Technology & Applications

Prof. Amos Breskin

Advanced Radiation Detectors

12.09.2010

Space & Physics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Amos Breskin develops advanced radiation detectors, which have an important impact on many fields of research, such as particle, nuclear and...

Prof. Yair Reisner

Hepatitis B and C Therapies

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Yair Reisner developed mice with functioning human immune systems. These laboratory animals can be used for research on a broad range of human...

Prof. Ephraim Katzir

Development of Synthetic Antigens

12.09.2010

Biochemistry, Benefiting Humanity

In the 1950s, Prof. Ephraim Katzir developed simple synthetic models, known as polyamino acids, that made it easier to study the properties of...

Prof. Ephraim Katzir d

Immobilized Enzymes Used in the Pharmaceutical Industry

12.09.2010

Biochemistry, Benefiting Humanity

In the 1960s, Prof. Ephraim Katzir developed a method for binding enzymes to a variety of insoluble carriers. Enzymes speed up many chemical...

Prof. Yair Reisner

Method Preventing Transplant Rejection

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Yair Reisner studied molecules of various sugars and sugar-binding proteins called lectins, which allow cells to identify one another and latch...

Prof. Meir Wilchek

A Method for Separating Biological Materials

12.09.2010

Biochemistry, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Meir Wilchek developed a method called affinity chromatography for separating biological materials, such as enzymes, antibodies, hormones and...

Prof. David Givol

Antibody Fragment Used in Genetic Engineering Techniques

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. David Givol spent a significant part of his career investigating the structure-function relationship of antibodies. He identified the smallest...

Prof. Leo Sachs

Amniocentesis

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Leo Sachs was the first to use cells from the amniotic fluid surrounding the human fetus for diagnostic purposes. The procedure later became...

Prof. Adi Shamir

RSA Algorithm for Secured Transations

12.09.2010

Math & Computer Science, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Adi Shamir, together with two colleagues from the United States, developed an algorithm (now called RSA, for the last initials of its...

Prof. Valeri Krongauz

Light-Sensitive Coating for Sunglasses

12.09.2010

Chemistry, Benefiting Humanity

In the 1960s, Institute scientists discovered photochromism, a reversible change in the color of materials due to exposure to light. Following up on...

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