https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/lavi-bigman
January 18, 2021
Lavi Bigman (in the group of Prof. Koby Levy) is the winner of the National Forum for BioInnovators ("NFBI") award...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/feeling-their-way-how-migrating-cell-clusters-choose-path
February 8, 2021
A developing embryo is a site of massive migration: Not only individual cells, but entire groups of cells move about before assuming their assigned spots. Such migrations are largely guided by chemical signals, but scientists have long suspected that the physical structures the d...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/stress-every-cell-mapping-stress-axis-detail
January 27, 2021
Chronic stress could be the prevailing condition of our time. In the short term, our jaws or stomachs may clench; in the long term, stress can lead to metabolic disease and speed up diseases of aging, as well as leading to more serious psychological disorders. The physical manife...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-rafal-klajn
January 27, 2021
Prof. Rafal Klajn is the recipient of the 2021 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in Chemistry...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/technology-applications/our-customers-want-yellow-bananas
March 4, 2021
“The pioneering idea of Yeda Research and Development – to commercialize the ideas of the Institute’s scientists – was groundbreaking at the time, and it has proven itself over the years. Its major successes in pharmaceuticals have been impressive, but the world outside the acade...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/stress-response-protein-links-inflammatory-disease-colon-cancer
February 18, 2021
Inflammation promotes some of the deadliest cancers. In the colon, inflammatory bowel disease is well known to be associated with higher-than-average rates of malignancy. Nevertheless, the developing tumor is commonly diagnosed only when it has already advanced or even metastasiz...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/ocean-blooms
March 1, 2021
Dr. Flora Vincent, a marine microbiologist by training, was born in the Southeast of France in a beautiful place called Aubagne, next to Marseille, and she says her childhood memories of dreamy summer holidays by the sea probably influenced her decision to become a marine biologi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-leslie-leiserowitz
February 11, 2021
Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz has been awarded a 2021 Wolf Prize in Chemistry...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-meir-lahav
February 11, 2021
Prof. Meir Lahav has been awarded a 2021 Wolf Prize in Chemistry...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/solving-140-year-old-riddle
February 17, 2021
The Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2021, will be awarded to two Weizmann Institute of Science researchers, Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz and Prof. Meir Lahav, both of the Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Department. It is awarded for their collaborative establishment of the ”fundam...