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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
Prof. Ehud Shapiro, Dr. Rivka Adar, Adam Spiro and Noa Chapal-Ilani

Finding the Source of Cancer Recurrence

17.07.2012
Biochemistry, Cancer, Math & Computer Science
Do chemotherapy drugs miss a hidden reservoir of cancer cells?
Living Microprocessor Tunes in to Feedback

Living Microprocessor Tunes in to Feedback

12.06.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Math & Computer Science
What keeps the machinery for chopping functional pieces out of certain long RNA strands from cutting up the wrong kinds of RNA?  
socks

PAIRS

11.06.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Robotics and Machine Learning
Proteins must match up correctly to catch a ride from one site to another in the cell
rewriting DNA illustration

Rewriting DNA to Understand What it Says

31.05.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Math & Computer Science, Biotechnology
New Weizmann Institute technology speeds up DNA “rewriting” and measures the effects of the changes in living cells  
Leukemia cells. Image: Wikimedia commons, NIH

Why Chemotherapy Fails

29.05.2012
Biochemistry, Cancer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Research led by Weizmann Institute scientists shows why leukemia often returns  

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