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rewriting DNA illustration

Rewriting DNA to Understand What it Says

31.05.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Math & Computer Science, Biotechnology

New Weizmann Institute technology speeds up DNA “rewriting” and measures the effects of the changes in living cells

Leukemia cells. Image: Wikimedia commons, NIH

Why Chemotherapy Fails

29.05.2012

Biochemistry, Cancer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Research led by Weizmann Institute scientists shows why leukemia often returns

Dr. Hagar Landsman at the geographical South Pole

Workplace: On the Ice

29.05.2012

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Work on specialized particle detectors takes Dr. Hagar Landsman from Antarctic ice to Italian underground caves.

(l-r) Ido Kaminsky, Prof. Eitan Reuveny, Ruth Meller, Raz Palty and Dr. Adi Raveh. Steady supply

Taking Stock of Calcium

29.05.2012

What keeps a cellular “warehouse” from overfilling?

Super Supernovae

Super Supernovae

24.05.2012

The largest stars die in explosions more powerful than anyone thought possible--some triggered in part by the production of antimatter

(l-r) Profs. Benjamin Geiger and Joachim Spatz

Synthetic Cells Stand In for the Real Thing

23.05.2012

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Materials Science

A biologist and a materials scientist create a new approach to understanding living cell mechanics

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.

Israel Structural Proteomics Center (ISPC) illustration

At the Core

15.05.2012

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Israel’s leadership in structural biology leads to the establishment of an Instruct Core Centre

Cover illustration: the zebrafish stress response

Two for the Price of One

15.05.2012

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

A unique ON-OFF switch in the brain controls a main stress hormone

Top: Dr. Noa Chapal-Ilani and Yitzhak Reizel. Bottom: Drs. Rivka Adar and Shalev Itzkovitz, and Profs. Nava Dekel and Ehud Shapiro

Skeletons (and other Organs) in the Cell Family Tree

15.05.2012

Cancer, Stem Cells, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Tracing the lineages of cells resolves some outstanding questions in biology

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