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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 future of humanity.
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Mar 28, 2012...
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Multinational cosmetics firm L’Oreal and UNESCO have named a Weizmann Institute biologist working in the field of probiotics, commonly referred to as beneficial bacteria, “Europe’s top young researcher.” For her work in researching probiotics to treat disease, Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky will receive a two-year $40,000 postdoctoral scholarship.
During the past three years, young Israeli women have been able to apply for the program, which began 14 years ago and aims at promoting research among women starting out their scientific careers. There are only 15 annual fellowship winners around the world.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/attracting-women-to-science/
Sep 14, 2017...
Weizmann Institute mentor David Bassan, with his back to the camera, split T-cells in the laboratory with student lab partners Tzippora Chwat, center, and Yee Kwan Lee.
Dissecting worms to understand how they regenerate was Tzippora Chwat’s first science project in middle school. The Cedarhurst resident found the flatworms she had to work with disgusting.
“When we got the planaria” — a variety of flatworm — “it was grossing me out,” Chwat said. “My mom said, ‘Calm down.’ She always knows how to help me.” Lara Chwat, a tax attorney, also reviews her daughter’s science papers. Thanks in part to that parental support, Chwat, 19, is making the most of her interest in science. She is a graduate of Yeshiva University High School for Girls, and was one of 19 American students chosen to take part in research as part of the Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute at the prestigious Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
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Sep 08, 2016... Last week I shared with you a love story I wrote to science. I’m #sorrynotsorry, I just can’t contain how awesome I think it is to unlock the secrets of the natural world. It was amazing to see how many of you share this love, wonder, and excitement. Except, well, in the words of one facebook reader, “You make me want to love science also! I could just never work in it because of all the equations…”
Jan 09, 2007...
NEW YORK, NY—January 9, 2007—Prof. Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Structural Biology was named as one of the winners of the prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
Prof. Yonath will receive the 2006-2007 chemistry prize in May, along with Prof. George Feher, a physicist at the University of California, San Diego. The two scientists will share the $100,000 prize granted by the Wolf Foundation in Israel.
Jul 15, 2015...
Jamie and Dr. Shari-Lynn Odzer
Dr. Shari-Lynn Odzer and her husband Ari of Miami have actively supported the Weizmann Institute of Science for many years. Her connection to the Institute began the summer before she entered college, when she spent a month on the Institute’s campus as part of the Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute (ISSI). More than three decades later, her daughter Jamie followed in her footsteps as an ISSI participant. Here, mother and daughter share the Weizmann experiences that fueled their scientific curiosity—and sparked their deep love of the Institute and of Israel.
May 12, 2017...
On March 21, the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Dr. Ulyana Shimanovich received the 11th Annual Gruber Award for Scientific Excellence. Established by philanthropist Patricia Gruber and her late husband Peter Gruber through their Gruber Foundation, the prestigious award provides valuable affirmation and support for talented young scientists just beginning their careers.
Patricia’s forward-looking approach to improving the human condition is both principled and pragmatic: she funds the fellowships, scholarships, awards, and other initiatives that actually help people advance.
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Jan 27, 2011...
Antioxidants touted as an anti-aging remedy and added to food and cosmetics may hinder ovulation, Israeli scientists have discovered.
Consumers have been told for years that antioxidants added to food, drink and facial cosmetics are a natural way to combat cell damage and slow down the aging process.
But according to a study by Prof. Nava Dekel of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, these additives could be causing female fertility problems.
Nov 04, 2007... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 4, 2007—In a festive ceremony at the Weizmann Institute of Science, 11 young women scientists who completed their Ph.D. studies with honors at several Israeli universities and academic institutions will each receive an award of about $20,000 a year for two years. These awards, which will help them conduct postdoctoral studies at leading universities abroad, are being granted within the framework of the new Weizmann Institute Women in Science Program aimed at assisting highly talented young women to work toward a career in the natural or exact sciences. The goal of the program is to begin closing the gap between male and female scientists in the highest ranks of academia.
Feb 24, 2020... Think about the last time you had a cold. Think how weird it felt to not be able to smell or taste anything just because your nose was clogged up. That is, to an extent, the life of people with anosmia: the term for not being able to smell. Some patients are born with it. For others, it is the result of a neurological diseases, and for others still, it comes from a surgery that removed or damaged the olfactory bulb (OB). For a long time, it was believed that without an OB, a person would not be able to smell, but a team of researchers in Israel found patients who might prove that notion wrong.
Oct 29, 2014... Prof. Daniella Goldfarb addresses the ongoing need to have more women scientists in high-level scientific careers – and how the Institute's National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science is helping make this happen. Also speaking to this issue are (in order of appearance): Prof. Nirit Dudovich, Dr. Michal Rivlin, Dr. Michal Sharon, Prof. Varda Rotter, and Dr. Noam Stern-Ginossar.
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