https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/looking-forward-observing-neurons-acting-collectively
November 1, 2009
Dr. Elad Schneidman: "We are starting to connect the letters of the neurons' language into syllables; we hope to understand words and even sentences soon. Hopefully, in the future, we'll be able to directly read complex information stored in the brain by deciphering the patterns...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/looking-forward-more-accurate-less-invasive-cancer-diagnosis
November 1, 2009
Prof. Hadassa Degani: "The advances in this technology have the potential to revolutionize the field of diagnostics. I have no doubt that all these methods will eventually be translated to clinical use. In the meantime, we continue to get ever newer and better tools." Dis...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/looking-forward-find-out-what-makes-stem-cell-tick
November 1, 2009
Dr. Lilach Gilboa: "I hope to reveal the orchestrated steps by which cells of different kinds come together to form a beautifully structured, functioning organ." Finding Their Niche Nested within developing ovaries, like Chinese boxes, are primordial germ cells – the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/creative-partnership
November 1, 2009
Every day, Weizmann Institute scientists take off for parts unknown on fascinating journeys to realms still undiscovered. Their "flag-ship" is the lab, and its most outstanding feature is the constant renewal that p...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/organ-underground
October 1, 2009
The London Tube is the city’s lifeline, transporting people to every corner and back. Similarly, the body relies on networks of tubes – tubular organs such as the gut, windpipe and glands – to transport such bodily substances as solutes, hormones, nutrients, oxygen and...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-education/weizmann-garden-science-recently-opened-mexico
October 1, 2009
The “Spanish-speaking” version of an outdoor, interactive science museum, based on the exhibits at the Clore Garden of Science on the Weizmann campus, can be found at the Mexico City Jewish Sports Center (CDI). Members of the Mexican Association of Friends of the Weizmann Institu...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/bright-sparks
October 1, 2009
Sparks of Science program. Promoting science and technology A ceremony marking the completion of the “Sparks of Science” program for this academic year recently took place at the Davidson Institute of Science Education. About 100 program participants attended the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/buildings-and-major-facilities
August 29, 2010
Arison Neurobiology Building Arison Foundation Miami, FL George Atlas Pedagogical Center Building George Atlas Chicago, IL Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Foundation, Inc. New York, NY Simon and Te...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/residential-areas-gardens-and-courts-1
August 29, 2010
William and Lynne Frankel House, Youth Village Philadelphia, PA Garoon Family Court of Planetary Science llene and Philip Garoon Chicago, IL Shoshana and Martin S.Gerstel House, Youth Village Menlo Park, CA and Jerusalem, Israel Drs. Irving M., Brent and Mark...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/research-wings-and-laboratories
August 29, 2010
Morris L. and Celia B. Aaronson Wing New York, NY Myron Ackerman Laboratory Boca Raton, FL Jacques Asseoff Wing New York, NY The Bedrich Auerbach Laboratory for Cancer Research Magda and Charles Kornitzer Edison, NJ Abraham Beleson Memorial Laboratory...