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How Does Your Microbiome Grow?

01.09.2015
Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
The reproduction rates of the bacteria in one's gut may be a good indicator of health or disease        
Single-stranded DNA (orange) interacts with the negatively (red) and positively (blue) charged parts of the protein molecule, as well as with its amino acid structures called aromatic groups (green)

Bracing Up DNA

27.07.2015
Systems Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
When DNA splits apart, the single strands get double the help to stay in shape
The nucleus (red) in the cell center is surrounded by the disorganized actin network in the cytoplasm, on which the myosin-v motors move the vesicles around in the "active random motion"

Getting to the Center

14.06.2015
Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Chemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
How does random motion create directed movement in the cell?  
SuperPaths: A map of human biological pathways. Each node represents a biological pathway and every line shows a connection between pathways. Every connected set is a SuperPath containing several related pathways.

Stay Connected

27.05.2015
Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
SuperPaths provide a global online resource of genetic interactions
Prof. Shimon Ullman

Prof. Shimon Ullman

27.05.2015
Brain & Behavior, Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Prof. Shimon Ullman received the Israel Prize in Mathematics and Computer Science
We share many of our genes with sea urchins, but none of the sequences for long non-coding RNAs that regulate those genes

Looking for Links

25.05.2015
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Non-coding DNA sequences on an evolutionary “fast track” may hold clues to human disease
Game plans

The Coin Toss Paradox

11.02.2015
Mathematics
Can a game with “quantum” rules beat the odds?
biological clock

Reading a Biological Clock in the Dark

21.10.2014
Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science
Proper coordination between our gut bacteria and our biological clocks may be crucial for preventing obesity and glucose intolerance  
receptors day and night

Tumors Might Grow Faster at Night

06.10.2014
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Weizmann Institute scientists reveal that a hormone that keeps us alert also suppresses the spread of cancer
Paradox Alice in Wonderland

Sending a Mixed Message

22.09.2014
Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Mathematics
Why do biological systems use the same signaling molecule for opposite purposes?

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