Steve Weiner

Shrimp

In the Eye of the Shrimp

20.01.2020

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology

Through millions of years of evolution, shrimps have developed unique-shaped eyes that enable them to see well in their immediate environment -...

scallop

04.12.2017

Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology

The optics of a unique underwater visual system are revealed

The green fluorescent label maps the distribution of calcium in sea urchin larvae. The label shows the elongated mineralized spicules and vesicles with large amounts of calcium

Making Spines from Sea Water

30.11.2016

Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

How do creatures like sea urchins take up the calcium they need to build hard structures?

Encounter on the way up. Dr. Elazar (Eli) Zelzer and Prof. Steve Weiner

The Genetic Roots of Bone

01.11.2005

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology

When Genetics Encounters Chemistry: Dr. Elazar Zelzer and Prof. Steve Weiner put their heads together to check the genetic process...

Top Stories

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Grabbing a Model by the Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria

Press Releases

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

Most Popular Articles

One Protein, Two Programs

A cell’s decision to commit suicide involves an exchange of information between two suicide mechanisms

Prof. Zvi Artstein, Vice President for Technology Transfer

Prof. Zvi Artstein

Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship

The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects.