New evidence from the Weizmann Institute of Science points to sweeping urban planning in the city of Jerusalem existed as early as the 9th century BCE. More than 2,800 years ago, residents of Iron-age Jerusalem faced a climate change, marked by years of drought and...
A nuclear clock quest at the Weizmann Institute of Science, spins off a new dark matter detection method. For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter – an invisible substance believed to make up about 80 per cent of the...
By Professor Alon Chen, neuroscientist and president of the Weizmann Institute of Science – published in Nature, Vol 643, p306, 10 July 2025 A little before 3 a.m. on 15 June, two Iranian missiles hit the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. We consider...
In the early hours of 15 June 2025, two ballistic missiles, launched by Iran directly hit the Weizmann Institute of Science.Thankfully, no lives were lost. But the damage was devastating. Critical research and teaching facilities were hit. State-of-the-art...
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revealed the cellular network behind oral tolerance, the immune mechanism that enables us to eat food safely. If we have an allergy to peanuts, strawberries or dairy, we are quick to blame our immune systems. But...
The Weizmann Institute of Science is one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary basic research institutions in the natural and exact sciences. High-achieving science graduates from Australian universities are invited to apply for a prestigious postgraduate...
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have now called for a new kind of test to ensure evolutionary safety of future drugs. How many mutations do we need to improve our chances of survival? There is no single correct answer to that question, but one might think...
Dear Friends, The following is a letter, signed by the Presidents of Israel’s universities. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and friends so it can reach as broad an audience as possible. Weizmann Australia. An open letter by heads of Israeli...
Three lucky Australian high school graduates spent the month of July attending the Weizmann Institute of Science’s annual International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) in Israel. First year science students, Chi Chi Zhao (PhB Hons at ANU), Finn Lip (PhB Hons at UWA),...
A newly discovered immune strategy by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science protects bacteria and more advanced species, from corals to bees. Every time we make a call, send a text message or watch a video, some of the energy stored in the cell phone's...
Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered a gene that may cause weight gain in older people, regardless of their diet. When diets fail, people often blame their genes. Now scientists lend weight to this notion, showing that genes may indeed play a role in weight...
The Weizmann Institute of Science has launched a new scholarship in partnership with the General Sir John Monash Foundation, with applications now open and closing on 14 July 2023. The Weizmann-Monash Scholarship seeks applications from excellent Australian science...
Can we predict our own future? For Australian scientist, Rebecca Hertzman, currently undertaking her Masters of Science in chemical biology and drug discovery at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, this seems to be the case. When visiting the Weizmann campus...
Imagine getting treatment for a perfectly healthy young heart that would allow it to recover from an otherwise devastating injury decades later. If you think this prospect seems farfetched, you are not alone. Until recently, Professor Eldad Tzahor, whose lab at the...
The Weizmann International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) in Israel is back and applications are now open for budding, young Australian science students who are studying at University this year, to attend the program from 4-27 July 2023. The ISSI offers a unique...
At a photographic studio in Alexandria, Sydney, supporters and friends of Weizmann Australia and its Executive gathered to take a step into Space. Waiters in Weizmann Institute laboratory coats served soup in test tubes, drinks in syringes and dessert in beakers as...
One day the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Professor Eldad Tzahor peered into his lab’s microscope and saw steak. As part of Tzahor’s research into repairing muscle tissue, Dr Tamar Eigler, a postdoctoral fellow in his lab had been experimenting with cultured muscle...
An emerging science star and 2019 Weizmann Institute Summer School Alumnus recently had her prolific talent recognised, being awarded both the Charles Allen Seymor Hawker Scholarship of $60,000 over three years, and the 2021 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Scholarship...
Science can be complex and often hard to ‘see’. But a scientific animator’s skill can change that by bringing it all to life, not just for the scientist but the lay person too. Weizmann PhD graduate, Ofir Shein Lumbroso, is in Australia, honing her skills to become...
The public are invited to an exclusive one hour webinar featuring two intriguing speakers from different perspectives of the COVID-19 crisis: Olfaction at the epicentre of COVID-19 Professor Noam Sobel - Head, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science...
The Weizmann Institute of Science has set up the Weizmann Coronavirus Response Fund which aims to raise approximately $25 million for the urgent dissemination of support to its scientists working on the front lines to find solutions. Everyone in Australia and around...
Applications are now open for talented, science-oriented, Australian high school graduates of 2019 to participate in the 2020 International Summer Science Institute (ISSI), at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. ISSI offers a unique opportunity to...
In November 2019, the first Garvan-Weizmann Symposium was held in Israel, coinciding with the Weizmann Institute of Science’s 70th anniversary celebrations plus the 71st meeting of its international board. Weizmann’s best from around the world attended. View more
In 2016 the Garvan-Weizmann partnership was formalised during an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce NSW mission to Israel, led by the NSW Premier of the time, Mr Mike Baird. A memorandum of understanding was signed and the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular...