Viruses & Microorganisms

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

The molecular structure of Spanish flu protein (hemagglutin) bound to a computationally designed protein (green). The designed protein binds the viral protein tightly and with high specificity, blocking the protein's function and neutralizing viral infectivity

Matchmaker

23.05.2012

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

A new method of redesigning protein molecules may yield novel drugs.

Untitled (installation #3), from the Crystal Habit series | Assaf Evron. Archival inkjet print, 2010

Trojan Horse Ride

13.09.2011

Viruses & Microorganisms, Structural Biology

When a mimivirus forcibly ejects its genetic material into a cell, it sends along building materials to make a “virus factory”

Drs. Rotem Sorek and Adi Stern. Bacteria's Achilles heel

The Price of a Sophisticated Immune System

28.03.2011

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

Autoimmune disease in bacteria: The finding could lead to new kinds of antibiotics.

Scanning electron microscope image of Emiliania huxleyi superimposed on a MODIS satellite image of an E. huxleyi bloom in the Barents Sea from 27 July 2004. Satellite image courtesy of Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA; Inset SEM photo by Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers, Inc.

From the Lab to the Ocean

01.02.2011

Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Plants and Agriculture

Tiny phytoplankton are key to the oceans' health – as well as our own

Dr. Rotem Sorek. Reading between the lines

Of Microbes and Men

01.05.2009

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Dr. Rotem Sorek wants to turn microbial secrets to human advantage

Bacteria are Models of Efficiency

Bacteria are Models of Efficiency

04.02.2009

Space & Physics, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A mathematical model developed at the Weizmann Institute has revealed how single-celled organisms regulate their activities for maximum efficiency...

DNA invades the host cell through a star-shaped opening

Large-Scale Invasion

01.11.2008

Viruses & Microorganisms, Structural Biology

A giant virus must be efficient to get its DNA into the host cell

Invasion Strategy of the World's Largest Virus

Invasion Strategy of the World's Largest Virus

29.05.2008

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal the invasion strategy of the world’s largest virus A Weizmann Institute study provides important new...

Electron microscope images of a yeast (Candida albicans) (top) and bacterial (Staphylococcus aureus) (bottom) cell, before (l) and after (r) treatment with synthetic lipopeptides, which damage their cell membranes

War of the Organisms

01.05.2007

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

Combining natural protein fragments could help defeat antibiotic resistant pathogens

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