Keeping Up the Pressure

Keeping Up the Pressure

A new neural mechanism is found to regulate the chronic stress response 13.02.2017 Brain tissue from genetically engineered mice. Neurons that express CRFR1 appear in green and those that release the neurotransmitter CRF are in red. The image was obtained with...
Dr. Silvio Pitlik: Preserving Our Internal Ecosystems

Dr. Silvio Pitlik: Preserving Our Internal Ecosystems

The day after retiring from medicine, Pitlik showed up in the lab of Prof. Rotem, Sorek 05.02.2017 Dr. Silvio Pitlik: “The students give me energy” Long before Weizmann Institute scientists and others discovered the beneficial side of our internal bacteria...
Uncovering the Secrets of White Cell Power

Uncovering the Secrets of White Cell Power

White blood cells push their way through barriers to get to infection sites 26.01.2017 White blood cell squeezing through endothelial cells (grey) on its way out of the blood vessel walls. The actin cytoskeleton of both cells is exposed; the white blood cell nucleus...
Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

A new approach to stabilizing protein structures could be key to an efficient vaccine 26.01.2017 A malaria vaccine based on stabilized proteins could circumvent today’s problems Despite decades of malaria research, the disease still afflicts hundreds of millions...