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The Weizmann Institute of Science and Institut Curie in Paris signed a collaboration agreement that will enable their scientists to work together to advance knowledge and discovery in the life sciences, physics and chemistry, with an emphasis on cancer research.

Prof. Adi Kimchi of the Department of Molecular Genetics has won the srael Prize for Life Sciences, recognizing her trailblazing work in the field of programmed cell death.

Collaboration has a long pedigree at the Weizmann Institute, enabling scientists to make a collective impact on critical challenges. 

Watch via the live link: Israel's first unmanned spacecraft is about to touch down on the Moon today. The landing is expected at 10:45 pm Israel time, 3:45 pm EST in the US. Israel will become the 4th country to sucessfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.

The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine is bench-to-bedside at its best, advancing insights from basic research and working with hospitals and physicians throughout Israel to turn knowledge into therapies that will benefit human health.

The Weizmann Institute of Science is establishing the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry thanks to a major gift from the Sherman family of Toronto. It will fund innovative research on compounds that hold promise for becoming therapies for a range of diseases.