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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From the Volcanic Crater to the Lab: A Lesson in Survival

Human lung cancer tissue under a microscope. The enzymes (yellow) that unmask the immune-activating molecules are found near the TREM2 receptors (red) of the tumor-assisting macrophages. This targeted unmasking can prevent damage to healthy tissues

Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword

A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells

Bacteria on the Brain

“Seven Unique Voices in the Symphony of Human Achievement”

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Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword

Bacteria on the Brain

“Seven Unique Voices in the Symphony of Human Achievement”

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