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The patterns on these butterfly wings are perfectly scaled, even though they are different sizes
Built to Scale
04.10.2011
Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

How does a growing, developing organism keep everything in proportion?

Scale Models
Scale Models
22.08.2011
Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

How do organisms keep everything in proportion as they grow and develop?

Danit and Einat Finkelshtein
Twins
04.08.2011

Some sets of twins even study science together. 

(l-r) Standing: Einat Levy, Dr. Liat Rousso Noori and Eynat Finkelshtein. Sitting: Prof. Hilla Knobler, Dr. Alon Chen, Prof. Ari Elson and Dr. Yael Kuperman. Sensitivity
The Lab Mice that Didn’t Get Fat
05.07.2011
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Scientists reveal how mice lacking the PTPe protein consume fat and stay slim.

Dr. Elazar Zelzer
Dr. Elazar Zelzer
11.05.2011

Dr. Elazar Zelzer received the Scientific Council Prize for the Life Sciences from the Weizmann Institute’s Scientific Council (2011).

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Leptin receptor positive neuron in the mouse hypothalamus
Protein Contributes to Obesity
04.05.2011
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Mice lacking the protein stayed slim, even on a high-fat diet.
Drs. Rotem Sorek and Adi Stern. Bacteria's Achilles heel
The Price of a Sophisticated Immune System
28.03.2011
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

Autoimmune disease in bacteria: The finding could lead to new kinds of antibiotics.

A developing eye of the fruit fly (left) is connected by the optic stalk to the optic lobe in the fly’s brain
Take the Axon Train
14.03.2011
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Institute scientists discover an entirely new form of transportation inside nerve cells

(l-r) Standing: Sharon Kredo, Dr. Tali Melkman Zehavi, Roni Oren. Sitting: Dr. Eran Hornstein, Natali Rivkin, Amitai Mandelbaum
Micro Control for Insulin
17.02.2011
Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A newly discovered step in insulin production could give researchers new tools to deal with diabetes

Prof. Yoram Groner
Genetically Engineered Human SOD
12.09.2010
Genetics, Benefiting Humanity
Genetically engineered human SOD, manufactured based on Prof. Yoram Groner's research, is now undergoing clinical trials
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