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Nobel for Antibiotics Tool
Nobel for Antibiotics Tool

https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/nobel-for-antibiotics-tool/

Oct 08, 2009... Trio win chemistry prize for work that has led to cures for diseases.
STOCKHOLM—Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath on Wednesday won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the atom-by-atom mapping of protein-making factories within cells.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work on ribosomes has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotic cures for various diseases.

TAGS: Awards, Women, Chemistry, Bacteria, Proteins

Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship Project
Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship Project

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Jan 28, 2013... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—January 28, 2013—The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects. The new project will federate European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science: understanding the human brain.
The goal of the Human Brain Project: Pull together all our existing knowledge about the human brain and reconstruct the brain, piece by piece, in supercomputer-based models and simulations. Such models offer the prospect of a new understanding of the human brain and the diseases that affect it, as well as advancing completely new computing and robotic technologies. The European Commission supported this vision, announcing that it has selected the HBP as one of two projects to be funded through the new FET Flagship Program, which supports highly innovative technology.

TAGS: Technology, Awards, Brain, Neuroscience, Computers

Six PGIA Students Journey to Weizmann Institute in Israel
Six PGIA Students Journey to Weizmann Institute in Israel

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Feb 16, 2016... Peter Gruber International Academy students in Israel
On Feb. 5, six Peter Gruber International Academy (PGIA) students embarked on a journey across the world to attend a three-day science program at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, just south of Tel Aviv. The Weizmann Institute of Science is one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary research institutions in the natural and exact sciences. The institute has a long history of investigation and discovery rooted in a mission of advancing science for the benefit of humanity.

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Signs of Success
Signs of Success

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Aug 26, 2014... Dr. Michal Rivlin
Seven years after the launch of the donor-backed National Postdoctoral Program for Advancing Women in Science, the program, established and operated by the Weizmann Institute of Science, is evidencing major signs of success in its aim to nurture the careers of Israeli women scientists and thereby advance academic science overall in Israel. More than 80 percent of the women who participated in the program have attained faculty positions in Israeli academia: 22 out of the 27 women who completed their postdoctoral studies abroad. Of the remainder, two have accepted faculty appointments abroad and two are working in the Israeli high-tech industry.

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$20M D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation Gift Expands Collaboration of the Weizmann Institute of Science with the University of Michigan and the Technion
$20M D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation Gift Expands Collaboration of the Weizmann Institute of Science with the University of Michigan and the Technion

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Oct 15, 2018... Consider a future in which robots work alongside humans to search for disaster survivors and sensors monitor their response to bacterial infections in real time.
A $20 million gift from the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation of Michigan will expand collaboration among researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the University of Michigan, and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology to help enhance quality of life through advancements in robotics and precision health.

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Merck and Weizmann Institute Sign New Framework Agreement on Research Collaboration
Merck and Weizmann Institute Sign New Framework Agreement on Research Collaboration

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Feb 16, 2016... (l-r) Yeda CEO Amir Naiberg, Vice President for Technology Transfer Prof. Mudi Sheves, Merck Deputy CEO and Vice Chairman of the Executive Board Stefan Oschmann, and Merck Executive Board Member and Healthcare CEO Belén Garijo
DARMSTADT, GERMANY, AND REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 16, 2016—Merck, a leading science and technology company, has extended its partnership with the Weizmann Institute of Science by signing a new framework agreement, thus building on a successful innovation partnership of almost four decades.

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Israeli XPrize Mission Science Twist: Map Lunar Magnetism
Israeli XPrize Mission Science Twist: Map Lunar Magnetism

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Nov 07, 2014... Artist's rendering of the SpaceIL Google Lunar XPrize spacecraft conducting its mission. Credit: SpaceIL
Eran Privman, CEO of SpaceIL, authored this article with contributions from mission scientist Oded Aharonson and SpaceIL science team investigator Avi Barliya. The authors contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
With the goal of landing the first Israeli spacecraft on the moon, nonprofit SpaceIL is competing for the Google Lunar XPrize: a modern race to the moon. The competition promises a $20-million grand prize to the first nongovernmental team to soft-land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon, travel 500 meters (1640 feet) across the surface, and send high-resolution images and video back to Earth.

TAGS: Space, Technology, Awards, Education

American Committee National Chair Earns Honorary Doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science
American Committee National Chair Earns Honorary Doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Dec 04, 2018... Ellen Merlo receives her honorary doctorate from Weizmann Institute President Prof. Daniel Zajfman.
NEW YORK, NY—December 4, 2018—At its 70th annual International Board Meeting, the Weizmann Institute of Science conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa upon longtime supporter and leader Ellen Merlo. The Weizmann Institute of Science, located in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the world’s leading centers of multidisciplinary scientific research.

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Web Gems: Introducing the Winners of the First Annual Labbies, "The Scientist" Magazine's Prizes for the Best Web-Based Multimedia by Labs
Web Gems: Introducing the Winners of the First Annual Labbies, "The Scientist" Magazine's Prizes for the Best Web-Based Multimedia by Labs

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Sep 02, 2010... On her first tour of her freshman dorm at the University of California, Davis in the fall of 1992, neurophysiologist and science journalist Kirsten Sanford met an engineering student who talked to her about signing up for an electronic mail account—a term she had never heard before. At the time, the Internet was little more than green text on a black screen, and hardly anyone she knew used it. But Sanford was intrigued. “The idea that I could send messages immediately to people without having to stamp a letter was fascinating.”

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Prof. Erez Berg Named 2019 Blavatnik Awards Physical Sciences & Engineering Laureate
Prof. Erez Berg Named 2019 Blavatnik Awards Physical Sciences & Engineering Laureate

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May 08, 2019... Meet physicist Prof. Erez Berg, the 2019 Physical Sciences & Engineering Laureate of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. Prof. Berg has conducted influential studies to gain insights into quantum materials—materials whose electronic properties cannot be characterized by traditional physics. His research holds major promise for devising new ways of storing and manipulating quantum information, with implications for a new computing age, as well as next-generation electronics, superconducting power lines, and MRI technologies. The Blavatnik Awards, presented by The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH), recognize early-career scientists and engineers in Israel for both their extraordinary achievements and promise for future discoveries. Of the three 2019 laureates, two were from the Weizmann Institute; the other Weizmann winner was Dr. Michal Rivlin of the Department of Neurobiology. Video courtesy of the New York Academy of Sciences.

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