Dr. Lorenz Adlung – a writer, public speaker, and systems biologist from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany – is conducting his postdoctoral research in the Immunology Department of the Weizmann Institute of Science under the guidance of Prof. Ido Amit and Prof. Eran Elinav. He came to the institute in autumn 2017 and is planning to stay until spring 2021. Right before the recent quarantine and his departure for a short visit to Germany, we asked him a few questions about his stay at the Weizmann Institute. For the full interview: https://bit.ly/3mT2gsd For the Hebrew version: https://bit.ly/3lQipNF
The Weizmann Institute of Science stands in solidarity with all women across the globe who are affected by violence and is committed to using its platform to bring awareness to this international crisis. #EliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #GenerationEquality #orangetheworld #16days #spreadtheword
מכון ויצמן הוכתר לאוניברסיטה הטובה ביותר בישראל, כך לפי הדירוג השנתי של אוניברסיטאות שמפרסם המגזין האמריקאי יו.אס. ניוז. לכתבה המלאה: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3863190,00.html
Our 'isolated lemon tree' (see photos) is in fact a simulation for us to test a new labelling system we designed to follow tree carbon allocation in the forest. This is part of our larger project on tree carbon transfer through mycorrhizal networks (which has recently been published in Hamachon). To label a tree with isotopic CO2 one needs to isolate the individual tree and let it absorb the label through photosynthesis. For the full article: https://bit.ly/2FjBhFc
This afternoon a spontaneous protest took place in front of Arison Building. This group of employees, students and scientists came to protest the rise in sexual violence cases, express sympathy for the victims and demand a speedy justice.
Grace Mayuni and Talitha Kotzé, MSc students in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, came to the Weizmann Institute of Science's Immunology Department in January, 2020, for a three-month stay as visiting students. But with the global coronavirus outbreak, the closing of South Africa's borders and the suspension of international flights, their return to Cape Town was delayed. The Institute has assisted them in every way possible: Their visas have been extended until January 2021, the heads of their labs were happy to extend their stay in the lab; their friends became family; and their research did not stop for a minute. For the full story: https://bit.ly/32UApRj
For the full story in English: https://bit.ly/3hjciQe לכתבה המלאה בעברית: https://bit.ly/39cxtR2