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Prof. Emeritus Moshe Feldman

Genetically Modified Wheat

12.09.2010
Plants and Agriculture, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Emeritus Moshe Feldman developed innovative chromosomal engineering techniques and used them to transfer desired genes from wild emmer wheat...
Prof. Jonathan Gressel

Battling Parasitic Weeds

12.09.2010
Plants and Agriculture, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Jonathan Gressel developed herbicide resistance methods for battling parasitic weeds such as witchweeds and broomrapes, which ravage grain and...
Prof. Robert Fluhr

Looking Forward to plants that adjust to stress

26.08.2010
Plants and Agriculture
Prof. Robert Fluhr: "I'd like to see our research help provide for human needs by creating plants that will be resilient and remain productive in...
l-r) Dr. Asaph Aharoni, Dr. Ilana Rogachev, Tal Mendel and Dr. Avital Adato

Color It Pink

01.05.2010
Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Pink tomato genes code for more than color.  
The Pink Gene unravelled by Weizmann Institute scientists

The Pink Gene unravelled by Weizmann Institute scientists

14.01.2010
Plants and Agriculture
Weizmann Institute scientists unravel the genetic secrets of a pink tomato    
Dr. Ron Milo

Looking Forward to improvements on natural photosynthesis

01.11.2009
Plants and Agriculture
Dr. Ron Milo: "Our future depends on breakthroughs in the use of energy, water and land. My students and I will bring all of our motivation and...
(l-r) Iris Margalit, Dr. Ilit Cohen-Ofri, Dr. Joanna Grzyb, Dr. Dror Noy and Dr. Jebasinga Tennyson. Custom-built proteins

Shedding Light

01.10.2008
Energy, Plants and Agriculture
Dr. Dror Noy plans to apply lessons from living plants to create better fuels
What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

01.07.2008
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
Creating environmentally friendly fuel from trash might be the ultimate recycling feat  
Biosensor makes the plant glow (right) when thiamin levels drop

Ancient Throwback: New Technology

02.05.2008
Plants and Agriculture
A unique RNA switch in plants was engineered to show vitamin levels  
Going for Green

Going for Green

01.05.2008
Biochemistry, Energy, Plants and Agriculture
Institute scientists are advancing the search for better fuel  

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