julian Léonard

QUANTUM OPTICS

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Martin Hetzer

PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS AND AGING

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Carl-Philipp Heisenberg

MORPHOGENESIS IN DEVELOPMENT

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Lora Sweeney

EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF MOTOR CIRCUITS

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Nicholas Barton

EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Recessed microelectrodes as a platform to investigate the intrinsic redox process of Prussian blue analogs for energy storage application

Nomnotho Jiyane, Carla Santana Santos, Igor Echevarria Poza, Mario Palacios Corella, Muhammad Adib Abdillah Mahbub, Gimena Marin-Tajadura, Thomas Quast, Maria Ibáñez, Edgar Ventosa, Wolfgang Schuhmann

Batteries and Supercaps 2025

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BCS critical temperature on half-spaces

Barbara Roos, Robert Seiringer

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 2025

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Polyploidization leads to salt stress resilience via ethylene signaling in citrus plants

Xin Song, Miao Zhang, Ting Ting Wang, Yao Yuan Duan, Jie Ren, Hu Gao, Yan Jie Fan, Qiang Ming Xia, Hui Xiang Cao, Kai Dong Xie, Xiao Meng Wu, Fei Zhang, Si Qi Zhang, Ying Huang, Adnane Boualem, Abdelhafid Bendahmane, Feng Quan Tan, Wen Wu Guo

New Phytologist 2025

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BMP-dependent patterning of ectoderm tissue material properties modulates lateral mesendoderm cell migration during early zebrafish gastrulation

Ste Tavano, David Brückner, Saren Tasciyan, Xin Tong, Roland Kardos, Alexandra Schauer, Robert Hauschild, Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg

Cell Reports 2025

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Sensitivity of self-aggregation and the key role of the free convection distance

Alejandro Casallas Garcia, A.M. Tompkins, Caroline J Muller, G. Thompson

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 2025

PHD THESIS

Cell-Surface Auxin Signaling: Linking molecular pathways to plant development

Aline Monzer

2025

PHD THESIS

Non-equilibrium topological phases of periodically driven molecules and quantum rotors

Volker Karle

2025

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High capacity and dynamic accessibility in associative memory networks with context-dependent neuronal and synaptic gating

William F. Podlaski, Everton J. Agnes, Tim P Vogels

Physical Review X 2025

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