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 Institute’s 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...