Evolution and Development

Mouse embryo skeleton showing sites of initial bone formation (stained red) and cartilage (green and blue), which will later be replaced by bone

Outside Influences

01.10.2009

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Do developing organs give each other directions?

Bacteria can plan ahead

Bacteria can plan ahead

17.06.2009

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

ISRAELI SCIENTISTS SHOW BACTERIA CAN PLAN AHEAD

Dr. Gil Levkowitz.

Fishing for Brain Cells

01.05.2009

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

See-through zebrafish embryos let scientists see into such processes as brain development

Bacteria are Models of Efficiency

Bacteria are Models of Efficiency

04.02.2009

Space & Physics, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A mathematical model developed at the Weizmann Institute has revealed how single-celled organisms regulate their activities for maximum efficiency...

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

Prof. Orly Reiner. In the right measure

Good Migrations

01.10.2008

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Embryonic nerve cells must be "in shape" to get where they're going

Weizmann Institute Scientists discover: How an Injured Embryo Can Regenerate Itself and Keep its Organs in Relative Proportion

Weizmann Institute Scientists discover: How an Injured Embryo Can Regenerate Itself and Keep its Organs in Relative Proportion

26.06.2008

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

More than 80 years have passed since the German scientist Hans Spemann conducted his famous experiment that laid the foundations for the field of...

(l-r) Elisha Nathan, Ariel Rinon, Libbat Tirosh and Dr. Eldad Tzahor. Heart and face

Going to the Heart

02.05.2008

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Heart and face muscles have a surprising common origin

Prof. Naama Barkai

Risk distribution law for evolution

01.11.2007

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover: A 'Risk Distribution Law' for Evolution Rehovot, Israel – November 1, 2007 When are the genes...

A Code Is Born

A Code Is Born

01.10.2007

Theoretical Physics, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

When did random proteins begin to make sense?

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