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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is a young international institute dedicated to basic research and graduate education in the natural and mathematical sciences, located in Klosterneuburg on the outskirts of Vienna.

ISTA is committed to conducting world-class research. By 2026, up to 90 research groups will perform research in an international state-of-the-art environment.

Portrait picture of Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Professor at the ISTA.
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Professor
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Andrea Navas-Olive
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Andrei Militaru
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Felix Frey
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Louise Fouqueau
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Mandy Bethkenhagen
Former NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Andrew Higginbotham
Assistant professor
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Maayan Levy
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Gonçalo Oliveira
Former NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
David Brückner
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Christopher Currin
NOMIS Fellow
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Georgios Katsaros
Professor
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Johannes Fink
Professor
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Martin W. Hetzer
Member of the NOMIS Foundation Board of Directors
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), NOMIS Foundation
June 19, 2024
A railroad of cells: Computer simulations explain cell movement
Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks. The cells navigate through complex environments. A new approach by […]
June 3, 2024
New mathematical framework sheds light on how cells communicate to form embryo
Biological processes depend on puzzle pieces coming together and interacting. Under specific conditions, these interactions can create something new without external input. This is called self-organization, as seen in a […]
May 15, 2024
Exploring uncharted territories
NOMIS–ISTA Fellow David Brückner was interviewed about his experience as a NOMIS Fellow at the Institute for Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). In this ISTA article, he shares how the […]
March 25, 2024
Call for applications to NOMIS–ISTA Fellowship Program
The NOMIS Foundation and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have opened a new call for proposals for the NOMIS–ISTA Fellowship Program, an interdisciplinary basic research program for […]
November 3, 2023
Giving early-career scientists the chance to chase untouchable ideas
The NOMIS Fellowship Programs at ETH Zurich, ISTA and the Salk Institute have been featured in an advertorial in Science. NOMIS Fellows David Brückner, Anna-Maria Globig, Maayan Levy, Zhi Liu and Craig […]
June 28, 2023
DNA organization in real-time: How the motion of DNA controls gene activity
NOMIS Fellow David Brückner and colleagues from Princeton University and the Institut Pasteur in Paris have visualized the dynamic process of the three-dimensional motion of pairs of DNA loci of […]
March 14, 2023
FWF awards funding for multi-institutional research collaborations to NOMIS researchers at ISTA
Recognizing research clusters in Austria that combine high-level research, research training, and the promotion of young scientists, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded funding for multi-institutional research collaborations to […]
January 9, 2023
Martin Hetzer becomes second president of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria
NOMIS Board Member Martin Hetzer has become the Institute of Science and Technology Austria’s second president. The new role for Hetzer was announced last year. After 19 years at the […]
December 20, 2022
Three new NOMIS Fellows join ISTA
This autumn, three new post-doctoral fellows have begun their scientific pursuits at multiple labs at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), raising the count of NOMIS fellows on […]
December 14, 2022
Imposter Majorana particles revealed and explained
NOMIS researcher Georgios Katsaros and colleagues have revealed the existence of a highly convincing kind of imposter Majorana particle. Their findings were published in Nature. Researchers at ISTA go looking […]
April 12, 2022
NOMIS Fellowship Program at ISTA: Enabling high-risk research across disciplinary borders
The research of NOMIS Fellows Maayan Levy and David Brückner has been profiled in an article on the Institute of Science and Technology Austria’s website. The institute recently announced a […]
February 22, 2022
Martin Hetzer appointed president of ISTA
NOMIS board member Martin Hetzer has been appointed president of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, a NOMIS partner institution, effective January 2023. Hetzer is currently a senior vice […]
January 20, 2022
Funding the research of tomorrow
Two NOMIS researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria—Andrew Higginbotham and Georgios Katsaros—are among a small group of researchers to receive funding from the Austrian Science Fund to […]
November 19, 2021
David Brückner awarded Gustav Hertz Prize
NOMIS Fellow David Brückner has been awarded the 2022 Gustav Hertz Prize for his outstanding theoretical work on the migration of cells in spatially constrained environments. His dynamic modeling of […]
June 4, 2021
Quantum computing with holes: Scientists found a new and promising qubit at a place where there is nothing
In the world of quantum mechanics, researchers can even make empty space, the lack of something, do their bidding. Scientists from NOMIS researcher Georgios Katsaros‘ group at the Institute of Science […]
March 26, 2021
NOMIS and IST Austria open new call for proposals for NOMIS Fellowship Program at IST Austria
The NOMIS Foundation and IST Austria have opened a new call for proposals for the NOMIS Fellowship Program at IST Austria, an interdisciplinary basic research program for exceptional postdoctoral scientists. The fellowship program provides postdocs […]
December 16, 2020
Johannes Fink and colleagues demonstrate how to transport microwave quantum information via optical fiber
NOMIS scientist Johannes Fink and colleagues William Hease and Georg Arnold present two transducers that could enable quantum communication between superconducting processors. Their work was published in Nature Communications and PRX […]
October 29, 2020
Johannes Fink and colleagues build geometric superinductor that breaks resistance quantum “limit”
NOMIS researcher Johannes Fink and his team have built a geometric superinductor that surpasses the resistance quantum “limit.” October 29, 2020• Physics 13, s141 A geometric superinductor made of a tightly wound […]
June 16, 2020
IST Austria and NOMIS launch fellowship program focusing on interdisciplinary research and mentoring
Pioneers at the intersection of sciences Our world is incredibly complex. The more we learn, the level of complexity increases, and new questions emerge. No single expert nor discipline can […]
November 30, 2018
Johannes Fink honored with Fritz Kohlrausch Award
NOMIS scientist Johannes Fink has received the Fritz Kohlrausch Award of the Austrian Physical Society (Fritz Kohlrausch Preis der Österreichischen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, ÖPG). APA-Science reported on the award in the […]
November 14, 2017
EurekAlert!: "Essential quantum computer component downsized by two orders of magnitude"
Researchers at IST Austria have built compact photon directional devices. Their micrometer-scale, nonmagnetic devices route microwave photons and can shield qubits from harmful noise. Qubits, or quantum bits, are the […]
July 30, 2024
A gate tunable transmon qubit in planar Ge
Abstract: Gate-tunable transmons (gatemons) employing semiconductor Josephson junctions have recently emerged as building blocks for hybrid quantum circuits. In this study, we present a gatemon fabricated in planar Germanium. We induce […]
June 19, 2024
Geometry-driven migration efficiency of autonomous epithelial cell clusters
Abstract: The directed migration of epithelial cell collectives through coordinated movements plays a crucial role in various physiological processes and is increasingly understood at the level of large confluent monolayers. However, […]
May 31, 2024
Information content and optimization of self-organized developmental systems
Abstract: A key feature of many developmental systems is their ability to self-organize spatial patterns of functionally distinct cell fates. To ensure proper biological function, such patterns must be established reproducibly, […]
April 4, 2024
Lifelong persistence of nuclear RNAs in the mouse brain
Abstract: Genomic DNA that resides in the nuclei of mammalian neurons can be as old as the organism itself. The life span of nuclear RNAs, which are critical for proper chromatin […]
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