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Disrupted Immunity in the Fetal Brain Is Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

27.06.2016

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute findings in mice may help explain how viral infection during pregnancy raises the risk of autism and schizophrenia in the offspring

illustration: CO2-eating E coli

Eating Air, Making Fuel

23.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Environment, Energy

Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Bruce Lefker and Berta Strulovici

Weizmann Institute of Science Announces Visiting Scientist Agreement with Pfizer Inc.

05.06.2016

Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., its commercial arm, announced this week that they have entered a multi-year arrangement with Pfizer Inc.

CRFR1 -- only for emergencies

Receptive to Stress

26.05.2016

Brain & Behavior

A stress receptor in the brain is found to regulate metabolic responses to stressful situations differently in male and female mice

cooperation agreement signing

École Polytechnique and the Weizmann Institute of Science Sign Cooperation Agreement

26.05.2016

Lasers & Optics

Scientific exchange has begun with a laser-plasma accelerator lab

YEDA

One Patent, Three Drugs

16.03.2016

Cancer, Immunology, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Portrazza is approved to by the US FDA to treat lung cancer

The circadian clock regulates the mitochondria’s utilization of nutrients throughout the day

Time to Eat

16.03.2016

Biochemistry, Nutrition

Weizmann Institute scientists find that our cells' power plants run on timers

Red and green dots reveal a region in the brain that that is very dense with synapses. A special fluorescent protein allows Dr. Ofer Yizhar and his group to record the activity of the synapses

Temporary Disconnects Shed Light on Long-Term Brain Dysfunction

16.03.2016

Brain & Behavior

Targeting axons uncovers the brain's distance communications

The mouth of a coral polyp (center): Symbiotic algae are labeled in red, pathogenic bacteria that enter through this region are labeled in blue

Coral on a Chip Cracks Coral Mysteries

16.03.2016

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment

Growing corals in the lab reveals their complex lives

A small change in images at the minimal recognizable configurations (MIRC) level can cause a large drop in human recognition rate. MIRCs (top) and corresponding sub-MIRCs (bottom); numbers under each image indicate the human recognition rate

Less than Meets the Eye

07.03.2016

Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Computer Vision

How do computers - or our brains - recognize images?

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