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Barcoded ant in the lab of Dr. Ofer Feinerman

Divine Secrets of the Ant Sisterhood

28.11.2011

Space & Physics

Dr. Ofer Feinerman applies physics to understanding the collective behavior of ants

Prof. David Milstein

Prof. David Milstein

28.11.2011

People and Events

Prof. David Milstein has been invited to deliver the Ernest H. Swift Lecture at California Institute of Technology, USA

Andromeda Biotech: A Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Developed by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute Meets Primary and Secondary Goals of Phase III Clinical Trials

Andromeda Biotech: A Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Developed by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute Meets Primary and Secondary Goals of Phase III Clinical Trials

22.11.2011

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology

Pateints receiving the drug had significantly higher pancreas function than those in the control group.

Illustration of nanowires growing along nanogrooves

Getting Nanowires into the Groove

14.11.2011

Nanoscience, Materials Science

An accidental discovery with carbon nanotubes could lead to new and better semiconductor nanowires

Experiments revealed multiple possible “paths” through a protein’s folding landscape

Protein Folding Makes Tracks

14.11.2011

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Structural Biology

How does a protein fold? Institute scientists count the ways

(l-r) Dr. Henry Yaffe and Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph in the late 1980s. Laser lab

Lasers and Fiber Optics

04.11.2011

Made at the Institute

Dr. Henry Yaffe designs and manufactures devices for testing fiber-optic equipment.

(l-r) Drs. Eyal Rotenberg and David Asaf, Prof. Dan Yakir and Yakir Preisler. Lab on wheels

Environmental Research Goes on the Road

04.11.2011

Environment, Energy, Biotechnology

With the new Biosphere-Atmosphere Research Mobile Lab, researchers now can bring the lab to the forest.

Old newsprint /Shironeko Euro. History behind the print

Between the Lines

04.11.2011

Environment, Energy

Old paper preserves records of air pollution from over 100 years ago.

Three-dimensional structure of the neurohypophysis in a zebrafish embryo (the nerve fibers and blood vessels are genetically tagged with fluorescent proteins). This brain area provides an interface between nerve cells (green), arteries (purple) and veins (red)

A Hormone Ensures its Future

02.11.2011

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Scientists reveal the structure of a brain area where hormones that regulate vital body processes pass into the blood.

Unraveling Batten Disease

Unraveling Batten Disease

02.11.2011

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Experiments with a yeast gene reveal what goes wrong in a degenerative childhood disease.

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