https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/where-inside-and-outside-meet-brain
December 3, 2018
Calm or irate, alert or distracted, wide awake or asleep in bed: Each state causes us to learn and remember differently. The information from external sensory perceptions and our internal states are conveyed through separate neural pathways; yet together they determine how o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/crypt-tip-migrating-gut-cells-adapt-their-locations
November 22, 2018
The small intestine is a place of birth and migration. Every day, hundreds of millions of new cells (more than in any other tissue) are born at bottoms of the villi –tiny finger-like projections on the inner intestinal wall. The newborn cells migrate along the surface of the vill...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-ziv-shulman-0
November 25, 2018
Dr. Ziv Shulman has been elected as an EMBO Young Investigator...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-lia-addadi-4
November 27, 2018
Prof. Lia Addadi is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the ETH, Zurich...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-boaz-nadler
December 2, 2018
Prof. Boaz Nadler has been awarded the Abarbanel Prize in Applied Mathematics from the Israel Mathematical Union...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-science-establishes-dr-barry-sherman-institute-medicinal-chemistry
December 4, 2018
In an effort to advance basic research insights for the benefit of therapeutic discoveries, the Weizmann Institute of Science is establishing the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry thanks to a major gift from the Sherman family. The Sherman Institute for Me...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/profiling-killer-warm-blood
December 6, 2018
Cancer arises when cells lose control. Deciphering the "blueprint" of cancer cells – outlining how cancer cells hijack specific pathways for uncontrolled proliferation - will lead to more efficient ways to fight it. Joint effort of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Scienc...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/importins-anxiety
December 11, 2018
According to some estimates, up to one in three people around the world may experience severe anxiety in their lifetime. In a study described today in Cell Reports, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have revealed a previously unknown mechanism underlying anxiety. T...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-lucio-frydman-5
December 10, 2018
Prof. Lucio Frydman is the recipient of an Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-lucio-frydman-6
December 10, 2018
Prof. Lucio Frydman is the recipient of a Helmholtz International Fellow Award....