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Biological Chemistry

Nerve cells, photo by Dr. Sharon Amit
26.04.2011

Birds in flight, a grandmother’s wrinkles and nerve cells under the microscope. 

(l-r) Prof. Eitan Reuveny, Ayelet Cooper, Liora Guy-David and Dr. Adi Raveh. Gear shift
21.03.2011

A mechanism for closing a nerve cell’s channels can instantly shift from slow gear to slamming the door shut

Engineered Enzyme Protects against Nerve Gas
22.02.2011

“Natural selection” in a test tube improves the enzyme efficiency by a factor of thousands

Prof. David Wallach
06.02.2011

Prof. David Wallach was elected President of the International Cytokine Society

 
Prof. Michael Fainzilber
06.02.2011

Prof. Michael Fainzilber was awarded the IRP-Schellenberg Prize

 
Prof. Meir Wilchek
06.02.2011

Prof. Meir Wilchek was the recipient of the Israel Chemical Society's (ICS) Medal

 
Weizmann Institute Scientists used Accelerated Evolution to Develop: Enzymes that Provide Protection Against Nerve Gas
24.01.2011
Protection against nerve gas attack is a significant component of the defense system of many countries around the world....
It All Depends
16.08.2010

"Helper" proteins can make the difference between a disastrous mutation and one that might even be an improvement

Prof. Dan Tawfik. Saving mutations
01.10.2009
Protein "babysitters" could speed up evolution in the lab
Clinging for Dear Life
01.10.2009
A rare disease sheds light on back-up DNA repair

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