Life Sciences

Our nerves respond to a range of stimuli

A Break in the Signal

03.04.2014

Brain & Behavior

Why does a background noise that stops and suddenly starts again get our attention?

Tunneling electron microscope image captures two goblet cells secreting their contents into the intestine

Goblet Cells Get Their Germs

12.03.2014

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Substances secreted by unique cells in the gut lining keep bacteria in their place

Weizmann Institute of Science and Clalit Health Services Will Collaborate to Advance the Field of Personalized Medicine and Improve Health Care Services

Weizmann Institute of Science and Clalit Health Services Will Collaborate to Advance the Field of Personalized Medicine and Improve Health Care Services

10.03.2014

Theoretical Physics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists, Clalit Health Services physicians and legal advisor, and information system experts from both organizations recently...

(l-r) Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute with the signed agreement

New German-Israeli Laboratory Inaugurated at the Weizmann Institute

05.03.2014

Brain & Behavior

The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Alon Chen will head the Lab

(l-r) Prof. Amos Tanay and Dr. Ido Amit

Cells Are Individuals Too

04.03.2014

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Math & Computer Science

A single-cell sequencing method gets past prejudices

(l-r) Drs. Yishai Levin, Michal Sharon, Maria Füzesi-Levi and Gili Ben-Nisan

Rearrange as Needed

23.02.2014

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

The cell’s recycler is a shape shifter that is versatile, subtle and sophisticated

Developing bone in normal (top) and mutant (bottom) embryos. Protrusions in a developing bone are formed by a distinct class of cells (green) that differ from the regular bone-forming cells (yellow-orange). Incorrect regulation and distribution of these cells leads to irregularities in the shape of the forming bone

The Collagen Paradox

12.02.2014

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

How does an oxygen-demanding biological process cope with low-oxygen conditions?

All Together Now

All Together Now

09.02.2014

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How do animal embryos take up all the calcium they need to build skeletons, shells or spines?

Writ Large – and Small

Writ Large – and Small

06.02.2014

Brain & Behavior, Math & Computer Science, Mathematics

How does the brain encode movements that occur on many scales?

timing of meals (Image: Thinkstock)

Time is of the Essence

05.02.2014

New findings in mice suggest that merely changing meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver.

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