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Arabidopsis leaves with and without cholesterol

High Cholesterol Is Good News – in Plants

20.02.2017

Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture

The biochemical steps to making cholesterol in plants turn out to be surprisingly similar to those in animals

Piece of the merge beam apparatus

Cold, Excited Molecules Change Shape

16.02.2017

Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry

In the realm of quantum physics, colliding molecules can react as balls or batons

chiral molecules select electron spins

Controlling Electron Spin for Efficient Water Splitting

13.02.2017

Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science

The method could lead to solar-based production of hydrogen for fuel

A cross section of a mouse liver lobule under a fluorescence microscope. The middle layer reveals an abundance of messenger RNA molecules (white dots) for the gene encoding hepcidin, the iron-regulating hormone

Gene Analysis Adds Layers to Understanding How Our Livers Function

13.02.2017

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

Tracking gene expression patterns for 20,000 genes in 1,500 cells revealed a mosaic of activities

Brain tissue from genetically engineered mice

Keeping Up the Pressure

13.02.2017

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

A new neural mechanism is found to regulate the chronic stress response

Weizmann theater ensemble

Weizmann Theater Ensemble Presents

09.02.2017

Science & Culture

Now in its 12th year, the group chose the play Krum, by Hanoch Levin

Dr. Silvio Pitlik

Dr. Silvio Pitlik: Preserving Our Internal Ecosystems

05.02.2017

Viruses & Microorganisms

The day after retiring from medicine, Pitlik showed up in the lab of Prof. Rotem, Sorek

Prof. Avraham Yaron and group

Losing Nerve: Development Sheds Light on Later Degenerative Disease

02.02.2017

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Protein “brakes” that stay nerve cell pruning early on may malfunction in ALS and other disorders

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

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