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Harel, Oram, Sherman and Ahissar

Paying Attention to Reflexes

10.07.2017
Brain & Behavior, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
How does attention direct the subconscious actions of our sensory organs? 
Scientists discover a connection between the development of age-related macular degeneration and the intestinal microbiome

The Retina and the Microbiome

19.06.2017
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Scientists discover a connection between the development of age-related macular degeneration and the intestinal microbiome
Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

07.06.2017
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new study reveals that there is no difference between the health effects of “wholesome” and white bread
Malaria vaccine

Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

26.01.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new approach to stabilizing protein structures could be key to an efficient vaccine
Bacteria (red) in mouse intestines; intestinal cells (blue); and antibodies (green) in the mucus layer coating the intestines and preventing direct contact between the bacteria and the sterile mouse cells, photographed under a fluorescent microscope

Gut Bacteria Have Outsized Influence

12.12.2016
Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new study reveals how our microbiomes affect the timing of liver activity
A section of a ripe tomato sample showing the distribution of sucrose (orange) in the flesh and of an antioxidant (green) in the fruit skin tissue; mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technology was used to map the molecules

Wise Plant Analysis

30.11.2016
Plants and Agriculture, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Weizmann Institute’s WeizMass and MatchWeiz help identify plant metabolites
Segal and group

When Cells Are Fit

07.11.2016
Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
How do the expression levels of numerous proteins affect a cell's fitness? 
Dr. Rivka Adar

Staff Scientist: Dr. Rivka Adar

22.09.2016
Cancer, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
What gives rise to recurring cancers? 
g-incpm staff

Working Together for Personalized Medicine

21.08.2016
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Meet the unique team of experts at the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine
Midge swarm and star cluster

Insect Swarms May Resemble Star Clusters

11.08.2016
Space & Physics, Theoretical Physics, Environment, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new theory developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Stanford University uses a gravitational model to explain the collective behaviour of...

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap

Colder and Colder

Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles

Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:

Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

Bacteria in cancer cells

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
18.09.2017
Colder and Colder
Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
18.09.2017
Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:
18.09.2017
Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

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