DNA

Proteins without Parents

Proteins without Parents

Using three AI protein prediction tools, a Chinese-Israeli study at the Weizmann Institute of Science uncovered new wrinkles in the folding story of ‘orphan’ proteins. When Weizmann Professors Joel Sussman and Israel Silman were asked to mentor Chinese students online...

Rediscovering the Nucleus

Rediscovering the Nucleus

A novel imaging method reveals a surprising arrangement of DNA in the cell’s nucleus as reported by the Weizmann Institute of Science. If you open a biology textbook and run through the images depicting how DNA is organized in the cell’s nucleus, chances are you’ll...

Profiling COVID-19

Profiling COVID-19

A research team at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Institute for Biological Research, in Ness Ziona, Israel, has a new approach to understanding the COVID-19 virus that may lead to better diagnostics and treatment. ‘Contact tracing’ inside infected cells...

Which Came First? Amino acids or proteins?

Which Came First? Amino acids or proteins?

What did the very first proteins that appeared on Earth around 3.7 billion years ago look like? Now an experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddle. Professor Dan Tawfik of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Professor Norman Metanis...