We present beautiful wildlife on campus pictures each week, but this week's photo stands out.
It shows a Lebanon lizard, also known as 'Phoenicolacerta laevis' captured on camera by Yossi Shohat, our Green Campus Coordinator.
The Lebanon lizard is known for its speed and evasive

Congratulations to Prof. yardena samuels of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, for her appointment as Director of the Moross Integrated Cancer Center (MICC).

Congratulations to Profs. Ayelet Erez & Liran Shlush of the Molecular Cell Biology Department, for appointment as co-Heads of the Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Medical School. Best of luck!

A new study in Tali Kimchi Lab 💔 studied wild mice in near-natural conditions and revealed different strategies used by females and males in forming social hierarchies. The surprising findings can help unravel some aspects of neurobiological disorders that have a social context,

The Weizmann Institute of Science, in a joint initiative with the Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Fund, is set to launch a unique program to train the next generation of physician-scientists. The program will be open to graduates and postgraduates who will earn an MD-PhD at the end of

Crows are aggressive and vengeful toward humans – true or false?
The Hooded Crow is the most common in Israel, considered to have high intelligence (often compared to a six-year-old child) with the ability to plan ahead and at times, display aggressive behavior – but for a

Congratulations to our Weizmann Institute Profs. Irit Dinur , Michal Irani, Itay Halevy, Mike Fainzilber , Sarel Fleishman and Rony Paz upon receiving the 2023 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant
#ERCAdG

Congratulations to Prof. Zelig Eshhar of the Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology
upon being granted the 2024 Canada Gairdner Foundation International Award

Far away in the south of Israel, near Kibbutz Neot Smadar, a new observatory is taking shape. Introducing LAST - Large Array Survey Telescope, the strongest astronomical survey to date, led by Prof. Eran Ofek and Dr. Sagi Ben-Ami, and managed by Dr. David Polishook

Congratulations to Dr. Yael of the Earth & Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute for being awarded the Raphael (Rafi) Freund Award by the Israeli Geological Society

Meet the Spur-winged lapwing, a bird from the Charadriidae family, recently caught on camera by Yossi Shohat, our green campus coordinator.
Isn't it interesting how sometimes animals can have human characteristics? You might think of some friends you have when looking at

For years, there have been disagreements among scientists regarding when bacteria's division time is determined, and what affects this timing. Now, new research led by Weizmann’s Prof. Ariel Amir offers an answer >> bit.ly/time-bacteria-…

Congratulations to Yarden Daniel (in the group of Prof. Ernesto Joselevich) of the Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Department for being awarded with the 'Best Flashtalk and Poster Award' at Nanotechnology -from Academia to Industry (NTAI-2023) conference held in

Congratulations to Dr. Tamar Wolf (from the group of Prof. Lucio Frydman) of the Chemical and Biological Physics Department for being awarded the ICS Prize for Excellent Graduate Student.
Lucio Frydman Lab

Meet the Painted Lady butterfly, which visits our Institute's flowers each year in March and April.
Not only is the Painted Lady the most common butterfly species in the world – tens of millions of butterflies pass through our region every spring – but it also holds the record

We’re All Stardust: A few days before his wedding, this Weizmann PhD student received a once-in-a-career opportunity: he was able to observe one of the brightest supernovas in decades using Hubble bit.ly/supernova-wis-…
Ido Irani 🇺🇦🇮🇱
Erez

Congratulations to Prof. Schraga Schwartz of the Molecular Genetics Department, Prof. Thomas Vidick of the  Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department, and Dr. The Shalev-Benami Lab of the Chemical and Structural Biology Department upon being granted the 2024 Blavatnik

Congratulations to Dr. Vojtech Kundrat (in the group of Profs. Reshef Tenne and Ernesto Joselevich) of the Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Department for being awarded the Best Presentation of the 20th IMC (International Microscopy Congress)
Vojtech Kundrat