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Dan Davidi and family

A Scientist in the Eye of the Storm

10.05.2020

People and Events

Dr. Dan Davidi, a Weizmann alumnus, has weathered the pandemic in Boston with his family

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The Soil Talks Back

07.05.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs

Irit Sagi

The Israel Institute for Biological Research and the Weizmann Institute of Science Collaborate to Fight Coronavirus

06.05.2020

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A milestone in relations between the two institutes could advance a cure

Nir London

Israeli-American-British Labs and Biotech Partner to Speed Coronavirus Drug Development

04.05.2020

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An international initiative aims to identify compounds that target a key enzyme in the virus's life cycle

Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell), Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting is part of a series of Five Senses that Rembrandt painted in Leiden around 1625, when he was 19. It was discovered in 2015 in an art collection belonging to a family from New Jersey

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop "Sniff Test" that Predicts Recovery of Consciousness in Brain-Injured Patients

29.04.2020

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The Ultimate Decoy and Antibodies in the Fight Against Coronavirus

The Ultimate Decoy and Antibodies in the Fight Against Coronavirus

26.04.2020

Structural Biology, Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Dr. Ron Diskin of the Weizmann Institute's Structural Biology Department is concentrating his efforts on a two-pronged research project against the current coronavirus

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

20.04.2020

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, Technology & Applications

This cellular factory-on-a-chip could be used to design, produce and test drugs against antibiotic resistant bacteria

Prof. Sarel Fleishman. His research has already led to the design of a potential malaria vaccine, and he is now concentrating his efforts on the coronavirus

Slipping through the Coronavirus's Defense

19.04.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a research platform for designing tiny antibodies that can halt the virus infection process

Prof. Robert Fluhr, director of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine at the Weizmann Institute of Science, receives the first shipment of tests arriving at the Weizmann Institute

The Weizmann Institute of Science Began to Conduct Coronavirus Testing Today

10.04.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

The tests will be carried out at the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine

Online teachers' room

Connecting with Physics – Remotely

07.04.2020

Science Teaching

The online teachers' room provides fertile ground for meetings, tutorials, collaborations and consultations on physics instruction

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