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What is Happening to Our Sense of Time During Covid?
What is Happening to Our Sense of Time During Covid?

https://weizmann-usa.org/blog/what-is-happening-to-our-sense-of-time-during-covid/

Dec 31, 2020... We have all experienced a warped sense of time during these Groundhog Blursdays of the pandemic – but why?
Some reasons are obvious. We have lost our guideposts, and events that occurred like clockwork – holidays, birthdays – have largely been cancelled. Seasons and school days aren’t well-defined. Weekends – what’s the diff?
And if you are fortunate enough to work remotely, you no longer have the adjustment period of a commute; going straight from bed to the kitchen coffeemaker to one’s makeshift office is simply not the same. Our environment, clothing, and habits are unchanging.

TAGS: Culture, Neuroscience, Virus, Behavior

A Brain Mechanism Underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed
A Brain Mechanism Underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/a-brain-mechanism-underlying-vision-in-the-blind-is-revealed/

Jan 07, 2021... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—January 7, 2021—Some people lose their eyesight, yet continue to “see.” This phenomenon, a kind of vivid visual hallucination, is named after Swiss doctor Charles Bonnet, who described in 1769 how his completely blind grandfather experienced intense, detailed visions of people, animals, and objects. Charles Bonnet syndrome was investigated in a study led by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science. The findings, published in Brain, suggest a mechanism by which normal, spontaneous activity in the visual centers of the brain can trigger visual hallucinations in the blind.

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Senses

72nd Annual Meeting of the International Board: Building the Future of Neuroscience
72nd Annual Meeting of the International Board: Building the Future of Neuroscience

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/72nd-annual-meeting-of-the-international-board-building-the-future-of-neuroscience/

Jan 12, 2021... Prof. Alon Chen – who is not only the Weizmann Institute president, but a renowned neurobiologist – moderates Building the Future of Neuroscience. Neuroscience is a major area of focus for the Institute and the subject of a new flagship initiative.

TAGS: Community, Neuroscience, Leadership

Brain Research Gets a Boost from Mosquitos
Brain Research Gets a Boost from Mosquitos

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/brain-research-gets-a-boost-from-mosquitos/

May 11, 2021... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 11, 2021—Can a protein found in a mosquito lead to a better understanding of the workings of our own brains? Prof. Ofer Yizhar and his team in the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Neurobiology took a light-sensitive protein derived from mosquitos and used it to devise an improved method for investigating the messages that are passed from neuron to neuron in the brains of mice. This method, reported in Neuron, could potentially help scientists solve age-old cerebral mysteries and pave the way for new and improved therapies to treat neurological and psychiatric conditions.

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Optics

Harnessing Our Immune System to Defeat Alzheimer’s: From Lab to Clinic
Harnessing Our Immune System to Defeat Alzheimer’s: From Lab to Clinic

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May 14, 2021... The American Committee’s Women for Science (W4S) initiative hosted an engaging webinar, featuring two leading neuroscientists: Weizmann Institute President Prof. Alon Chen and Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Department of Neurobiology. Following introductory remarks by W4S Co-Chair Ellen Merlo, Prof. Chen provided an overview Weizmann’s flagship Institute for Brian and Neural Sciences. Featured speaker Prof. Michal Schwartz then presented her trailblazing research, based on her groundbreaking discoveries about the connection between the immune system and the brain. Her innovative work is paving the way to a revolutionary platform for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and age-related dementia. To conclude the program, Prof. Schwartz participated in a dynamic Q&A, moderated by Ellen Merlo.

TAGS: Women, Neuroscience, Immune system, Alzheimers

Israeli Lab “Switches Off” Brain Connectors, Boosting Efforts to Treat Disorders
Israeli Lab “Switches Off” Brain Connectors, Boosting Efforts to Treat Disorders

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/israeli-lab-switches-off-brain-connectors-boosting-efforts-to-treat-disorders/

May 11, 2021... Israeli scientists have developed a way to switch off connectors that link different parts of the brain, in an advance they say could prove key to treating neurological disorders like epilepsy.
The innovation, which relies on a light-sensitive protein from mosquitos, was reported on Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal Neuron. The breakthrough has been discussed in medical circles for several weeks, and dozens of neurobiology teams around the world are already ordering the protein and using the protocol in their own labs.

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Optics

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/june-is-alzheimer-s-brain-awareness-month/

Jun 07, 2021... Despite decades of research, we don’t know much about the brain. It is as strange as the deep sea, as complex as a computer, as mysterious as the universe – and it makes us who we are, as humans and individuals.
Understanding this most complex of organs is more important now than ever: lifespans are increasing and, thus, so are age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s; awareness of mental illness is rising, as is the need for effective treatments; rates of autism are still going up. Fortunately, technological advances over the past several years are, for the first time, allowing scientists to study the brain at a level of detail never before possible.

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Alzheimers

When the Brain’s GPS Goes Off the Grid
When the Brain’s GPS Goes Off the Grid

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/when-the-brain-s-gps-goes-off-the-grid/

Aug 11, 2021... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 11, 2021—In a new study published in Nature, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers revealed, for the first time, how three-dimensional space is represented in the mammalian cortex by the brain’s “GPS” system. The team, led by Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky of Weizmann’s Department of Neurobiology and including scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was surprised to find that this representation is very different from the way two-dimensional space is represented – a finding that turned several longstanding hypotheses on their heads.

TAGS: Neuroscience

The Weizmann Institute of Science receives $50 Million (USD) from the Azrieli Foundation To Help Humanity Unlock The Mysteries of the Brain
The Weizmann Institute of Science receives $50 Million (USD) from the Azrieli Foundation To Help Humanity Unlock The Mysteries of the Brain

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/the-weizmann-institute-of-science-receives-50-million-usd-from-the-azrieli-foundation-to-help-humanity-unlock-the-mysteries-of-the-brain/

Nov 09, 2021... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 9, 2021—The Weizmann Institute of Science is thrilled to announce a lead philanthropic donation of $50 million (USD) from the Azrieli Foundation. The historic gift will enable catalytic brain research with the establishment of The Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences. The donation is among the largest of its kind for the Foundation. The Azrieli Foundation is a longstanding supporter of research at the Weizmann Institute, and this generous donation adds to its past philanthropic investments of nearly $30 million in Weizmann research facilities and faculty and student fellowships.

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Philanthropy

Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS
Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/mutations-in-noncoding-dna-protect-the-brain-from-als/

Mar 31, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 31, 2022—Genetic mutations linked to a disease often spell bad news. Mutations in over 25 genes, for example, are associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and they all increase the risk of developing this incurable disorder. Now, a research team headed by Prof. Eran Hornstein of the Weizmann Institute of Science has linked a new gene to ALS, but this one contains mutations of a different sort: They seem to play a defensive, rather than an offensive, role in the disease.

TAGS: Genetics, Neuroscience

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