Prof. Shafi Goldwasser

The Award was given for Innovations that became the gold standard for enabling secure internet transactions.

Dr. Eran Hornstein

What keeps the machinery for chopping functional pieces out of certain long RNA strands from cutting up the wrong kinds of RNA?

Prof. Eran Segal

New Weizmann Institute technology speeds up DNA “rewriting” and measures the effects of the changes in living cells.

Prof. Naama Barkai

What keeps the machinery for chopping functional pieces out of certain long RNA strands from cutting up the wrong kinds of RNA?

Prof. Oded Aharonson

Is there a reason why this particular half of the Moon locked with Earth, or was it pure coincidence that
it didn’t “turn its back” on us?

Prof. Noam Sobel

Associations formed in the brains of sleeping volunteers remained intact when the subjects were awake.

Prof. Rony Seger

A small molecule developed at the Weizmann Institute prevents a cancer-causing message from entering the cell nucleus.

Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv

In the future, artificial cells may produce complex protein structures on demand.

Dr. Roee Ozeri

Weizmann Institute researchers suggest one can affect an atom’s spin by adjusting the way it is measured.

Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

The study explains why certain patients develop severe infections after chemotherapy and points to ways of averting this side-effect.

Dr. Guy Shakhar

Millions of immune cells are on the move in our bodies, passing on information about possible threats along the way.

Prof. Ziv Reich

On the molecular scale, plants are in constant motion as they adapt to a changing environment.

Prof. Abraham Minsky

When a mimivirus forcibly ejects its genetic material into a cell, it sends along building materials to make a “virus factory”.

Prof. Tal Alexander

When two black holes get close, what are the chances they will meet and emit gravitational waves?

Prof. Michal Irani

An algorithm for zooming in on repeating elements in images and videos can help reconstruct missing information.

Prof. Idit Shachar

Revealing what makes B cells migrate from one organ to another may suggest new treatments for leukemia.

Prof. Zvulun Elazar

Cellular “trash haulers” are assembled on the spot through a unique membrane fusion process.

Prof. Ilya Averbukh

Quick laser pulses are the key to turning molecules into tiny “Frisbees” aimed at a target.

Dr. Dan Oron

Ultrafast laser pulses are helping to reveal the movements of excited electrons in tiny crystals.

Prof. Ofer Zeitouni

What happens when a person strolling along an intersecting path chooses directions with a roll of the dice?