Dr. Moran Shalev Benami discusses her research on the tiniest details of the human brain: proteins. Using cryo-electron microscope (cryoEM), she works to understand and identify the proteins’ function and how proteins work together. Her focus is on the brain's hunger mechanism and the quest to understand what causes us to feel hungry.
Dr. Shalev Benami is a Zuckerman Scholar and her lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science was funded by the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program.
The Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program supports future generations of leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math in the United States and Israel and, over time, fosters greater collaboration between the world’s most advanced scientific research centers.
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American business leader and philanthropist Mortimer Zuckerman launched the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program in 2016. The initiative is infused with a unique spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation and designed to support future generations of leaders in science, technology, engineering and math in the United States and Israel and, over time, foster greater collaboration between two of the world’s most advanced scientific research centers.
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The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the world’s top-ranking multidisciplinary research and graduate institutions. Our scientific community of over 4,000 engages in research addressing crucial problems in medicine and health, energy, technology, agriculture, and the environment. Weizmann scientists are discovering lifesaving medical treatments, finding new approaches for renewable energy, reducing world hunger, and inventing technology to better understand and fight diseases.
Ever since our beginnings, the Weizmann Institute has had an unwavering commitment, passion and focus for the pursuit of our purpose: to provoke transformative breakthroughs for the future of humanity. We believe that to generate such radical breakthroughs requires unbounded academic freedom together with a boldness to explore its furthest reaches.
