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Segal and Slutskin

A Rulebook for Living Cells

12.04.2018
Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
New research delves into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long ones
microbiome influences

Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

27.02.2018
Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A study brings new hope for improving our health
Phages attacking a bacterium_lab of Rotem Sorek

Bacterial Immune Systems Take the Stage

25.01.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics
Multiple new and unusual bacterial defense mechanisms could lead to new biotech tools
Rotem Sorek reef fish ecology

Making Larvae Count

13.12.2017
Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment
Genetic barcodes are used to quantify crucial populations in a coral reef ecosystem  
Schraga Schwartz and group

Revising the Genetic Message after It Is Sent

20.11.2017
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Dr. Schraga Schwartz and his group are revealing in unprecedented detail a mechanism for controlling gene activity
skeletons

Thinking outside the Skeleton

02.11.2017
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics
 Scoliosis may be linked to problems with our "sixth sense" 
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

18.09.2017
Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics
How some genes lost the ability to make proteins - and gained regulatory powers 
Embryonic cardiovascular cells

First Cells

14.08.2017
Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics
Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood
Prof. Moshe Oren

Expanding the Reach of the Genome's Guardian

31.07.2017
Cancer, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
An Institute study finds a whole new role for one of the most famous proteins in cancer research
tomatoes

Give Me a Break: Chromosomal Breaks Facilitate Precise Breeding in Plants

04.07.2017
Life Sciences, Stem Cells, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the traits they want

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