Life Sciences

(l-r) Dr. Ariel Livne, Prof. Benjamin Geiger and Dr. Eran Bouchbiner

How Cells Feel the Stretch

14.08.2014

Space & Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Chemistry

To understand how cells orient themselves, Weizmann Institute researchers turned to a model from physics

Epigenetics: Environmental effects influence how genes are turned on or off

Not Only in DNA’s Hands

11.08.2014

Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation

backcrossing wild-derived mice with lab mice infographic

Pheromones Regulate Aggression of Non-Mother Female Mice toward Pups in Wild-Derived Mice

05.08.2014

Brain & Behavior, Genetics

A new mouse model enables research into the neural and genetic roots of social behavior, including reproduction and maternal instinct

The first electron microscope (Saul, RCA – EMU - 2A). (l-r) John Fany, Prof. David Danon and Dr. Yehuda Marikovsky, 1956

Someone to Operate It and a Place to Put It

03.08.2014

Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Life Sciences, Technology & Applications

The story of the first electron microscope at the Institute

(l-r) Drs. Yael Elbaz-Alon and Maya Schuldiner

Contacts

03.08.2014

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

A cellular organelle reveals a surprising backup resource for obtaining important building materials

how the IFN Antagonist Affects Type 1 IFN responses to pathogens

Interfering with Interferon

28.07.2014

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Virus-killing molecules may need all their skills, including inflammation, to fight HIV infection

Genes that affect only half the population will have double the mutation rate

Mutations from Venus, Mutations from Mars

28.07.2014

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann Institute researchers explain why genetic fertility problems can persist in a population

Wild type megakaryocyte

Master Key

21.07.2014

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

Tiny bits of RNA are found to play a crucial role in blood cell maturation

Dr. Yaniv Ziv

Remembering in Time

21.07.2014

Lasers & Optics, Brain & Behavior

Dr. Yaniv Ziv want to know how our brain keeps memories of individual events in order

(l-r) Dr. Zohar Mukamel, Zohar Shipony and Prof. Amos Tanay

Cellular Senior Moments

21.07.2014

Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

As the body’s cell divide and age, mistakes can pile up in the genome's "tags"

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Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

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