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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
Mar 19, 2019...
(l-r) Yeda CEO Gil Granot-Mayer, BioLeaders CEO Dr. Young-Chul Park, and Weizmann Institute Vice President for Technology Transfer Prof. Mordechai Sheves
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 19, 2019—Two South Korean concerns have committed to investing a total of $12 million in spinout companies incorporated by Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The first investment – $2 million by Yozma Group Asia – is in On-Sight Medical Inc., jointly owned by Yeda, New York University (NYU), and related parties. For the second, the Korean group BioLeaders Corporation – in which Yozma Group Asia is an investor – has committed to investing $10 million in a new spinout firm that will develop an anti-cancer therapy developed by Weizmann Institute scientists.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/atlanta-jewish-academy-students-crack-code/
Mar 31, 2016...
(Photo courtesy of Jonah Queen) Atlanta Jewish Academy students (from left) Daniella Sokol, Joshua Bland, Jesse Cann and Jonathan Bashary prepare for the physics challenge. Not pictured is team member Maia Dori.
Five students from the Atlanta Jewish Academy Upper School are heading to Israel to complete Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5 and 6, in a real-life application of physics against fellow Jewish students from the North America, Europe and Israel.
Aug 28, 2019... Did you know that malaria kills about half a million people each year? In the eighth episode of Weizmann in Focus, CEO Dave Doneson explains how Weizmann is helping to fight this terrible disease. Using computer-based tools, PhD student Adi Goldenzweig developed a groundbreaking malaria vaccine in the lab of Dr. Sarel Fleishman. Because the vaccine is inexpensive to produce and does not require refrigeration, it has the potential to help millions of people in developing countries where the battle against malaria is particularly devastating.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-to-the-city/
Apr 06, 2011...
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—April 6, 2011—Scientists of the Weizmann Institute in Israel will be fanning out to bars and cafés in the Tel Aviv area, spreading the word about the latest scientific innovations and the relevance of science to everyday life, as well as answering questions from one and all.
The "happening" will occur on Thursday, April 14, at 8:30 p.m. Approximately 40 senior scientists and outstanding research students from the Weizmann Institute will visit some 40 bars and cafés in Tel Aviv and "schmooze" with the clientele about current scientific issues, the thrill that accompanies each new discovery, and life on the cutting edge of human knowledge.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/freezing-fly-eggs-for-the-future/
Aug 14, 2018...
Hermitia illucens, the black soldier fly, is harmless, nutritious, and a renewable source of protein.
Flies are packed with protein and nutritious fat, and they grow quickly when fed on organic waste. One fly in particular, the black soldier fly (Hermitia illucens), could potentially provide an alternative, sustainable source of protein in animal feed, and companies around the world are looking into the possibility. A new company founded by three recent Weizmann Institute of Science graduates means to advance the edible insect industry by freezing the eggs of these flies so that growers can better plan and control their yields.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/what-i-learned/
Dec 02, 2012...
Prof. Daniel Zajfman President, Weizmann Institute of Science
Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute, was born in Belgium and made aliyah to Israel at age 20, going straight to studies in the Technion. “I went to study engineering, because I spent most of my childhood in my father’s plant. I knew how to solder before I learned to read. I continued in physics because I wanted a deeper understanding of the things happening around me.” For 15 years, up to age 46, Zajfman conducted a career as a respected atomic physicist at Weizmann and part of that time, department head. And then he received a surprising offer — to be president of the Weizmann Institute. He accepted the offer because “I live for challenges; when I don’t have any, I get very bored.” In the six years in which he had served as Institute president, Zajfman has dedicated much of his time to stemming the brain drain and bringing researchers back to Israel (and to the Institute), as well as to broadening access to science among youth and the general public. Last year, the Weizmann Institute was ranked by the magazine The Scientist as the best place to work in academia outside the US. The Institute has 250 research groups, 1,150 masters’ and doctoral students, and 300 postdoctoral fellows. The Institute’s annual budget is 1.2 billion shekels.
Mar 03, 2016...
At the inaugural Women for Science virtual conference, guests watched a live video broadcast by Prof. Idit Shachar. Credit: Melanie Einzig
On Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science hosted the first Women for Science (W4S) virtual conference. Spanning four time zones and attracting over 100 participants, the conference linked attendees to the Weizmann Institute campus from seven video conferencing sites across the U.S. – New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, North Miami, FL, and Coral Gables, FL. Live from Rehovot, Prof. Idit Shachar, Head of the Department of Immunology and incumbent of the Dr. Morton and Anne Kleiman Professorial Chair, discussed the role of immune cells in health and disease.
May 01, 2012...
World class scientists and top research students raided Tel Aviv bars on Monday, in another installment of what a successful tradition called "Science on Tap."
For one night a year scientists from the Weizmann Institute taking part in the program trade their labs and classrooms with dark, smoky bars, and the young students with a wide range of listeners, holding not a pen, but a beer in their hand.
Aug 06, 2015...
Imagine a competition that takes education out of the classroom and brings science to life. Since 1995, the Weizmann Institute’s International Shalheveth Freier Physics Tournament has done just that, transforming the lives of students around the world.
This exciting competition challenges teams of high school students (juniors and seniors) to design impenetrable safes. Over a period of six months, each team works collaboratively to build a locking mechanism for a standard wooden box, based on the laws of physics. Teams are encouraged to get creative with their designs, adding anything from lasers to water, string, ping pong balls, and other objects to make the locking device “uncrackable.” Then, each spring, the students travel to the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, for the final round of the tournament, in which teams compete to unlock one another’s safes by solving the underlying physics riddles.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-on-tap-2014/
Apr 08, 2014...
Weizmann Institute scientists will be at 55 bars and cafés in Tel Aviv chatting — in language all can understand — about the open questions and latest findings at the forefront of science.
It is all happening on Wednesday, April 30, at 8:30 p.m.
Dozens of leading scientists and outstanding graduate research students will be in bars and cafés in the city for informal talks with patrons about open questions in the scientists’ fields, on the feeling they get when they discover something, and on life working at the frontiers of science.
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