Life Sciences

The Memory of a Smell

The Memory of a Smell

09.11.2009

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how some aromas are bound up in our memories

Prof. Yakar Kannai

Looking Forward to predicting disease

01.11.2009

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Mathematics

Prof. Yakar Kannai: "I work at the interface between abstract mathematics and everyday reality. I expect to find ever more ways of using mathematics...

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb

Looking Forward to improved methods for probing enzyme activity

01.11.2009

Biochemistry, Chemistry

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb: "My dream is to develop EPR methods that can reveal enzymatic activities occurring in short (millisecond) time scales...

Prof. Adi Kimchi

Looking Forward to observing a cell's path to self-destruction

01.11.2009

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Prof. Adi Kimchi: "My aim is to reveal the complete self-destruct network. This understanding will help us to fix problems – both those of...

Dr. Michal Sharon

Looking Forward to unprecedented insight into cellular mechanics

01.11.2009

Dr. Michal Sharon: "Today, our mass spectrometry approach is limited to bacteria and yeast. In the future, we aim to be able to apply this...

Prof. Yadin Dudai

Looking Forward to revealing the mechanisms of memory and forgetting

01.11.2009

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Prof. Yadin Dudai: "Our research could contribute to a better understanding of human behavior. It might aid in the treatment of post-traumatic...

Dr. Elad Schneidman

Looking Forward to observing neurons acting collectively

01.11.2009

Brain & Behavior

Dr. Elad Schneidman: "We are starting to connect the letters of the neurons' language into syllables; we hope to understand words and even sentences...

Prof. Hadassa Degani

Looking Forward to more accurate, less invasive cancer diagnosis

01.11.2009

Space & Physics, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Prof. Hadassa Degani: "The advances in this technology have the potential to revolutionize the field of diagnostics. I have no doubt that all these...

Dr. Lilach Gilboa

Looking Forward to find out what makes a stem cell tick

01.11.2009

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Dr. Lilach Gilboa: "I hope to reveal the orchestrated steps by which cells of different kinds come together to form a beautifully structured,...

Correlations between various “cis” and “trans” effects on gene expression, under different conditions. The correlations range from high (red) to low (blue)

The Secrets of Hybrid Vigor

01.10.2009

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Gene interactions explain how hybrids can differ from both parents

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