Life Sciences

Fluid-filled structures in the placenta: maternal and fetal blood vessels and embryo-derived trophoblast cells infiltrating the mother's vasculature

Untangling the Maze

29.09.2014

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new MRI technique reveals how the mother's blood flow and that of the fetus meet in the placenta

Measuring the response to novelty: A mouse repeatedly touches the object and pulls away (nose and whisker contacts are color-coded; d is the distance of the snout from the object)

Curiosity and Constraint

22.09.2014

Brain & Behavior

A mathematical model shows how our brains may take in novelty

Paradox Alice in Wonderland

Sending a Mixed Message

22.09.2014

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Mathematics

Why do biological systems use the same signaling molecule for opposite purposes?

sweetener -cartoon

Gut Bacteria, Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance

17.09.2014

Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science

A new study reveals that certain gut bacteria may induce metabolic changes following exposure to artificial sweeteners

Mapping cell death: The protein-protein interactions discovered and mapped out in Prof. Adi Kimchi’s lab (red lines are newly-revealed interactions) divulge the wealth of interconnections between two major cell death pathways

Where Two Paths Meet

01.09.2014

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A unique method of mapping protein interactions reveals how two cellular pathways are interconnected

(l-r) Eyal Karzbrun, Alexandra Tayar and Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv

Artificial Cells Act Like the Real Thing

18.08.2014

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Materials Science, Biotechnology

Cell-like compartments produce proteins and communicate with one another, similar to natural biological systems

(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

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