https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/food-supplements
September 12, 2010
Prof. Mordhay Avron isolated and investigated the single-cell alga, Dunaliella, which is able to survive in extremely harsh surroundings, such as the highly saline water of the Dead Sea. Among the defense strategies allowing Dunaliella to exist under these difficult conditio...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/genetically-modified-wheat
September 12, 2010
Prof. Emeritus Moshe Feldman developed innovative chromosomal engineering techniques and used them to transfer desired genes from wild emmer wheat into cultivated wheat. Application The resultant wheat provided higher yields than the original varieties....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/battling-parasitic-weeds
September 12, 2010
Prof. Jonathan Gressel developed herbicide resistance methods for battling parasitic weeds such as witchweeds and broomrapes, which ravage grain and legume crops in several parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. An estimated...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-yuval-gefen
October 16, 2006
Prof. Yuval Gefen was appointed Director of the prospective Center for Advanced Study at the Weizmann Institute....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-harel
October 11, 2006
Prof. David Harel received the 2006 Outstanding Research Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (ACM SIGSOFT). Prof. Yoseph Imry received the 2006 EMET Prize in Physics....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-ernesto-joselevich
October 9, 2006
Dr. Ernesto Joselevich received the Scientific Council Prize for Chemistry from the Weizmann Institute’s Scientific Council....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-adi-kimchi
October 8, 2006
Prof. Adi Kimchi received the Sergio Lombroso Award in Cancer Research...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-meir-lahav
October 6, 2006
Prof. Meir Lahav received the Chirality Medal instituted by the Italian Chemical Society...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-rachel-mamlok-naaman
October 5, 2006
Dr. Rachel Mamlok-Naaman received the Maxine Singer Prize for Outstanding Research Associate from the Weizmann Institute’s Scientific Council...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-milstein
October 4, 2006
Prof. David Milstein was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina...