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Weizmann in Focus, Episode 14: A Historic Partnership in Artificial Intelligence
Weizmann in Focus, Episode 14: A Historic Partnership in Artificial Intelligence

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/weizmann-in-focus-episode-14-a-historic-partnership-in-artificial-intelligence/

Feb 04, 2021... American Committee CEO Dave Doneson shares news of the Weizmann Institute’s historic partnership with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in the UAE. In a first-of-its-kind undertaking, the two institutions will work together to significantly advance AI research, including through student and postdoc exchanges, conferences and seminars, research collaborations, and a joint virtual institute for AI. The partnership will also support Weizmann’s Artificial Intelligence Enterprise for Scientific Discovery, a flagship initiative that will harness the power of AI to transform biomedicine, environmental research, and other areas of science.

TAGS: Community, Collaborations, Artificial intelligence

Weizmann Institute of Science and Mohamed bin Zayed University Establish Joint AI Program
Weizmann Institute of Science and Mohamed bin Zayed University Establish Joint AI Program

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/weizmann-institute-of-science-and-mohamed-bin-zayed-university-establish-joint-ai-program/

Feb 24, 2021... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 24, 2021—Following the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) and the United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in September 2020, the two institutions have announced the establishment of the WIS-MBZUAI Joint Program for Artificial Intelligence Research. The new program will promote collaborative initiatives in fundamental artificial intelligence (AI) research and will explore AI applications in domains such as healthcare, genomics, and more.

TAGS: Collaborations, Artificial intelligence

Weizmann in Focus, Episode 16: Reflecting the Heavens
Weizmann in Focus, Episode 16: Reflecting the Heavens

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/weizmann-in-focus-episode-16-reflecting-the-heavens/

Mar 14, 2022... Are we truly alone in the universe? The Weizmann Institute of Science has joined a global consortium of distinguished institutions engineering the world’s most powerful telescope. The Giant Magellan Telescope will be able to probe the atmospheres of planets beyond our solar system for any indication of life.

TAGS: Space, Collaborations

Harder Winters, Stronger Storms: New Data Reveals Climate Change Might Be More Rapid than Predicted
Harder Winters, Stronger Storms: New Data Reveals Climate Change Might Be More Rapid than Predicted

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/harder-winters-stronger-storms-new-data-reveals-climate-change-might-be-more-rapid-than-predicted/

May 26, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL – May 26, 2022 – About 30 massive, intricate computer networks serve the scientists who stand at the forefront of climate change research. Each network runs a software program comprised of millions of lines of code. These programs are computational models that combine the myriads of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena that together form the climate of our planet. The models calculate the state of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land, and ice, capturing past and present climate variability and using the data to predict future climate change. These results are analyzed by leading research institutes across the globe, including the Weizmann Institute of Science, and then incorporated into the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report. Policymakers rely on the IPCC report when they form adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change, one of our generation’s greatest crises.

TAGS: Environment, Climate change, Earth, Collaborations

Changing the Channel: Study Sheds New Light on a Promising Antidepressant
Changing the Channel: Study Sheds New Light on a Promising Antidepressant

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/changing-the-channel-study-sheds-new-light-on-a-promising-antidepressant/

May 31, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 31, 2022—Ketamine, a well-known anesthetic used in smaller doses as a party drug, was hailed as a “new hope for depression” in a Time magazine cover story in 2017. Two years later, the arrival of the first ketamine-based antidepressant – the nasal spray esketamine, made by Johnson & Johnson – was applauded as the most exciting development in the treatment of mood disorders in decades. Yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration still limits the spray’s use. It is mainly given to depressed patients who have not been helped by other therapies – in part, because the new drug’s mechanism of action is insufficiently understood, leading to concerns over its safety.

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Medicine, Mental health, Nanoscience, Collaborations, Molecular cell biology

The Heat Is On: Weizmann Institute Scientists Uncover Traces of Fire Dating Back At Least 800,000 Years
The Heat Is On: Weizmann Institute Scientists Uncover Traces of Fire Dating Back At Least 800,000 Years

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/the-heat-is-on-weizmann-institute-scientists-uncover-traces-of-fire-dating-back-at-least-800-000-years/

Jun 13, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 13, 2022—They say that where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers are working hard to investigate that claim, or at least elucidate what constitutes “smoke.” In an article published today in PNAS, the scientists reveal an advanced, innovative method that they have developed and used to detect nonvisual traces of fire dating back at least 800,000 years – one of the earliest known pieces of evidence for the use of fire. The newly developed technique may provide a push toward a more scientific, data-driven type of archaeology, but – perhaps more importantly – it could help us better understand the origins of the human story, our most basic traditions, and our experimental and innovative nature.

