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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae
30.09.2024
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Climate

A mysterious menace lurks in the oceans, threatening algal blooms. Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the...

Ocean Blooms
Ocean Blooms
01.03.2021
Environment
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The research setup included an intake at the top of the mast. The Tara research schooner, 2016
Plastic is Blowing in the Wind
23.12.2020
Environment

The discovery of microplastics in the air above the ocean reveals the spread of this hazardous pollution

diatoms
Survival of the Fewest
08.08.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

  How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?

bacteria attacking algae
Smelling Sulfur in the Sea
07.02.2019
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Genetics, Environment, Environment

How do sulfur-loving bacteria contribute to the rapid death of algal blooms?

Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell
In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds
25.10.2018
Planetary Science, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below

Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi
Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk
09.11.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment, Climate

Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them? 

algal bloom from space
A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean
06.04.2017
Environment, Climate

How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce? 

Dr. Flores on Tara
Institute Researcher at Sea
05.09.2016
Environment

Scientists aboard the TARA investigate marine ecology

Dr Daniella Schatz
Staff Scientist: Dr. Daniella Schatz
04.08.2016
Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment

A viral infection in marine microorganisms has consequences for the entire planet 

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Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria

A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue

Unclogging the Immune System

MRI brain scans of mice with Gaucher disease Type III. The scan of a mouse that received the new treatment (left) shows a significant reduction in tissue inflammation (blue) compared to an untreated mouse (right)

Improving the Recipe for Gene Therapy

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27.08.2024
The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions
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26.08.2024
A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking
An image of tissue from the human small intestine obtained with the help of fluorescent dyes that made it possible to mark numerous proteins in parallel, thereby mapping out the various proteins produced in each part of the intestinal villi
07.08.2024
Navigating the Digestive Tract
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