Viruses & Microorganisms

Live two-photon microscopy of the small intestine

The Spies Inside

07.05.2013

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How does the immune system in the gut distinguish between helpful microbes and those that wish us harm?

Cellulose fibers in the plant cell wall magnified 50,000 times by an atomic force microscope

Bringing Down Walls

17.04.2013

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

Observing the breakdown of the tough material in plant cell walls may lead to better biofuel production

Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

A Fragile Equilibrium

16.12.2012

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy

(l-r) Osnat Tirosh, Nir Fluman and Prof. Eitan Bibi

Arms Race

29.11.2012

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Benefiting Humanity

Scientists reveal one of bacteria’s secret weapons against antibiotics

Prof. Dan Tawfik, Dr. Mikael Elias, Korina Goldin and Alon Wellner

Living with Arsenic

18.11.2012

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

How do bacteria cope with toxins that resemble nutrients?

Rejecting Arsenate

Rejecting Arsenate

22.10.2012

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms

Institute scientists reveal how bacteria living in toxic environments identify and expel the poison

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

Seagoing research team (l-r) Uri Sheyn, Dr. Miguel Frada, Shlomit Sharoni, Daniella Schatz, Dr. Assaf Vardi and Dr. Yoav Lehan

The Deep Blue

06.08.2012

Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

Dr. Assaf Vardi and his Weizmann team joined a month-long research cruise to study the life cycle of a tiny microorganism

The future of fuel? Image: Thinkstock

Genome of a Cellulose-Eating Bacterium Sequenced

24.07.2012

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Genetics, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

The sequence will help researchers design better means of recycling waste and producing biofuel

Electron micrograph of bacteriophages Image: Dr Graham Beards, Wikimedia Commons

Helpful Bacteria, Harmful Viruses

17.07.2012

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

The beneficial bacteria in our guts are open to attack from viruses

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