Life Sciences

Golgi

Under Pressure in the Cell

25.05.2020

Biochemistry, Cancer, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

The Golgi apparatus, a small but crucial organelle, has its own “breakup” mechanism

Antibiotic Resistance - Dr. Nitai Steinberg

Here Come the Bacteria

24.05.2020

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

An animated video on the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by Weizmann Institute Alumni Dr. Nitai Steinberg won Student Prize in...

endocrine glands

Paying the Price of Protection

19.05.2020

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new model of autoimmune disease may solve some great outstanding riddles, including what causes T cells to attack and why only certain organs get...

Antibody niche

How to Neutralize the Coronavirus: Learning from the Body

12.05.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Making copies of existing antibodies could be fast track to treatment

root

The Soil Talks Back

07.05.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs

Irit Sagi

The Israel Institute for Biological Research and the Weizmann Institute of Science Collaborate to Fight Coronavirus

06.05.2020

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A milestone in relations between the two institutes could advance a cure

Nir London

Israeli-American-British Labs and Biotech Partner to Speed Coronavirus Drug Development

04.05.2020

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An international initiative aims to identify compounds that target a key enzyme in the virus's life cycle

Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell), Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting is part of a series of Five Senses that Rembrandt painted in Leiden around 1625, when he was 19. It was discovered in 2015 in an art collection belonging to a family from New Jersey

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop "Sniff Test" that Predicts Recovery of Consciousness in Brain-Injured Patients

29.04.2020

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The Ultimate Decoy and Antibodies in the Fight Against Coronavirus

The Ultimate Decoy and Antibodies in the Fight Against Coronavirus

26.04.2020

Structural Biology, Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Dr. Ron Diskin of the Weizmann Institute's Structural Biology Department is concentrating his efforts on a two-pronged research...

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

20.04.2020

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, Technology & Applications

This cellular factory-on-a-chip could be used to design, produce and test drugs against antibiotic resistant bacteria

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The Weizmann Institute of Science Receives $50 Million from the Azrieli Foundation to Help Humanity Unlock the Mysteries of the Brain