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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.
Dr. Ori Avinoam of Weizmann’s Department of Biomolecular Sciences presents an overview of his lab’s coronavirus research. His team has created a pseudovirus, which has all the elements of the coronavirus but is not infectious.
April 28, 2020
Public health expert Prof. Gabi Barbash outlines the pandemic’s many unknowns: How many people are asymptomatic and yet spreading the virus? Why do some patients have mild symptoms, while others become severely ill? Are recovered patients with coronavirus antibodies now immune?
April 27, 2020
In this videoconference hosted by Weizmann Canada, Profs. Uri Alon and Ron Milo present their bioinformatics-based exit strategy, which Prof. Milo describes as “‘biology by the numbers’ meets the coronavirus.”
April 26, 2020
As he discusses in this video, Prof. Sarel Fleishman of the Department of Biomolecular Sciences is supporting multiple lines of coronavirus research at Weizmann – including his own.
April 22, 2020
Immunologist Dr. Ziv Shulman is looking for antibodies to COVID by studying patients who have recovered from the virus. His work is “in a very exciting stage,” as he is now producing antibodies in the lab.
April 16, 2020
Prof. Alon Chen – president of the Weizmann Institute and a leading neurobiologist who studies mental health – shares a two-part presentation in this videoconference with American Committee supporters.
April 07, 2020
This impressive and inspiring video is a fast-paced snapshot of the Weizmann Institute’s rapid response to coronavirus. There are now more than 50 projects underway, many in collaboration with prestigious institutions around the world.
April 06, 2020
This clever and engaging animation accompanies Dr. Ron Diskin’s overview of coronavirus – a whole history in less than three minutes! He takes us from its discovery in the 1960s to the 2002 SARS outbreak to MERS in 2012 to today.
April 05, 2020
In this videoconference, Prof. Benny Geiger, Head of the Institute’s Department of Immunology, gives an overview of what the Institute as a community is doing to fight coronavirus, and how researchers from across Israel have created a scientific support network.
April 02, 2020
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