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Neurobiology News

12.11.2019
Brain & Behavior
Three papers by Weizmann Institute of Science neuroscientists are slated to appear in the December issue of Nature Neuroscience. 
olfactory bulbs

An Exception to the Rule: An Intact Sense of Smell without a Crucial Olfactory Brain Structure

06.11.2019
Brain & Behavior
A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs
mice

For the First Time: A Method for Measuring Animal Personality

04.11.2019
Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Genetics
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality  
How similar are these two faces?

Converging Solutions: Artificial Networks Shed Light on Human Face Recognition

30.10.2019
Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development, Robotics and Machine Learning
cone snail and prey

How Cone Snail Venom Kills

24.10.2019
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A newly discovered mechanism may lead to better potassium- blocking drugs and improved natural pesticides
antibodies against ebola virus

Ebola Antibodies at Work

07.10.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Scientists in Israel and Germany show, on the molecular level, how an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the disease
Irit Sagi

The Azrieli Foundation Funds Fragile X Research at the Institute

06.10.2019
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Institute scientists have developed a potential drug that attenuates autism-like behaviors in disease models
eradicating cancer

A New Route to Blocking Children’s Bone Cancer

02.10.2019
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A study in mice showed that reducing a particular hormone signal keeps the cancer from growing and spreading
Omer Markovitch

Chemistry and Biology are Not Separate Worlds

02.10.2019
Systems Biology
Dr. Omer Markovitch, an alumnus of the Weizmann Institute of Science, currently at the University of Groningen, was interviewed for the Dutch website...
fish in a video game

When Fish “Play,” Dr. Takashi Kawashima Sees How Neurons Work

02.10.2019
Brain & Behavior
A unique fish meets a unique research method to reveal a deep-brain system

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olfactory bulbs
06.11.2019
An Exception to the Rule: An Intact Sense of Smell without a Crucial Olfactory Brain Structure
mice
04.11.2019
For the First Time: A Method for Measuring Animal Personality
How similar are these two faces?
30.10.2019
Converging Solutions: Artificial Networks Shed Light on Human Face Recognition