TAGS: Culture, Archaeology, Evolution, Humanity, Behavior, Collaborations, Artificial intelligence

Curbing <em>Candida</em>: The Cells That Keep Fungal Infections at Bay
Curbing <em>Candida</em>: The Cells That Keep Fungal Infections at Bay

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/curbing-candida-the-cells-that-keep-fungal-infections-at-bay/

Jun 27, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 27, 2022— Of all the fungi that live in the human body, the most infamous is probably the yeast Candida. This distant cousin of baker’s yeast is notorious for causing various types of thrush that can be a major nuisance, but it can also lead to an invasive infection that may, on occasion, prove fatal. In a study published today in Nature Immunology, a Weizmann Institute of Science research team headed by Prof. Jakub Abramson uncovered a previously unknown defense mechanism employed by the immune system in fighting Candida infections.

TAGS: Immune system, Collaborations, Microbiome, Molecular cell biology, Immunology, Fungus

Chaim Weizmann’s Acetone Discovery was Key to British WWI Effort
Chaim Weizmann’s Acetone Discovery was Key to British WWI Effort

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/chaim-weizmann-s-acetone-discovery-was-key-to-british-wwi-effort/

Nov 10, 2022... More than a century ago, in 1915, a senior lecturer in biochemistry at the University of Manchester named Dr. Chaim Weizmann invented a fermentation process that converted starch — a poly-sugar readily available from corn and potatoes — into acetone and butyl alcohol, facilitated by a bacteria, Clostridium acetobutylicum, that Dr. Weizmann had previously isolated.
This novel method of acetone production became known as “the Weizmann process.” As serendipity would have it, acetone was a key component in the production of the smokeless gunpowder (cordite) used by the Allies in World War I. Acetone had previously been made from calcium acetate imported from Germany, but since the Allies were at war with Germany, this was no longer possible, and the U.S. had a sparse supply. So, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, requested that the “Weizmann process” be used to mass produce acetone in England, Canada, and the U.S.

TAGS: Technology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Humanity, Bacteria, Leadership, Collaborations, Microbiology

Prof. Yonina Eldar: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Signal Processing
Prof. Yonina Eldar: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Signal Processing

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/prof-yonina-eldar-using-artificial-intelligence-to-improve-signal-processing/

Nov 21, 2022... Weizmann Scientist, Prof. Yonina Eldar of the department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, explains how Artificial Intelligence can be used to improve signal processing. Signal processing is a crucial component that enables many of the devices we use today including hearing aids and medical imaging equipment, like MRI, CT and X-ray, which can all greatly benefit from better imaging and resolution. Prof. Eldar’s specializes in developing algorithms for signal processing, and for the representation and transmission of information using advanced mathematical techniques. Her lab develops AI tools and to acquire and extract information and combine them with other modes like physics or medicine to pave the way to new technologies that can see, hear, and communicate beyond existing limits. Prof. Eldar’s innovations have helped to make ultrasound devices smaller, cheaper, and uploadable to the cloud; optimize MRI scans for medical imaging, improve data storage and communications, create super-resolution microscopy, and support computational biology.

TAGS: Technology, Women, Cancer, Mathematics, Collaborations, Artificial intelligence, Coronavirus, Biomolecular sciences

Weizmann Institute President Awarded 2022 Bennett Family Award for Collaboration in the Science of Wellness
Weizmann Institute President Awarded 2022 Bennett Family Award for Collaboration in the Science of Wellness

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/weizmann-institute-president-awarded-2022-bennett-family-award-for-collaboration-in-the-science-of-wellness/

Dec 29, 2022... Prof. Alon Chen, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science, has been awarded the 2022 Bennett Family Award for Collaboration in the Science of Wellness, along with Juan de Pablo, the Executive Vice President for Science, Innovation, National Laboratories, and Global Initiatives, and the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. Each year, the Bennett Family Award will recognize individuals engaged in collaborative research, merging science and wellness for the advancement of human health.

TAGS: Awards, Mental health, Leadership, Collaborations, Neurobiology

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