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Molecular Genetics

Chromosome pairs: Does doubling them help or hurt? Image: Wikimedia commons
20.03.2013

Does a non-standard number of chromosomes help or hurt the cell?

Prof. Naama Barkai
12.12.2012

Prof. Naama Barkai has been appointed Head of the Molecular Genetics Department and Director of the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular...

Dorsal-GFP displaying a gradient of nuclear localization
12.09.2012

How does the fertilized egg start the process of becoming a diversified organism?

Embryonic stem cells (marked in green fluorescent protein) that should become sex cells, in which the gene encoding Utx is not present. Each column shows a gene needed for sex cell development (top row – marked in red, purple and orange). After 12 days (bottom row) the expression of the four genes has stopped and, rather than develop into sperm or ova, the stem cells die
28.08.2012

Weizmann scientists discover an enzyme that is crucial for turning back the development clock in cells

Stem cells (alkaline phosphatase staining) from the lab of Dr. Jacob Hanna
20.08.2012

When a critical step in stem cell differentiation goes awry, it can lead to cancer

Hornstein_microprocessor
24.07.2012

A complex for activating certain RNAs must avoid cutting up the wrong strands

(l-r) Dr. Gili Ben-Nissan, Prof. Yosef Shaul, Dr. Michal Sharon and Oren Moscovitz
24.07.2012

How does the cell keep certain vital proteins from getting recycled?

Judging DNA by Its Cover
23.07.2012

A newly-discovered molecular mechanism might explain the link between stem cells and cancer
 

Electron micrograph of bacteriophages Image: Dr Graham Beards, Wikimedia Commons
17.07.2012

The beneficial bacteria in our guts are open to attack from viruses

Cell Reports cover: Illustration by Dr. Rita Gelin-Licht showing yeast cells mating through extensions
16.07.2012

When yeast cells want to mate, they grow extensions in the direction of  potential partners

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