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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/flipping-light-separate-left-right
December 12, 2019
How long does it take to sort chiral molecules – those that come in “left-handed” and “right-handed” versions? For example, a common method involves using light with circular polarization. The light ionizes the molecules – causing them to emit electrons. Depending on the chiralit...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/greenest-diet-bacteria-switch-eating-carbon-dioxide
November 27, 2019
Bacteria in the lab of Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science have not just sworn off sugar – they have stopped eating all of their normal solid food, existing instead on carbon dioxide (CO2) from their environment. That is, they were able to build all of their bioma...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-molecules-precisely-target-mutant-disease-gene
December 2, 2019
When Weizmann Institute of Science’s Prof. Rivka Dikstein set out to study a gene regulating inflammation, she had no idea she’d find a promising route to developing a drug for Huntington’s disease. Dikstein’s team, in the Biomolecular Sciences Department, focused on a gene calle...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-jacob-klein-10
November 24, 2019
Prof. Jacob Klein has been awarded the 2019 Israel Chemical Society (ICS) Gold Medal...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-cahen-5
November 24, 2019
Prof. David Cahen is the recipient of a Helmholtz International Fellow Award...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/11th-president-weizmann-institute-and-four-new-vice-presidents-take-office
December 1, 2019
The 11th president of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Prof. Alon Chen, took office today. He is joined by four new vice presidents, all of whom assumed their new mantles today. “The Weizmann Institute is a world-leading research institution that generates transformative knowle...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/look-forward
November 30, 2019
Dear Chairman of the International Board Prof. Jehuda Reinharz; Chairman of the Executive Board Mr. Shimshon Harel; members of the Board; Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute, and his leadership team, Prof. Michal Neeman, Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph, Prof. Mudi S...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-rachel-mamlok-naaman-1
November 27, 2019
Dr. Rachel Mamlok-Naaman has been elected as a Chair of the Division of Education, the European Chemistry Society, and as a Titular member in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/prof-daniella-goldfarb-scientists-channel
November 28, 2019
One of the quests of protein researchers is to understand how proteins behave inside cells. And since proteins come in different sizes, shapes and occupations, measurement methods that work for small, simple proteins, for example, may not work well for larger, more flexible prote...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-ron-naaman-4
December 1, 2019
Prof. Ron Naaman is the recipient of the Meitner Humboldt Research Award...
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