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protein repair shop

Stable by Design

01.08.2016
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A “one-stop,” computer-design “shop” for stabilizing problematic proteins
Gad Asher and group

Dawn to Dusk

25.07.2016
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
How small can a biological clock get? 
Dr. Eyal Schejter

Staff Scientist: Dr. Eyal Schejter

21.07.2016
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
How do cells fuse to form muscle fibers?   
Stress-coping molecule Urocortin-3 (green) and its receptor, CRFR2 (red),

Stress-Coping Mechanism Helps Mice Make New Friends

19.07.2016
Brain & Behavior
Weizmann Institute scientists show how a molecule in the mouse’s brain regulates social behavior
Staff Scientist: Dr. Ehud Fonio

Staff Scientist: Dr. Ehud Fonio

14.07.2016
Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior
What can a physicist learn from ants? 
wheat

On the Surface of Things: Wheat and Barley

07.07.2016
Nutrition, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
The secrets of a protective coating are revealed
microglia

Disrupted Immunity in the Fetal Brain Is Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

27.06.2016
Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute findings in mice may help explain how viral infection during pregnancy raises the risk of autism and schizophrenia in the...
illustration: CO2-eating E coli

Eating Air, Making Fuel

23.06.2016
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Environment, Energy
Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide  
Zebrafish blood vessels

Straight to the Gut

16.06.2016
Biochemistry, Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development
Stem cells must get oriented before taking on new properties
aqueous humor ion pump

Blocking Pumps in the Eye To Block Glaucoma

13.06.2016
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new compound targets just one version of an ion pump, avoiding side effects

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap

Colder and Colder

Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
18.09.2017
Colder and Colder
Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
18.09.2017
Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:
18.09.2017
Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

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