Scientists of Tomorrow visit to Argentina and Brazil

A mission of three Weizmann Institute PhD students led by Kelly Avidan, Head of the Department of Resource Development, traveled to Argentina and Brazil for a series of talks and meetings with donors and friends. The group met with supporters and friends at a series of companies, organizations, schools, and private residences.

The mission’s students were Michal Shaked of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology; Rafael Stern of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; and Andres Goldman of the Department of Biological Regulation.

“Our aim was to bring a taste of the Weizmann Institute to our friends in Latin America, raise awareness around the kind of superior science being carried out at Weizmann, and how Weizmann is training Israel’s best minds in science,” says Ms. Avidan.

The group was hosted by new friends and old, both in Buenos Aires and São Paulo.

“Listening to young scientists from Weizmann is a source of inspiration and hope that we can make the world a better place,” says Mario Fleck, President of the Brazil Friends of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Pictured below (L-R): Marcos Lederman; Vivian Lederman; Rafael Stern; Camila Freze Baez, the Morá Miriam Rozen Fellowship recipient; Regina P. Markus; Andres Goldman; Kelly Avidan; and Michal Shaked.