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Math & Computer Science

Robotics and Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Encryption/Decryption
Mathematics
Quantum Computing
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Prof. Shafi Goldwasser

Turing Award to the Weizmann Institute’s Shafi Goldwasser for Advances that Revolutionized the Science of Cryptography

13.03.2013
Math & Computer Science, Encryption/Decryption
The Award was given for Innovations that became the gold standard for enabling secure internet transactions Goldwasser is the third member of the...
Dr. Jasmin Fisher

Making Sense of a Complex Situation

24.02.2013
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Dr. Jasmin Fisher’s computer models reveal how cells make decisions
(l-r) Dr. Tuval Ben Yehezkel, Prof. Ehud Shapiro and Tamir Biezuner

A Proofreader for DNA

14.02.2013
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Programmable devices made of biological molecules can identify exact DNA sequences in living cells
NOR logic gate. If two transcriptionfactors are missing, green light is emitted

A Genetic Device Performs DNA Diagnosis

07.02.2013
Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science
A biological device made of DNA inserted into a bacterial cell works like a tiny diagnostic computer  
Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

A Fragile Equilibrium

16.12.2012
Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy
Drs. Yotam Drier (left) and Gad Getz at the Broad Institute

Cancer at a Breaking Point

16.12.2012
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A unique collaboration is helping map out the genetics of cancer
Mover event detected in the red cell: Motion (left) flows into the cell, (middle) stays briefly in the cell, and (right) leaves the cell, changing its appearance. Warmer colors indicate faster motion

Seeing Like a Baby

18.11.2012
Robotics and Machine Learning, Computer Vision
A computer program reveals how babies begin to make sense of the world
Prof. Victor Zalgaller

Life Begins at 80

27.09.2012
Mathematics
At age 80, Prof. Victor Zalgaller dreamed the proof for a geometrical theorem
cell and numbers. Image: Thinkstock

Weizmann Institute’s Mathematical Model May Lead to Safer Chemotherapy

12.09.2012
Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
The study explains why certain patients develop severe infections after chemotherapy and points to ways of averting this side-effect  
Hornstein_microprocessor

A Cellular Microprocessor Keeps Its Cool

24.07.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Mathematics
A complex for activating certain RNAs must avoid cutting up the wrong strands

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