Im Fachmagazin „Advanced Materials“ geben Dr. Pavel A. Levkin (YIN-Mitglied) und Doktorandin Erica Ueda vom Institut für Toxikologie und Genetik (ITG) des KIT einen Überblick über Vorteile und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von großflächigen Strukturen, die beide Eigenschaften vereinen.

Bewegung einzelner Zellen im Inneren sich entwickelnder Froschembryonen aufgelöst / Röntgenbildgebung nutzt Beugung statt Absorption / Neue Methoden für die Entwicklungsbiologie. Neue Erkenntnisse junger Forscher, darunter auch das YIN-Mitglied Dr. Jubin Kashef, brachten eine Veröffentlichung in Nature.

With a project on efficient and scalable partitioning of large graphs and networks with application, for example, in numeric simulation, YIN supports a collaboration of computer scientists Juniorprofessor Henning Meyerhenke and Dr. Martin Nöllenburg (YIG). The goal of the project is, in a first step, to draw the graph into the plane using force-based layout algorithms, so that geometric and graph-theoretic proximity of nodes relate well to each other. In a second step, fast geometric partitioning algorithms can be used to partition the graph. This combined approach promises better scalability to very large graphs while still yielding high quality partitions.

Since 23.04.2013 the YIN was strengthened by three new members: Jprof. Dr. Anne Koziolek at the Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization, Dr. Gary Davidson, group leader at the Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, and Dr.rer.nat Emmanuel Müller, YIG at the Institute for Program Structures and Data Organisation.

With the decision of the last YIN-Member-Meeting on 19.03.2013 the terms of affiliation have been extended. From now on all official KIT- Junior Research Group Leader (KIT-Nachwuchsgruppenleiter) as well as Group Leaders with temporary contracts, who have personnel responsibility can join the network.

Dr. Pavel Levkin (YIN member since 2010) and Dr. Gary Davidson have founded a biotech company – Incella GmbH.

Incella GmbH develops, produces and commercializes worldwide novel highly efficient transfection and gene-delivery reagents for variety of biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications.