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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. Meir Wilchek
06.02.2011

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

 
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

 
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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