Produced by Abbott Labs for the Midwest Region of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, and shot largely on location at the Weizmann Institute, this video inspired attendees at the 2011 Chicago Gala with a visual overview of the Institute's main areas of science and several of its most significant breakthroughs.
May 05, 2011
Learn about the life of Prof. Ada Yonath, who overcame major challenges to become only the fourth woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She accomplished what many others had tried and failed to do: crystallize the ribosome. Her method is used today to develop new types of antibiotics. In 2009, she won the Nobel Prize for deciphering the structure and function of the ribosome.
February 04, 2011
Three dynamic young Weizmann Institute scientists - Drs. Jacob Hanna, Ron Milo, and Maya Schuldiner - gather with American Committee supporters over lunch in New York City to present their research, discuss their motivation and inspiration to become scientists, and address the work-life balance.
January 21, 2011
Several Weizmann scientists speak about how working at the Institute and living in Israel are crucial to their sense of identity and scientific success. With Profs. Vered Rom-Kedar, Ehud Shapiro, Yosef Nir, Nirit Dudovich, Lucio Frydman, Irit Sagi, Yosef Shaul, Jeffrey Gerst, Vivian Teichberg, Yosef Yarden, Bat-Sheva Eylon, and Institute President Daniel Zajfman.
A brief overview of the Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute. Since 1969, the institute offers talented high-school graduates from around the world the unique opportunity to spend a month on the Weizmann campus, working side by side with scientists to conduct hands-on research.
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.
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