Biochemistry

illustration: CO2-eating E coli

Eating Air, Making Fuel

23.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Environment, Energy

Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Zebrafish blood vessels

Straight to the Gut

16.06.2016

Biochemistry, Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Stem cells must get oriented before taking on new properties

aqueous humor ion pump

Blocking Pumps in the Eye To Block Glaucoma

13.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new compound targets just one version of an ion pump, avoiding side effects

Prof. Ed Bayer and his group

Me and My Cellulosome

23.05.2016

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

What does the human gut bacterium have in common with that of a cow?

Sperm individualization

Delicate Demolition

19.05.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Fertility

How does a sperm cell become an "individual?"

Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky. Eliminating senescent cells from the lung

Out with the Old

11.04.2016

Biochemistry, Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Blocking two proteins might rid the body of aging cells and promote tissue renewal

Dr. Sarel Fleishman

How to Build a Bubble Protein

28.03.2016

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

What is the basic plan for the proteins that connect the inside of a cell to the outside?

The circadian clock regulates the mitochondria’s utilization of nutrients throughout the day

Time to Eat

16.03.2016

Biochemistry, Nutrition

Weizmann Institute scientists find that our cells' power plants run on timers

built by bacteria

Built by Bacteria

07.03.2016

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Structural Biology

The biomineral structures built by biofilm-forming bacteria may abet antibiotic resistance

which came first

The Evolutionary Relay Race

25.02.2016

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development

In evolution, both chicken and egg may come first

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Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

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