About Us
Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
On May 2, 1986, while visiting my long-term colleague and friend Richard O’Reilly, the head of bone marrow transplantation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, I received a strange phone call. It was from Richard Champlin, who worked at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at UCLA. He tended to speak very fast, so it took me some time to understand from his over-excited voice that he was about to leave the next day for Moscow.
April 27, 2020
Discover reports on research from Prof. Noam Sobel’s lab showing that we subconsciously sniff our hands. A lot. While this makes it hard to not touch our faces, it’s an adaptation that tells us about our society – and ourselves.
April 27, 2020
Globes interviews Prof. Doron Lancet, who says that reduced infections are due to “something natural in the development of the disease,” rather than preventative methods. He also addresses systemic failures in hot spots like New York, exit strategies, and the way COVID has behaved in various countries.
April 26, 2020
Reopening the world’s economies without without causing COVID to spread further is a major challenge. The Financial Times writes about “a way out,” which was determined by Profs. Uri Alon and Ron Milo.
April 21, 2020
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere from phones to bikes – and they can catch fire. Weizmann Institute PhD alum Niles Fleischer, CEO of ALGOLiON, has developed software that “gives a week’s warning before a battery catches fire,” says Israel21C.
April 21, 2020
It is surprisingly hard not to touch our faces, despite the COVID risk. Prof. Noam Sobel now shows that the action is hard-wired, telling Newsweek that “he was surprised by the extent to which people touch their own face. His team believes face-touching ‘is important for our psychological stability.’”
April 20, 2020
Tech companies, health insurers and governments are turning to artificial intelligence to predict potential coronavirus outbreaks and help guide policy decisions about social-distancing as pressure mounts to end lockdowns.
April 19, 2020
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has triggered a paradigm shift in assumptions regarding vaccine development. The pandemic has made it clear, to governments and big pharma alike, that dedicating significant resources to proactive vaccination strategies are key to save lives.
April 07, 2020
Spondylarthritis attacks the spine and sometimes other joints, as well as skin, intestines, and eyes. Rheumatology Network reports that Weizmann’s Alexander Kalinkovich has shown “a close connection between an impaired microbiota, the immune system, and inflammatory arthritis.”
April 06, 2020
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