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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-eran-elinav-0
November 1, 2018
Prof. Eran Elinav has been awarded the Mifal HaPais Science Landau Prize in Immunology....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-alon-chen-elected-next-president-weizmann-institute-science
November 5, 2018
The Executive Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science, headed by Shimshon Harel, announced they have elected Prof. Alon Chen to be the 11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Presidential Search Committee, headed by the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-rafal-klajn-0
November 4, 2018
Prof. Rafal Klajn is the winner of the Chemical Society Reviews Emerging Investigator Lectureship....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-rafal-klajn-1
November 4, 2018
Prof. Rafal Klajn is the recipient of the Cram-Lehn-Pedersen Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/migration-undead
November 8, 2018
If the molecular machines in our cells were as noisy as their factory-sized counterparts, our bodies would be constantly humming. The cell’s demolition machines – enzymes called caspases that under certain circumstances cause the cell to self-destruct – are continuously engaged i...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/killer-crystal
November 13, 2018
“Bad cholesterol” is a misnomer: Cholesterol is a basic component of life. Specifically, it provides elasticity to the fatty substance that makes up the membranes of our cells. Even the LDL cholesterol, which is known to be a risk factor in artery disease, is not really “bad” all...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/tale-three-noises
November 15, 2018
One hundred years ago, the scientist and inventor Walter Schottky discovered an electronic noise in vacuum tubes. When Schottky applied a voltage between two electrodes separated by a vacuum, he found that the flow of electrons from one electrode to the other was fragmented. In t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/step-step-crystallization-shows-organic-crystals’-amorphous-side
November 19, 2018
Not all crystals are created equal, even if they are made of exactly the same material. For instance, up to a dozen different structures sometimes emerge in the manufacture of organic crystals intended to serve as drugs. That can be a problem when only the right one will produce...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-yosef-yarden-8
November 19, 2018
Prof. Yosef Yarden is the recipient of the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (ISOBM) Abbott Award for Cancer Research and Tumor Biomarkers....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/fas-track-fighting-antibiotic-resistant-tb
November 26, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) killed an estimated 1.7 million people and newly infected 10 million in 2016 alone, according to World Health Organization figures. As some strains are becoming resistant to all known antibiotics, new approaches are desperately needed. One potential target for d...
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