New Uziel lab, chair
L to R: Jose Harari (a grandson), Sarah Uziel, and Rolando Uziel
Sarah and Rolando Uziel of Mexico were on campus on July 14 for a dedication ceremony celebrating their latest gift, the establishment of the Sarah and Rolando Uziel Laboratory for Metabolic Phenotyping and the Sarah and Rolando Uziel Research Associate Chair. The first incumbent of the chair is Dr. Yael Kuperman, who also heads the Uziel Lab. The new lab will provide state-of-the-art research services and data analysis to about a dozen research groups dealing with type-1 and type-2 diabetes, and also with obesity, immune response, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer.
“There is so much research, so much intelligence, that is part of this new lab and it fills us with energy and makes us proud to be associated with it, and of course with the Weizmann Institute, which we care deeply about,” said Mr. Uziel. Mr. Uziel is a past president of the Sephardic Community in Mexico, and the couple has supported many other educational and Jewish causes such as Yad Va’Shem and Keren Kayemet.
About 10 years ago, the couple gave a major gift to support the lab of Prof. Ami Navon of the Department of Biological Regulation.
