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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.
This installment in the “Window to the Campus” series “navigates” through the Weizmann campus, where Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky’s “bat cave” sets the theme, as he uses the tiny mammals to study navigation and other brain processes.
July 14, 2020
This installment in the “Window to the Campus” series takes us to some of the significant – architecturally, historically, and culturally – homes on the Weizmann campus.
June 29, 2020
The second “Favorite Spots & Hidden Gems” video introduces us to Dr. Haim Beidenkopf, who is creating quantum-computing platforms.
June 15, 2020
Prof. Eran Segal provides an update on his symptom-tracking questionnaire and how it can help predict the second wave of COVID-19. As he explains, testing is insufficient...
June 10, 2020
“Favorite Spots & Hidden Gems on the Weizmann Institute of Science Campus,” a new video series from the Institute, takes us to the lab of Dr. Tal Ilani, who briefly describes her research on proteins and cancer.
June 08, 2020
In this special update from his home in New York City, CEO Dave Doneson discusses the Weizmann Institute’s remarkable coronavirus response. Dave shares how the Institute has rapidly shifted its focus to address the pandemic, transforming into one of the world’s leading hubs of COVID-19 research. Weizmann scientists are fighting this disease on a variety of fronts, offering hope and optimism for us all.
June 02, 2020
Olfaction expert Prof. Noam Sobel takes us through his attempts to “train” an electronic nose to identify Covid. This may be possible because “every disease has an odor,” he says. “Diseases change metabolic processes, and metabolites have a smell.”
May 27, 2020
In this video from a session at the United Nations’ 2020 Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) conference, Prof. Ada Yonath speaks about COVID: its makeup, how it compares with other viruses, possible avenues of treatment, and challenges.
May 21, 2020
Dr. Nir London discusses the “COVID Moonshot” project in this videoconference. The global initiative, which currently includes nine partners, aims to develop a “cheap and safe” antiviral treatment for COVID on a much faster timeline than traditional drug discovery.
May 17, 2020
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