Biochemistry

(l-r) Ido Kaminsky, Prof. Eitan Reuveny, Ruth Meller, Raz Palty and Dr. Adi Raveh. Steady supply

Taking Stock of Calcium

29.05.2012

What keeps a cellular “warehouse” from overfilling?

The molecular structure of Spanish flu protein (hemagglutin) bound to a computationally designed protein (green). The designed protein binds the viral protein tightly and with high specificity, blocking the protein's function and neutralizing viral infectivity

Matchmaker

23.05.2012

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

A new method of redesigning protein molecules may yield novel drugs.

Israel Structural Proteomics Center (ISPC) illustration

At the Core

15.05.2012

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Israel’s leadership in structural biology leads to the establishment of an Instruct Core Centre

Cover illustration: the zebrafish stress response

Two for the Price of One

15.05.2012

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

A unique ON-OFF switch in the brain controls a main stress hormone

PON1 molecular structure. From the lab of Prof. Dan Tawfik

Defending Against Chemical Acts of Terrorism

19.04.2012

Work of art: A portion of a plant cell

Darkness at Noon

02.04.2012

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture

A stunning scientific image reveals how plants cope with sudden changes in light intensity

Tube map for plants

The Vitamin Map

02.04.2012

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture, Math & Computer Science

Plant breeders may soon be using “Underground maps” to improve their crops

Prof. Gideon Schreiber

Meetings in the Cell

11.03.2012

A new technique enables researchers to watch as proteins interact inside living cells

Mouse cell lineage tree. Oocytes are in red, bone marrow stem cells in yellow, demonstrating that the two form separate clusters with only a distant relationship

Lineage Trees Reveal Cells’ Histories

23.02.2012

Biochemistry, Stem Cells, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new method is helping to resolve controversies and answer some open questions in biology.

European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching

European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching

23.02.2012

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

The Weizmann Institute is one of seven Instruct Core Centres

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking