Biochemistry

Prof. Dan Tawfik. Saving mutations

Picking Up Speed

01.10.2009

Protein "babysitters" could speed up evolution in the lab

Clinging for Dear Life

Clinging for Dear Life

01.10.2009

A rare disease sheds light on back-up DNA repair

New Protein Partnership

New Protein Partnership

10.09.2009

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover A New Protein Partnership That Leads to Pediatric Tumor Regression

Stopgap DNA Repair Needs a Second Step

Stopgap DNA Repair Needs a Second Step

04.05.2009

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

One can have a dream, two can make that dream so real, goes a popular song. Now a Weizmann Institute study has revealed that it takes two to perform...

(l-r) Profs. Stephen Weiner and Lia Addadi and Julia Mahamid. Like shell, like bone

Turning to Bone

01.05.2009

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Scientists reveal a fleeting stage of bone formation

Illustration: Flying elephants in the lab

Watch for Flying Elephants

01.10.2008

Dr. Michal Sharon launches protein complexes into the air

(l-r) Prof. Naama Barkai, Prof. Ben-Zion Shilo and Danny Ben-Zvi. All in proportion

The Other Half

01.10.2008

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann scientists revisit an 80-year-old experiment to see how embryos regulate organ growth

The enzyme’s structure (blue), revealed via X-ray crystallography, closely matches its computer design (gray). The yellow structure in the center is the substrate molecule the enzyme acts upon

Winning Design

01.10.2008

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Evolution in a test tube takes enzyme design to a new level

Dr. Avraham Yaron. sensory neuron guidance system

Right On Target

01.10.2008

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

Dr. Avraham Yaron asks how our nervous systems get wired

(l-r) Tal Gradus, Prof. Michael Fainzilber and Dmitry Yudin. Gearing up

Safety Catch

01.10.2008

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

What are molecular complexes thought to exist only in the cell nucleus doing on the nerve axons?

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