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arabidopsis

Plants Blink: Proceeding with Caution in Sunlight

22.01.2019
Plants and Agriculture
Like eye’s adjustment to sudden changes in light, plants have sensitive mechanisms to protect their leaves from rapid changes in radiation
Cassini image of Saturn

Saturn’s Atmosphere Proves Deep, Its Rings Young

17.01.2019
Astrophysics, Planetary Science
As Cassini reached its final act, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers took part in the last phase of the 20-year mission
Senescent cells

The Immune System’s Fountain of Youth

31.12.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology
Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristics
satellites

CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds

17.12.2018
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate
An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins a €14 million European Research Council award
MeCP2 and neurons

The Importins of Anxiety

11.12.2018
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior
The discovery of a new neural mechanism underlying anxiety points to possible treatments
Amit

Profiling a Killer in Warm Blood

06.12.2018
Cancer, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Israeli scientists and physicians develop a new technology for profiling the unique genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells that will allow better diagnosis and treatment
Medicinal Chemistry

The Weizmann Institute of Science establishes the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry

04.12.2018
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
The Institute will fund innovative research on compounds that hold promise for becoming therapies for a range of human diseases and disorders
Prof. Alon Chen

Prof. Alon Chen Elected Next President of the Weizmann Institute of Science

05.11.2018
Merbl_proteasomes

Cellular Trash Cans Reveal the Roles of Proteins in Disease

22.10.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A novel technology for profiling protein turnover and degradation offers new insight into diagnosis and understanding the molecular basis of autoimmunity, cancer, neurodegeneration and other disorders
precision health

$20M D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation gift expands collaboration of the Weizmann Institute of Science with the University of Michigan and the Technion

15.10.2018
Consider a future in which robots work alongside humans to search for disaster survivors and seniors monitor their response to bacterial infections in real time.

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