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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.
Apr 16, 2020... Immunologist Dr. Ziv Shulman is looking for antibodies to COVID by studying patients who have recovered from the virus. His work is “in a very exciting stage,” as he is now producing antibodies in the lab.
Apr 22, 2020... As he discusses in this video, Prof. Sarel Fleishman of the Department of Biomolecular Sciences is supporting multiple lines of coronavirus research at Weizmann – including his own.
Apr 26, 2020... In this videoconference hosted by Weizmann Canada, Profs. Uri Alon and Ron Milo present their bioinformatics-based exit strategy, which Prof. Milo describes as “‘biology by the numbers’ meets the coronavirus.”
Apr 27, 2020... Public health expert Prof. Gabi Barbash outlines the pandemic’s many unknowns: How many people are asymptomatic and yet spreading the virus? Why do some patients have mild symptoms, while others become severely ill? Are recovered patients with coronavirus antibodies now immune?
May 04, 2020... In this video, Profs. Ron Milo and Uri Alon succinctly and clearly explain their “intermittent work” strategy for restarting the economy without triggering a new wave of COVID infections.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/6-groundbreaking-breakthroughs-in-melanoma-research/
May 14, 2020...
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. And one important fact to be aware of is that the most common skin cancers, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, aren’t the ones that kill.
The least common variety, melanoma, causes most skin-cancer deaths because it quickly spreads (metastasizes) to other parts of the body.
That’s why many researchers around the world focus on melanoma, so-called because it starts in melanocyte cells that give skin its color.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/a-window-to-the-campus-1-back-to-routine/
May 15, 2020... “A Window to the Campus” is a new video series from the Weizmann Institute of Science. In the first video, “Back to Routine,” we find that the lush campus is deceptively quiet...
May 17, 2020... Dr. Nir London discusses the “COVID Moonshot” project in this videoconference. The global initiative, which currently includes nine partners, aims to develop a “cheap and safe” antiviral treatment for COVID on a much faster timeline than traditional drug discovery.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-on-tap-2020/
Jun 08, 2020... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 8, 2020—After a 10-year-long successful run, and 14 events altogether – events that have changed our ideas about pleasurable entertainment and brought an original concept to the night life and culture of the big city – Science on Tap will be held this year in the villages and towns on Israel’s border with Gaza and in nearby Ashkelon and Netivot. Dozens of top scientists will be on hand in 32 bars and eateries to talk with patrons and answer their questions about life on the edge – the cutting edge of global science, that is.
May 12, 2020... There’s an obvious risk to reopening the economy during the pandemic, even in places where the number of COVID-19 cases is dropping: As more people come back into contact, cases could surge again, and businesses could be forced to shut down a second time. South Korea is seeing a new spike in cases after the outbreak seemed to be under control. In China, new cases have emerged in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the virus. But an adjustment to work schedules—along with social distancing and other tools like contact tracing—could help businesses that can’t work remotely to potentially reopen safely.