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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

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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.

Professor Michael Sela

Prestigious German Award to Weizmann Institute Professor

05.02.1996

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REHOVOT, Israel -- February 5, 1996 -- On February 12, the Weizmann Institute will host a ceremony at which Institute Professor Michael Sela will become the first non-German to receive the Harnack Medal, the Max Planck Society's highest award.

Moroccan Scientists Bask in Israeli Hospitality

Moroccan Scientists Bask in Israeli Hospitality

01.02.1996

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REHOVOT, Israel -- February 1996 -- Diplomatic contacts with various Arab nations no longer sound like science fiction to Israelis, but professional exchanges with people in some of these countries still have the flavor of an adventure. Members of a Weizmann Institute delegation traveling recently to a scientific conference in the Moroccan town of Essaouira (Mogador) were apprehensive. After all, they were going to a country that only a year before had established official ties with Israel.

Yaakov Naan Appointed Weizmann Institute Vice President for Finance and Administration

Yaakov Naan Appointed Weizmann Institute Vice President for Finance and Administration

08.01.1996

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REHOVOT, Israel -- January 8, 1996 --Yaakov Naan is about to join the Weizmann Institute as Vice President for Finance and Administration. He will take office on February 1, 1996, replacing David Schlachet, who is leaving to engage in private business after having served in this capacity for five years.

Prof. Sharon shakes hands with the President of Israel, Mr. Ezer Weizman at the Israel Prize Ceremony. To Weizman's left are Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Minister of Science and the Arts Shulamit Aloni

Weizmann Scientists Honored for Research Achievements

01.10.1994

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Prof. Nathan Sharon receives the 1994 Israel Prize in the life sciences

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