https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching/teachers-and-mentors
May 1, 2010
Six research students, some of them graduates of the Feinberg Graduate School, were awarded teaching certificates in science and mathematics, and 30 teachers received teacher-mentor certificates during a ce...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/microbes-and-men
May 1, 2009
Dr. Rotem Sorek, who recently joined the Weizmann Institutes Molecular Genetics Department, believes humans have a great deal to learn from microbes: These microscopic creatures have inhabited our planet for twice as long as the more advanced organisms fungi, plants and animal...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/graduates
May 1, 2010
A recent evening of festivities at the Clore Garden of Science marked 40 years since the passing of Prof. Amos de-Shalit, and 35 years since the launching of the Amos de-Shalit Summer School programs, which are ...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/keep-it-safe
May 1, 2010
Thirty-four teams of exceptional high school students from Israel and abroad participated in the annual Shalheveth Freier Physics Tournament, which recently took place at the Davidson In...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/showcasing-mathematics
May 1, 2010
Mathematics through no fault of its own has earned a reputation as a subject that is unapproachable; for some, it is even hostile. An exhibition recently opened at the Havayeda Teva science center in Holon, Israel, in the hope...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/researchers-night
May 1, 2010
More than 3,000 visitors attended the fourth annual Researchers Night in Israel organized by the Davidson Institute of Science Education. The event, which was initiated by the European Commission, is hosted simultaneously all over Europe. Dr. Zvi Palitel o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events-/puzzle-it-out
May 1, 2010
More than 200 adults, teenagers and children participated in the 6th Games and Puzzles Mini-Conference, organized by Dr. Yossi Elran and colleagues, which recently took place at the Davidson Institute of Science Education. Attendees were free to play...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/cell-detective
May 1, 2009
Our immune systems are hugely complex cellular networks that depend on each member carrying out its task. Dr. Guy Shakhar of the Immunology Department is a sort of immune system sleuth, staking out imm...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/woman-who-called-dr-chaim-weizmann-chief
May 1, 2010
The life of Esther Hellinger changed forever with the issuing of the 1917 Balfour Declaration: Then an 18-year-old student of botany at the University of London, she decided that one day she would move to the Land of Israel. Born in Lo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/screen-saver
May 1, 2009
What's happening in a brain that's disengaged from any focused task? The owner of that brain might be under the impression that when his feet are up and his eyes are closed, most m...