Genetics

Dr. Eyal Schejter

Staff Scientist: Dr. Eyal Schejter

21.07.2016

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

How do cells fuse to form muscle fibers?

wheat

On the Surface of Things: Wheat and Barley

07.07.2016

Nutrition, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

The secrets of a protective coating are revealed

illustration: CO2-eating E coli

Eating Air, Making Fuel

23.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Environment, Energy

Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Eran Segal and group

Ribosomes Recruited at the Beginning – and End

02.06.2016

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Genetics

The finding changes our understanding of protein production

(l-r) Prof. Rotem Sorek, Maya Shamir and Daniel Dar

Switching Off Antibiotic Resistance

14.04.2016

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A Weizmann team find new RNA switches for antibiotic resistance

Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv, Alexandra Tayar and Eyal Karzbrun (l-r) created a lifelike wavefront of information

The Genetic Domino Effect

04.02.2016

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

An array of artificial cells demonstrates the movement of information wavefronts

Woman in bed

Your Symptoms? Evolution’s Way of Telling You to Stay Home

07.01.2016

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Research suggests that our selfish genes are behind the aches and fever

fruit fly larval salivary gland

How Cells Spit It Out

01.01.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology

How do the cells that secrete saliva or tears handle the load?

The Homebody RNA

The Homebody RNA

01.01.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Why does some RNA stay in the nucleus rather than rushing off to make proteins?

comparing rice only to normal diet

How Does Your Microbiome Grow?

01.09.2015

Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The reproduction rates of the bacteria in one's gut may be a good indicator of health or disease

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