Dr. Einat Segev Dr. Einat Segev explores how marine bacteria affect the growth, development, and death of algae—... Date: October 24, 2017
A window into the cell Prof. Philipp Selenko, who comes to the Weizmann Institute from Austria, is tracking proteins of... Date: October 24, 2017
Making immunotherapy more effective Dr. Rony Dahan and his colleagues have engineered a cancer immunotherapy drug that is 30 times... Date: October 23, 2017
Developing quantum sensors Dr. Amit Finkler is beginning to apply some of the techniques used to create “qubits” of quantum... Date: October 23, 2017
Math in the classroom Prof. Boris Koichu will focus on the advancement of math learning by exploring the mechanisms of... Date: October 23, 2017
Introducing Dr. Meital Oren-Suissa New scientist Dr. Meital Oren-Suissa explores how sex-specific connections in the brain arise,... Date: October 18, 2017
Physics on the edge Born in a remote farming village in Shandong Province, Dr. Binghai Yan is the Weizmann Institute... Date: October 17, 2017
Towards better communication What do multi-player online games, computer networks, servers in a data center, ants in a colony... Date: August 30, 2017
Shedding light on the epigenome Dr. Yonatan Stelzer has developed an innovative reporting system that sheds light on an... Date: May 5, 2017
Can nature heal nature? Anyone who thinks that worms and spiders are simply nuisances can think again. And not just... Date: March 26, 2017
Dr. Tamir Klein Dr. Tamir Klein lives and breathes trees, studying them and the forests in which they reside... Date: March 26, 2017
Ready for something new? Like a student navigating the social and physical environment of a new school on the first day... Date: January 19, 2017
Dr. Roi Avraham: Let’s disarm bacteria before they prove too deadly A hundred years after the discovery of penicillin—the wonder drug that has saved countless lives... Date: December 14, 2016
Unraveling the dynamics of proteins Dr. Rosenzweig’s research involves looking at chaperones involved in combatting protein... Date: October 13, 2016
Nature vs. nurture To what extent do experience and environment dictate brain function, and to what extent do our... Date: September 25, 2016
Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval How do cancer cells recruit and subvert normal cells to create an environment that promotes the... Date: September 25, 2016
Prof. Victor Malka The tall, white Koffler Accelerator on the Weizmann Institute campus is the icon of Israeli... Date: March 27, 2016
Dr. Liran Shlush When acute myeloid leukemia is first diagnosed, it appears as an overwhelming disease in need of... Date: March 27, 2016
Profile: Dr. Nir London Some drugs are just too hard to design using standard methods. So Dr. Nir London, a new recruit... Date: December 27, 2015