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(l-r) Dr. Benjamin Friedrich, Prof. Samuel Safran, Dr. Yair Shokef and Elon Langbeheim. Looking underneath

Just Stiff Enough

26.04.2011
Stem Cells, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Developing cells “feel” what is underneath and take shape accordingly
(l-r) Yaara Yeshurun, Prof. Noam Sobel, Dr. Sagit Shushan, Liron Rozenkrantz, Idan Frumin and Shani Gelstein. The smell of tears

Tears Are a Turn-Off

04.04.2011
Brain & Behavior
Though odorless, tears send chemical signals to those close enough to smell them
Overexpression of PKMzeta in the insular cortex. A merged picture of a neuron stained with GFP (green), PKMzeta (blue), and NeuN (red)

Getting a Grasp on Memory

02.04.2011
Brain & Behavior
Memories can be either enhanced or erased through the manipulation of a certain protein.
Aha! Mouse over "camouflage" image for undoctored picture

New Insight into "Aha!" Memories

02.04.2011
Brain & Behavior
Much of memory research involves repetitive, rote learning. So why do the things we learn through sudden insight tend to stick in our memory?
Biological Molecules Select Their Spin

Biological Molecules Select Their Spin

02.04.2011
Quantum Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Technology & Applications
The finding that a biological molecule – DNA – can discern between quantum states known as spin could have relevance for both biomedical research...
Drs. Rotem Sorek and Adi Stern. Bacteria's Achilles heel

The Price of a Sophisticated Immune System

28.03.2011
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics
Autoimmune disease in bacteria: The finding could lead to new kinds of antibiotics.
(l-r) Prof. Eitan Reuveny, Ayelet Cooper, Liora Guy-David and Dr. Adi Raveh. Gear shift

An Open- and Shut- Case

21.03.2011
Biochemistry
A mechanism for closing a nerve cell’s channels can instantly shift from slow gear to slamming the door shut
(l-r) Drs. Olga Davydov and Nardy Lampl, Prof. Robert Fluhr, Drs. Ofra Budai-Hadrian and Thomas Roberts. Secrets to growth

Keeping Pace with the World’s Food Demand

21.03.2011
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture
Understanding plants’ survival systems could help reduce agricultural losses. 
A developing eye of the fruit fly (left) is connected by the optic stalk to the optic lobe in the fly’s brain

Take the Axon Train

14.03.2011
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Institute scientists discover an entirely new form of transportation inside nerve cells
Prof. Vivian Teichberg. New support for the approach

GOT to Prevent Brain Damage

14.03.2011
Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Two recent studies could point the way toward a new treatment for stroke, head trauma and brain injury. 

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