WIM no. 17 Spring 2020

מכון ויצמן למדע Thank you to our supporters Uri Alon Ș The Braginsky Center for the Interface between Science and the Humanities Ș The Kahn Family Research Center for Systems Biology of the Human Cell Ș Estate of Olga Klein - Astrachan Ș The Jeanne and Joseph Nissim Center for Life Sciences Research Ș Rising Tide Foundation Ș Sagol Institute for Longevity Research Ș Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program Ș European Research Council Ș Prof. Uri Alon is the incumbent of the Abisch-Frenkel Professorial Chair Ido Amit Ș Adelis Foundation Ș Kekst Family Institute for Medical Genetics Ș Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation Ș Lowy Foundation Ș Estate of Arthur Rath Ș Rising Tide Foundation Ș The Bill & Patricia Ritchie Foundation Limited Ș Anita James Rosen Foundation Ș Steven B. Rubenstein Research Fund for Leukemia and Other Blood Disorders Ș Sagol Institute for Longevity Research Ș Estate of Simon Saretzky Ș Richard & Jacqui Scheinberg Ș Thompson Family Foundation Alzheimer's Research Fund Ș Wolfson Family Charitable Trust Ș Prof. Amit is the incumbent of the Eden and Steven Romick Professorial Chair. Ruth Arnon Ș Irwin Green Alzheimer's Research Fund Ș Estate of Ethel Lena Levy Sagi Ben-Ami Ș Peter and Patricia Gruber Awards Ș Willner Family Leadership Institute for the Weizmann Institute of Science Rivka Dikstein Ș Estate of Albert Engleman Ș Estate of David Levinson Ș Moross Integrated Cancer Center Ș Rising Tide Foundation Ș Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry Ș Prof. Dikstein is the incumbent of the Ruth and Leonard Simon Professorial Chair of Cancer Research. Ron Diskin Ș Estate of Emile Mimran Ș Moross Integrated Cancer Center Ș Jeanne and Joseph Nissim Center for Life Sciences Research Ș Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry Eran Elinav Ș Adelis Foundation Ș Estate of Bernard Bishin for the WIS-Clalit Program Ș Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Ș The Morris Kahn Institute for Human Immunology Ș Else Kroener Fresenius Foundation Ș Howard and Nancy Marks Charitable Fund Ș Pearl Welinsky Merlo Scientific Progress Research Fund Ș Daniel Morris Trust Ș Park Avenue Charitable Fund Ș Lawrence and Sandra Post Family Foundation Ș Donald and Susan Schwarz Ș Yael and Rami Ungar Ș The Hanna and Dr. Ludwik Wallach Cancer Research Fund Ș European Research Council Ș Prof. Elinav is the incumbent of the Sir Marc and Lady Tania Feldmann Professorial Chair. Sarel-Jacob Fleishman Ș Head of the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry Ș Henri Gutwirth Fund for Research Ș Stanley and Ellen Magidson Ș Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation, Carolyn Hewitt and Anne Christopoulos, in Memory of Sam Switzer Ș Edmond de Rothschild Foundations Weizmann MAGAZINE 64–65 S P R I N G 2 0 2 0