Michal Rivlin

Two-photon microscope image of a direction-selective cell in a mouse retina (the cell and its dendritic tree are in red) and the starburst (green) cells surrounding that mediate the computation of motion direction

Changing Direction

18.08.2020

Brain & Behavior

Direction-selection cells in the retina can flip their orientations

Dr. Michal Rivlin

Dr. Michal Rivlin

04.02.2019

Dr. Michal Rivlin is the recipient of the 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Life Sciences

Women in science

A Decade of Advancing Women in Science

22.11.2017

Ten years on, an innovative postdoc program for women is proving its worth

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The Short and the Long of Protein Tails

Prof. Yonina Eldar. Photo by Ronen Aharoni

Prof. Yonina Eldar Is the Recipient of the Israel Prize in Engineering

Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

On the Way to Building Better Batteries

Press Releases

Prof. Yonina Eldar Is the Recipient of the Israel Prize in Engineering

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

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