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Prof. Leo Sachs

Shaare Zedek Honors Weizmann Institute's Prof. Leo Sachs

17.10.1996

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REHOVOT, Israel -- October 17, 1996 -- Prof. Leo Sachs of the Weizmann Institute of Science has been named this year s recipient of an award for an outstanding contribution to society. Prof. Sachs, 72, received the Ot Hanagid (Medal of the Governor) award, presented annually by Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, for his pioneering work in cancer research.

Getting to Know Our Neighbors

Getting to Know Our Neighbors

01.10.1996

People and Events›Events›Conferences

Prof. Joe Jaffe

Early Days in the Weizmann Institute

01.10.1996

People and Events›Science & Culture

A new book recalls the the Weizmann Institute's "adolescence"

Prof. David Samuel and Queen Elizabeth II. Rare honor

The Queen and the Professor

01.10.1996

People and Events›Science & Culture

Weizmann Institute Prof. David Samuel is awarded the Order of the British Empire

A Celebrated Scientist: Ephraim Katzir at 80

A Celebrated Scientist: Ephraim Katzir at 80

01.10.1996

People and Events›People

Nobel laureates and others gather at the Institute to celebrate the 80th birthday of Prof. Ephraim Katzir

Prof. Ehud Shapiro and America Online CEO Steve Case. real success

A Real Success Out of Virtual Places

01.10.1996

People and Events›Made at the Institute

Prof. Ehud Shapiro's Internet meeting software has met with commercial success

Scientists Brainstorm to Find Cure for Tourette Syndrome

Scientists Brainstorm to Find Cure for Tourette Syndrome

10.07.1996

People and Events›Events›Conferences

REHOVOT, Israel -- July 10, 1996 -- An intensive effort to shed light on Tourette syndrome -- the humiliating genetic disorder known for causing sufferers to twitch and swear repetitively -- brought six Yale University professors to Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science recently for a meeting of leading scientific minds.

Professor Meir Wilchek

1996 Distinguished Clinical Chemist award

04.07.1996

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REHOVOT, Israel. The Weizmann Institute's Professor Meir Wilchek has been named the 1996 winner of the prestigious Distinguished Clinical Chemist Award, given every three years by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. Prof. Wilchek, who revolutionized the purification of biochemicals, will be presented with the award on July 7 at the opening ceremony of the Federation s triennial international congress being held in London on July 7 - 12.

Prof. Yoseph Imry

Rothschild Prize to Weizmann Institute Professor Yoseph Imry

26.06.1996

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REHOVOT, Israel -- May 26, 1996 -- Weizmann Institute Prof. Yoseph Imry, a leading expert in the theory of solid state physics and one of the founders of the new and growing field known as mesoscopic physics, will today receive the 1996 Rothschild Prize in Physics, to be presented at a ceremony taking place at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem.

Six Prizes to Weizmann Institute Scientists

Six Prizes to Weizmann Institute Scientists

10.06.1996

People and Events›People

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 10, 1996 -- Six outstanding Weizmann Institute scientists have just received prizes for their research work. Dr. Shimon Edelman of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science was awarded the Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathematics for his research on representation of three-dimensional objects in vision.

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