Viruses & Microorganisms

Human cells light up with green fluorescent markers after being penetrated by a genetically engineered virus coated with the VSV envelope protein

A Viral “Crook” Cracks Many Locks

05.06.2013

Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

How does a helpful virus often used for gene therapy break into cells?

Mutations Trump Invasion

Mutations Trump Invasion

13.05.2013

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

The process of HIV infection is just one of the subjects protein researcher Dr. Ron Diskin is investigating in his new lab

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

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Dr. Omer Kneller (left) and Chen Mor direct a laser beam before it enters the experimental setup. The experiment required a powerful laser beam that could produce exceptionally short, attosecond light pulses. Photo: Noa Yaffe

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