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Rudi Bertocchi

On the Wings of Discovery

01.05.2000

People, Made at the Institute

Ph.D. student Rudi Bertocchi soars above the desert in a plane he built himself

Amoebas Use 'Midwives' To Reproduce

Amoebas Use 'Midwives' To Reproduce

21.03.2000

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover: Amoebas Use 'Midwives' To Reproduce

A First: Scientists Control The Properties of Semiconductor Devices Using Organic Molecules

A First: Scientists Control The Properties of Semiconductor Devices Using Organic Molecules

09.03.2000

Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute scientists have made an important step towards harnessing organic molecules to future electronics. Reported in the March 9th issue of Nature, their approach places common...

Scientists Block Loss Of Eyesight In Animals With A Glaucoma-Like Disease

Scientists Block Loss Of Eyesight In Animals With A Glaucoma-Like Disease

06.03.2000

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Weizmann Institute scientists have succeeded in stopping the progressive loss of eyesight in animals with a glaucoma-like disease. Their innovative study, reported in the March 6, 2001 issue of the...

'Biomechanical Switch' Regulates How Cells Stick Together And Communicate

'Biomechanical Switch' Regulates How Cells Stick Together And Communicate

28.02.2000

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists propose a model regulating cell adhesion -- central to embryonic development, cellular movement, and communication 'Hard times,' or more specifically, exposure to...

Shooting The Messenger

Shooting The Messenger

13.02.2000

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

The age-old appeal to avoid 'shooting the messenger' is apparently left unheeded by the body's protein regulation system. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have recently uncovered one...

The Ins And Outs Of Acetylcholine

The Ins And Outs Of Acetylcholine

13.02.2000

Brain & Behavior

A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute and France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has recently shown that the acetylcholine neurotransmitter plays a double role...

A Superconductor's 'Electric Memory'

A Superconductor's 'Electric Memory'

13.02.2000

Space & Physics

Weizmann Institute scientists have managed to explain how superconductors penetrated by magnetic fields 'remember' the physical properties of electrical currents

Weizmann Institute Scientists Devise an Approach For 'Recruiting' an Immune System Response to Partial Spinal Cord Injuries

Weizmann Institute Scientists Devise an Approach For 'Recruiting' an Immune System Response to Partial Spinal Cord Injuries

01.02.2000

Brain & Behavior, Immunology

Several years ago, a team of Weizmann researchers found that immune cells known as macrophages may be 'recruited' to encourage repair and renewed growth of damaged nerve fibers.Profs. Schwartz and...

X-ray radiation from a synchrotron source can rapidly damage, in a very specific way, the structure of a protein, as seen by X-ray crystallography. The four images represent a series of electron density maps collected from the same protein crystal. Protein degradation is indicated by the disappearance of the disulfide bond (yellow bar, surrounded by empty blue cage) linking the carbon chains (white balls). These images represent the first-ever recording of experimentally-induced chemical bond breakage usin

Weizmann Institute Scientists Capture The First-Ever 3D Visualization Of How Molecules Break Apart When Exposed To X-Rays

27.01.2000

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology

Their findings may yield future measures for preventing radiation-induced health damages.

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