Weizmann Institute

Zebrafish

Microscope image of embryonic zebrafish blood vessels

The Fat-Blood Connection

11.12.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology

A newly discovered protein ties cholesterol to blood vessel formation

Three-dimensional structure of the neurohypophysis in a zebrafish embryo (the nerve fibers and blood vessels are genetically tagged with fluorescent proteins). This brain area provides an interface between nerve cells (green), arteries (purple) and veins (red)

Close Encounters of the Brain and Blood

04.01.2012

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Immunology, Evolution and Development

A surprising new function is discovered for the “hormone of love.”

Three-dimensional structure of the neurohypophysis in a zebrafish embryo (the nerve fibers and blood vessels are genetically tagged with fluorescent proteins). This brain area provides an interface between nerve cells (green), arteries (purple) and veins (red)

A Hormone Ensures its Future

02.11.2011

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Scientists reveal the structure of a brain area where hormones that regulate vital body processes pass into the blood.

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Dr. Karina Yaniv. New growth

Fat Chance for Health

07.03.2011

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Dr. Karina Yaniv is overturning accepted theories on blood and lymph vessel formation.

social fish

Getting to the Genetic Basis of Social Behavior and Anxiety

21.02.2017

Brain & Behavior, Genetics

Fish with two genes for a crucial protein are helping researchers understand its function in neurodevelopmental disorders

Dr. Gil Levkowitz.

Fishing for Brain Cells

01.05.2009

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

See-through zebrafish embryos let scientists see into such processes as brain...

(l-r) Profs. Stephen Weiner and Lia Addadi and Julia Mahamid. Like shell, like bone

Turning to Bone

01.05.2009

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Scientists reveal a fleeting stage of bone formation

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