Israeli crystallographer Ada Yonath -- whose pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome won her the Nobel Prize in 2009 -- has one advice for women struggling to make a mark in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM): Forget what society thinks and go after what you want.
July 24, 2019
The Daily Mail reports on new research by Profs. Eran Elinav and Eran Segal, whose work shows that some microbes “speed up progression of the cruel condition that killed Professor Stephen Hawking.”
July 23, 2019
“A trailblazing study” by Profs. Eran Elinav and Eran Segal “suggests that intestinal microbes may have a direct effect on the course of … ALS, the incurable, fatal neurodegenerative disease,” reports Israel21C.
July 23, 2019
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes, collectively termed the gut microbiome, may affect the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. As reported in Nature, progression of an ALS-like disease was slowed after the mice received certain strains of gut microbes or substances known to be secreted by these microbes. Preliminary results suggest that the findings on the regulatory function of the microbiome may be applicable to human patients with ALS.
July 22, 2019
First impressions are important – they can set the stage for the entire course of a relationship. The same is true for the impressions the cells of our immune system form when they first meet a new bacterium. Using this insight, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have developed an algorithm that may predict the onset of diseases such as tuberculosis. The findings of this research were published in Nature Communications.
July 22, 2019
As The Washington Post says, Prof. Gad Asher has answered the question: it’s evening, when exercising “uses less oxygen, making workouts more efficient and improving athletic performance.”
July 21, 2019
It’s the height of summer – time to hit the beach, whether for an afternoon or a week or two. People love the ocean and have always been drawn to it, but as much as it affects us, we affect it, too.
The ocean's health is crucial to the planet’s health – and ours. That’s why the devastating impacts from climate change are so concerning: as the temperatures warm, glaciers melt, and seawater becomes more acidic, as fish and mammals are overfished, the oceans are dying.
Summer is here! But more fun in the sun also increases our risk for skin cancer, including its deadliest form, melanoma. In the seventh episode of Weizmann in Focus, CEO Dave Doneson highlights a melanoma research breakthrough by Prof. Yardena Samuels, which could lead to “the ultimate personalized cancer therapy.”
Weizmann President Prof. Daniel Zajfman, in an interview with Science Business, explains a major cause of the Institute’s success: “You focus all your funding on individuals; the ones who can move the needle on an issue … We give our researchers full labs and full funding from day one, and total independence to work.”
July 16, 2019
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