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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Facing Danger with Maturity
Weizmann Institute of Science and Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have discovered that stem cell maturation can also serve as an immune defence mechanism. We all begin life as a collection of embryonic stem cells that have a remarkable ability to mature into...
Novel Molecular Marker May Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment
An international research team led by the Weizmann Institute of Science has uncovered a key mechanism of prostate cancer treatment resistance and points to a potential combination therapy for patients. Most prostate cancers rely on male sex hormones, known as...
Revolving Doors and Efficient Engines: How Proteins Escape a Molecular Tangle
A new study from the Weizmann Institute of Science has revealed how energy-efficient cellular machines rapidly untangle misfolded proteins – a finding that may help improve the design of artificial molecular machines. Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can...
A Journey to the Centre of the Liver
A first-of-its-kind genetic atlas, developed by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, together with colleagues at Sheba Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic, reveals how human liver cells divide their labour – and why some regions are especially vulnerable to...
Traps Could Unlock the Mystery of Lunar Ice
New evidence from the Weizmann Institute of Science and collaborators in the United States, suggests that ice has been accumulating on the Moon for 1.5 billion years – and reveals the most promising places to find it. More than half a century after the last crewed...
High-Rise Living: The Tiny Engineers that Build with Their Bodies
Weizmann Institute scientists have revealed how weaver ants ‘think’ as a group and link their bodies together to ‘zipper’ the treetops. The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants...
How Yeast Find the Perfect Match
A mass mating event in a Weizmann Institute of Science lab has revealed how yeast cells choose partners – and what predicts the success of their offspring. While humans often struggle to find a partner who is both physically attractive and a reliable co-parent, yeast...
Phage’s Deep Pockets
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have identified three new families of proteins that viruses use to disrupt bacterial immune signalling. The genomes of phages – viruses that infect bacteria – are largely composed of ‘dark matter’: genes that encode proteins...
Malaria’s mRNA: Messages that Mess with the Immune System
The deadly malaria parasite uses its own messenger RNA to keep the host’s immune system jammed while it multiplies and spreads, researchers have discovered. RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got...
Between Flood and Drought: The Metric That Could Better Explain What Happens to Water in the Age of Climate Change
According to a new metric revealed in a Weizmann Institute of Science study, arid regions may be closer to the ecological red line than previously thought. “How much rain fell?” is a key question in any discussion about climate. But perhaps there is an even more...