Bina Workshop For Students in the Weizmann MD-PhD Program.

Dr. Merav Marom and Dr. Ronny Peri Naor, project managers at Bina, Weizmann Institute of Science, had the pleasure of instructing a workshop for students in the Weizmann MD-PhD Program.
Our goal was to strengthen the foundations of research planning and experimental design. Rigorous design is what turns “interesting results” into reliable, reproducible data. We discussed a key translational challenge: many academic experiments fail to reproduce well when applied in an industry setting, which directly impacts the path from discovery to real-world impact. 
In the session, we focused on hands-on principles students can apply immediately:
=> Defining a clear scientific aim + dependent/independent variables. 
=> Building the right positive/negative controls and choosing a meaningful blank/background. 
=> Working with biological vs. technical replicates and planning for variability. 
=> Writing protocols that support reproducibility.

It was inspiring to meet a cohort of trainees preparing to become the next generation of physician-scientists, in a program designed to integrate medical training with cutting-edge research at Weizmann.

Thank you to the MD-PhD program team: Liran Shlush, Ayelet Erez, Moshe Kafri, and the students for the thoughtful questions and energy. We’re excited to keep building bridges between strong science, translational thinking, and clinical impact.