Molecular and Cell Biology

(l-r) Dr. Gili Ben-Nissan, Prof. Yosef Shaul, Dr. Michal Sharon and Oren Moscovitz

Rescuing the Rescuers

24.07.2012

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

How does the cell keep certain vital proteins from getting recycled?

Judging DNA by Its Cover

Judging DNA by Its Cover

23.07.2012

Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A newly-discovered molecular mechanism might explain the link between stem cells and cancer

Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

17.07.2012

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A molecule developed at the Institute can intercept potentially cancer-promoting messages before they reach the cell nucleus

Cell Reports cover: Illustration by Dr. Rita Gelin-Licht showing yeast cells mating through extensions

Yeast Side Story

16.07.2012

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

When yeast cells want to mate, they grow extensions in the direction of potential partners

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

Budding wing from irradiated fruit fly larvae, magnified about 80 times; various aspects of apoptosis in a regular fly (left column) are compared with the mutant fly lacking the drice gene (right column). Upper row: “reporter” proteins are highlighted with green fluorescent protein; middle row: the cutting up of these reporter proteins by caspases; bottom row: numerous cells die by apoptosis in the regular fruit fly (left), whereas almost no apoptosis occurs in the fly lacking the Drice caspase (right)

The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Cellular Fortune

11.06.2012

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

What separates the cells that are prone to suicide from those that are long lived?

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

(l-r) Profs. Benjamin Geiger and Joachim Spatz

Synthetic Cells Stand In for the Real Thing

23.05.2012

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Materials Science

A biologist and a materials scientist create a new approach to understanding living cell mechanics

Cover illustration: the zebrafish stress response

Two for the Price of One

15.05.2012

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

A unique ON-OFF switch in the brain controls a main stress hormone

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