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The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Celebrates its Third Year
The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Celebrates its Third Year

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/the-blavatnik-awards-for-young-scientists-in-israel-celebrates-its-third-year/

Feb 05, 2020... Jerusalem, January 27, 2020 — The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH) announced today the 2020 Laureates of the third annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. The Blavatnik Awards recognize outstanding, innovative scientists at the early stages of their careers for both their extraordinary achievements and their promise for future discoveries. The prizes are awarded to researchers aged 42 and younger for their groundbreaking work in the disciplines of Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Physical Sciences & Engineering.

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Being a Woman in Science isn’t Easy: Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath
Being a Woman in Science isn’t Easy: Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath

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Jul 24, 2019... 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.
At the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting here, the 80-year-old scientist admitted to PTI in an interview that it isn’t easy being a woman scientist.

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Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation Awards $3.5 Million in Grants
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation Awards $3.5 Million in Grants

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/neuroendocrine-tumor-research-foundation-awards-3-5-million-in-grants/

Feb 25, 2020... After investing $26 million in research during the past 15 years, NETRF has helped to establish the NET knowledge base needed to expand the exploration of improved treatments, according to Elyse Gellerman, NETRF Chief Executive Officer. “We can see real momentum in this new round of grants. We hope the discoveries from these projects will lead to improved treatment options for patients.”
NETRF is supporting a new pioneering approach to NET immunotherapy with a Petersen Accelerator Award to Steven Libutti, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey,  to characterize a novel immune regulator called B7x to determine whether it has a role in shutting off the body’s immune response to fight against pancreatic NETs.

TAGS: Awards, Neuroscience, Cancer, Central nervous system

Three Israeli Researchers from Weizmann Institute win Blavatnik Awards
Three Israeli Researchers from Weizmann Institute win Blavatnik Awards

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/three-israeli-researchers-from-weizmann-institute-win-blavatnik-awards/

Feb 04, 2020... The winners of the third annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel, a prize run by the Blavatnik Family Foundation in collaboration with the New York Academy of Sciences and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, were announced on Monday.
These prizes are awarded to scientists under the age of 42, who have already made significant achievements and show promise for future innovations in the fields of life sciences, chemistry and physical sciences and engineering.

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ACM Service Awards Recognize Leaders Who Strengthen the Computing Community
ACM Service Awards Recognize Leaders Who Strengthen the Computing Community

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May 13, 2020... ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today recognized three individuals with awards for their exemplary service to the computing field. Working in diverse areas, the 2019 award recipients were selected by their peers for longstanding efforts that have strengthened the community. This year’s ACM award recipients made seminal contributions in areas including textbooks and educational tools, bibliographic resources, and advancing the computing community in India.

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Israel Space Agency Proposal Among NASA Finalists in Search for Alien Life
Israel Space Agency Proposal Among NASA Finalists in Search for Alien Life

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May 15, 2020... In the search for life beyond Earth, Israel Space Agency (ISA) is among four finalists chosen by NASA to develop concept studies in NASA's Discovery Program for new missions. The ISA's proposal is to launch an investigative mission to Neptune's largest moon, Triton.
Each of the four finalists, who were selected out of a group of 22, is set to receive $3 million in the coming year to develop their plans before two are selected for missions.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Awards, Physics

NASA’s Next Destination?
NASA’s Next Destination?

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/nasa-s-next-destination/

May 14, 2020... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 14, 2020—An incredibly accurate clock planned by the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Israel Space Agency (ISA), and an Israeli company could be on its way to Neptune’s largest moon in 2026.
If life does exist outside of Earth in our Solar System, it could be hiding in subterranean oceans flowing under the surface of icy moons. One of the most promising candidates for such an underground liquid body is Triton – aptly named for the son of the sea god Neptune, the planet around which it orbits. Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, some 4.5 billion km (2.8 million miles) away, is an oddity: it orbits in the opposite direction from all of Neptune’s other moons. Some think this points to an origin outside of our Solar System: the moon may be an intruder that was trapped long ago by Neptune’s gravitational field.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Technology, Awards, Physics

2020 EMET Prize Winners Announced
2020 EMET Prize Winners Announced

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/2020-emet-prize-winners-announced/

Jun 04, 2020... The EMET Prize, known as “Israel’s Nobel Prize,” awarded for excellence in academic and professional achievements that have had far-reaching influence and have made a significant contribution to Israeli society, announced its 2020 winners in five categories: Culture and Art, Exact Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.
In the Exact Sciences, the awardees are Prof. Yechezkel Barenholz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Prof. Reshef Tenne of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Prof. Dan S. Tawfik of the Weizmann Institute of Science received the prize for his biochemical work in the Life Sciences.

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Weizmann Institute of Science is Seventh in Receiving Top European Research Commission Grants
Weizmann Institute of Science is Seventh in Receiving Top European Research Commission Grants

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/weizmann-institute-of-science-is-seventh-in-receiving-top-european-research-commission-grants/

Jun 22, 2020... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 22, 2020—The Weizmann Institute of Science is ranked seventh in Europe – and first in Israel – for the total number of research grants received from the European Research Council (ERC) for the years 2007-2019. In fact, if the small size of the Weizmann Institute of Science were taken into consideration – compared to large institutes with numerous research groups – its ranking would be even higher.

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The Weizmann Institute of Science is Offering Emergency Fellowships for Israeli Postdocs Affected by COVID-19
The Weizmann Institute of Science is Offering Emergency Fellowships for Israeli Postdocs Affected by COVID-19

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/the-weizmann-institute-of-science-is-offering-emergency-fellowships-for-israeli-postdocs-affected-by-covid-19/

Aug 20, 2020... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 20, 2020—The Weizmann Institute of Science has initiated an emergency program to award grants to postdoctoral fellows whose research has been curtailed by restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The plan is to assist those who have completed doctorates in Israel and now must postpone their postdoctoral research abroad, as well as those who have begun postdocs abroad but have to return to Israel prematurely. The Institute’s leadership team has committed one million dollars to this program, and it will be given as matching funds, with the second half to come from research grants that support the Institute labs which will host these young researchers. The program is expected to support an added 30 postdoctoral fellows in total, over a period of two years.

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