On the occasion of establishing the Helen and Martin Kimmel Institute for Stem Cell Research, the couple – decades-long friends of the Weizmann Institute – talks about why they chose to invest in stem cell research, and why they chose to do so at Weizmann. They also share their first meeting, which was at a Weizmann event, and their love of science.
Prof. Doron Lancet, Head of the Crown Human Genome Center, and Dr. Daniela Amann-Zalcenstein, Head of High-Throughput Sequencing, explain the importance of next-generation high-throughput sequencing technology for genetics research, with thanks for support from Chicago's Crown family and the American Committee's New York Region.
In ""A Model for Life,"" chemistry at the Weizmann Institute takes many forms! Institute founder, namesake, and chemist Prof. Chaim Weizmann envisions the facility's collaborative future – where two scientists from different disciplines meet, share their science, and, ultimately, their lives.
In this video, five scientists address five potential tomorrows: Dr. Michal Irani speaks about the next step in the evolution of information; Dr. Henry Markram addresses how nerve cells communicate; Dr. Nir Davidson studies how lasers trap atoms in the dark; Dr. Gad Haase examines whether light can be turned into fuel; and Dr. Michael Fainzilber searches for the snail's secret of regeneration.
Even before we have the quantum computers of tomorrow, we may have their successor: biological computers. Prof. Ehud Shapiro has created one that's so small that a trillion can fit in a single drop of water, and which has diagnosed cancer in a test tube. Someday the computer could circulate through the human body, diagnosing and treating disease.
Watch highlights from the 2009 Gala of the American Committee's Midwest Region. Held in Chicago and honoring Jerry Reinsdorf, an owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox, and Rocky Wirtz, an owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, the evening included speeches, a Q&A with the honorees, live music, dancing, and an auction.
Weizmann science is truly ""in service to the world,"" helping a ""bubble boy"" in Germany, a farmer in Kenya, a childless family in Canada, and more: from medicines to ease MS symptoms to a way to produce the nutrient beta-carotene from algae to science therapy programs for kids, Weizmann research helps people – including scientists – to live their dreams.
A whimsical look at Weizmann ""news"" shows how Institute advances have also advanced the state of Israel. From creating Israel's first computer to establishing a technology transfer company, particle accelerators, alternative energy, and frontline MS drugs, the Institute is part and parcel of the land of milk and honey – and science.
""Crash"" describes construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator near Geneva, where Weizmann scientists are part of a global team seeking to find the Higgs boson and prove the Standard Model of physics. When speeding particles collide in the LHC, they very briefly mimic the conditions that existed right after the Big Bang.
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