Scientific Activities Span Several Areas in the Life Sciences
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Table of Contents The International Board..........................................................................................................1 The Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee...............................................................9 Institute Officers.....................................................................................................................13 The Weizmann Institute of Science.......................................................................................17 Faculty of Biochemistry.........................................................................................................21 Faculty of Biochemistry...............................................................................................22 Biological Chemistry....................................................................................................24 Molecular Genetics.......................................................................................................36 Plant Sciences...............................................................................................................48 Biological Services.......................................................................................................60 Structural Proteomics Unit...........................................................................................63 The Y. Leon Benoziyo Institute for Molecular Medicine............................................65 The Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases................................67 The Dr. Josef Cohn Minerva Center for Biomembrane Research................................68 The Crown Human Genome Center.............................................................................70 The Mel Dobrin Center for Nutrition...........................................................................73 The Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular Genetics..................................74 The Kekst Family Institute for Medical Genetics........................................................75 The Charles W. and Tillie K. Lubin Center for Plant Biotechnology..........................76 The M.D. Moross Institute for Cancer Research..........................................................77 The David and Fela Shapell Family Center for Genetic Disorders Research.............79 The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Center for Plant Molecular Genetics Research....80 Faculty of Biology...................................................................................................................83 Faculty of Biology........................................................................................................84 Biological Regulation...................................................................................................86 Immunology.................................................................................................................98 Molecular Cell Biology..............................................................................................108 Neurobiology..............................................................................................................119 Veterinary Resources..................................................................................................130 The Norman and Helen Asher Center for Brain Imaging..........................................132 The Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurosciences..........................................133 The Carl and Micaela Einhorn-Dominic Center for Brain Research.........................134 The Murray H. and Meyer Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher Brain Functions...................................................................................................................135 The Helen and Martin Kimmel Institute for Stem Cell Research..............................136 The Kirk Center for Childhood Cancer and Immunological Disorders.....................138 The Belle S. and Irving E. Meller Center for the Biology of Aging..........................140 The Gabrielle Rich Center for Transplantation Biology Research.............................141 The Willner Family Center for Vascular Biology......................................................143 Table of Contents Faculty of Biology The Women's Health Research Center.......................................................................147 The Yad Abraham Research Center for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy................148 Faculty of Chemistry............................................................................................................151 Faculty of Chemistry..................................................................................................152 Chemical Physics........................................................................................................156 Environmental Sciences and Energy Research..........................................................164 Materials and Interfaces..............................................................................................169 Organic Chemistry......................................................................................................178 Structural Biology......................................................................................................186 Solar Research Facilities Unit....................................................................................193 Chemical Research Support........................................................................................196 The Center for Energy Research................................................................................216 The Fritz Haber Center for Physical Chemistry.........................................................218 The Ilse Katz Institute for Material Sciences and Magnetic Resonance Research....220 The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science..........................221 The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design....................................223 The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science..................................224 The Helen and Milton A.Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly...................................................................................................................225 The Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology........................................227 The Gerhardt M.J. Schmidt Minerva Center on Supramolecular Architecture..........228 The Moskowitz Center for Nano and Bio-nano Imaging...........................................229 The Dr. Scholl Center for Water and Climate............................................................230 The Sussman Family Center for the Study of Environmental Sciences.....................231 Additional Institutes that have contributed to Scientific Advancement.....................235 Faculty of Physics.................................................................................................................237 Faculty of Physics.......................................................................................................238 Condensed Matter Physics..........................................................................................239 Particle Physics and Astrophysics..............................................................................246 Physics of Complex Systems......................................................................................260 Physics Services.........................................................................................................269 The Crown Photonics Center......................................................................................271 The Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics......................................................................272 The Center for Experimental Physics.........................................................................273 The Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics................................274 The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research..........................277 The Albert Einstein Minerva Center for Theoretical Physics....................................278 The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Center for Nanophysics.............................280 The Minerva Center for Nonlinear Physics of Complex Systems..............................281 Table of Contents Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science................................................................289 Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science.........................................................290 Computer Science and Applied Mathematics............................................................291 Mathematics................................................................................................................301 The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science....310 The Ida Kohen Center for Mathematics.....................................................................312 The John von Neumann Minerva Center for the Development of Reactive Systems......................................................................................................................313 Feinberg Graduate School...................................................................................................315 Feinberg Graduate School..........................................................................................316