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Staff Scientist: Dr. Miriam Eisenstein

Staff Scientist: Dr. Miriam Eisenstein

30.01.2017

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

What makes proteins tick?

green rust in the lab

A Rusty Green Early Ocean?

26.01.2017

A Weizmann lab recreates a primary mechanism by which today's ore deposits originally formed

White blood cell squeezing through endothelial cells (grey) on its way out of the blood vessel walls. The actin cytoskeleton of both cells is exposed; the white blood cell nucleus is shown in brown and the large actin rich extension that dismantles the endothelial actin is shown in yellow

Uncovering the Secrets of White Cell Power

26.01.2017

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

White blood cells push their way through barriers to get to infection sites

Malaria vaccine

Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

26.01.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to stabilizing protein structures could be key to an efficient vaccine

Snd2 was tagged with a green fluorescent protein, and the endoplasmic reticulum was marked with a red fluorescent protein. The overlap between the green and red microscopy signals indicates that the newly discovered Snd2 is a receptor on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.

Outward-Bound Proteins Have a Third Way

22.01.2017

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A newly discovered “shuttle” for proteins is a “safety net” for vital communication between cells

Upon infection, bacterial viruses (phages) release communication molecules that tell later phage generations whether it is preferable to attack their host cells or lie dormant

Viruses Overheard Talking to One Another

18.01.2017

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

Viruses that infect bacteria communicate to coordinate infection

Tamir Klein tree group

Dr. Tamir Klein Sees the Forest and the Trees

16.01.2017

Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Between his lab, the greenhouses and nearby forests, Klein hopes to understand how trees adapt

bats orient themselves to a destination

Bats Remember Directions

12.01.2017

Brain & Behavior

Researchers identify the cells that orient bats – and possibly humans – toward a destination

Moon formation

A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon

09.01.2017

Space & Physics, Math & Computer Science

New simulations challenge the idea that the Moon was born of a single giant collision

Roy Naor

Getting Ready for Mars

02.01.2017

Space & Physics, Planetary Science

Israel’s official representative prepares to conduct geological research in a simulated Mars station

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