Making Connections Australia
Weizmann Australia’s Making Connections programme brings scientists from Australia and Israel together to share knowledge and expertise. The programme’s purpose is to establish scientific cooperation between the Weizmann Institute of Science and Australian scientists by providing funding to initiate research collaborations.
Bringing a variety of scientific perspectives and knowledge together has many benefits, including increasing the speed and ability to conduct complex research projects through the pooling of multidisciplinary expertise and resources.
Making Connections in Australia began in 2013, based on a model developed between Israel and the UK. It’s a donor funded programme which has seen over $0.5 million in grants distributed between 2013 and 2017. Two Making Connections symposia were run in 2014 and 2017, one on diabetes research and one on Cancer. Each was attended by Weizmann and Australian scientists, where long-lasting and fruitful relationships and scientific collaborations were formed.
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The New Science of Mind-Reading
A new AI model developed by the Weizmann Institute of Science, called Brain-IT, can ‘read’ your brain activity and reconstruct what you see with striking speed and accuracy. The stadium is full, the ball is in the air – and all eyes are fixed on the batter poised to...
The Know-How Kids
New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science shows that even second graders can reason like scientists – if we ask them the right way. When a child asks: “Why does a blowfish puff up?” we often jump in with facts. But what if we paused and suggested that they...
Professor Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away
From pursuing an impossible dream to uncovering one of the cell’s best-kept secrets and advancing the design of improved antibiotics, these were just some of the achievements of Professor Ada Yonath. Professor Yonath, laureate of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and...
When the Gut Can’t Forget: A New Mechanism Promoting Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have discovered that transient intestinal inflammation can leave irreversible changes in the gut lining, leading to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The new findings point to new directions for treatment and early...
From Brain Wiring to Stress and Metabolism: One Gene Has a Finger on the Switch
New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science shows that a master switch gene known to shape the brain before birth, is repurposed in the adult brain to regulate mental and metabolic networks. Many of us find ourselves losing our appetite – or, conversely,...
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The blockbuster drug Viagra may strengthen a newly discovered cholesterol-regulating mechanism that could be harnessed to curb cancer spread, according to new collaborative research at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Viagra was originally developed to treat high...
Immune Therapy for Alzheimer’s Takes a Step Forward
A Phase 1 clinical trial has reported positive results for a brain-protective immunotherapy in early Alzheimer's disease, a therapy based on work from the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dozens of research teams around the world are working to halt, treat and even...
A Magnetic Clue to Life’s Origins
A new study suggests that magnetic surfaces may influence not only the ‘handedness’ of biological molecules, but also their isotope composition – connecting two fundamental fingerprints of life. The study, offering new clues to the origin of life on Earth, began at a...