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Incoming Wayne State University President Kimberly Andrews Espy said the university welcomes competition from Michigans two largest universities.

American pop rock band X Ambassadors will headline the 45th annual Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) Montreal Gala on Tuesday evening, June 7 at Jardin Royalmount in honour of Dr.

Weizmann Canada has announced a visionary gift from Valeria Rosenbloom of Montreal, enabling the establishment of the Mike and Valeria Rosenbloom Center for Research on Positive Neuroscience. This center is

Thanks to the generous support of donors, the Jewish Community Foundation has a special envelope available to award annual Nova grants for innovative programs, which will have maximum impact on

Weizmann Institute Optogeneticists Use Mosquito Rhodopsins to Boost Brain Research New versions of light-sensitive proteins could illuminate the dark corners of our brain’s communication pathways Weizmann Institute of Science Segment of a mouse brain. Red illuminated areas are communication pathways between neurons that express the mosquito-derived protein. In blue: cells’ nuclei Weizmann Institute of Science Illustration of the mosquito rhodopsin’s structure. Efficient and stable Pre...

Weizmann Institute of Science 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 Neurobiology Department 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 today in Neuron, could potentially help scientists solve age-old...

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 Neurobiology Department 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 today in Neuron, could potentially help scientists solve age-old cerebral mysteries that coul...

MBZUAI welcomes senior delegation from Weizmann Institute in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI, 3rd May 2021 (WAM) - A senior delegation from Weizmann Institute of Science led by President Professor Alon Chen visited the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi to discuss the strategic planning and roadmap of MBZUAI-WIS Joint Program for Artificial Intelligence Research (AI Program). The delegation was warmly received by MBUZAI President Professor Eric Xing, and were give...

MBZUAI Welcomes Senior Delegation from Weizmann Institute in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI, UAE, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A senior delegation from Weizmann Institute of Science led by President Professor Alon Chen visited the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi to discuss the strategic planning and roadmap of MBZUAI-WIS Joint Program for Artificial Intelligence Research (AI Program). The delegation was warmly received by MBUZAI President Professor Eric Xing, a...