Author: TauTrust

MIT expert helps promote synthetic biology at TAU

Written on March 1, 2019.

Prof. Christopher Voigt of MIT visits TAU to talk to researchers and set up new collaborations for grad students Living organisms are amazing feats of engineering: By following instructions encoded...

Biotechnology, Microbiology

Are two brains better than one?

Written on February 19, 2019.

In scientific research, sometimes 1 + 1 equals more than 2 What do scientists need to become a winning team? Is it true that the opposites attracts? Or is it that research based on a...

Combined Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Medicine & Health

TAU Shines at Elite German Science Event

Written on February 19, 2019.

German Friends features TAU professors during prestigious Berlin Science Week German Friends of Tel Aviv University hosted three of the University’s brightest minds at an event held at...

Tel Aviv University

The 2019 Rappaport Prize for Excellence

Written on February 17, 2019.

The 2019 Rappaport Prize for Excellence in the field of Biomedical Research is awarded to Prof. Ehud Gazit from the School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology The Rappaport Prize for Excellence in...

Honours & Awards

A match made in Megiddo

Written on February 13, 2019.

How the chemistry between archaeology and physics researchers led to groundbreaking discoveries about biblical history Sometimes when you’ve stopped looking for a solution is exactly when...

Archeology, Physics

Inside a bat’s brain

Written on February 13, 2019.

Prof. Yaniv Assaf and Prof. Yossi Yovel are working together on a unique collection of brain scans of different mammals It’s a chicken versus egg scenario: Does behavior build a neural network or...

Zoology

Conversations in the Clean Room

Written on February 13, 2019.

At the shared laboratories of the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, casual conversations between scientists can lead to breakthroughs A chemist and a physicist walk into a clean room. No, this...

Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics

Inside a bat’s brain

Written on February 13, 2019.

Zoology

Congratulations to Prof. Khitam Muhsen for Receiving a Certificate of Appreciation

Written on February 11, 2019.

The President of the University will award Prof. Muhsen with a certificate of appreciation for her achievements to mark International Women’s Day Dr. Khitam Muhsen is Associate Professor at the...

Honours & Awards

Dr. Mordechai Gerlic’s Paper on the Cover of The FEBS Journal

Written on February 11, 2019.

IL-33 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that plays a role in a range of inflammatory diseases. To date, the mechanism underlying its release in cells is not fully understood. A recent work led by MD/PhD...

Medicine & Health

The Kadar Family Award granted to Professor Oded Rechavi from the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Written on February 11, 2019.

The Kadar Award is granted annually to four TAU researchers, two senior and two junior faculty members, from across the spectrum of faculties and disciplines at TAU. The Kadar Family Award for...

Honours & Awards

Connecting through Music

Written on January 28, 2019.

TAU’s Institute for Promoting Dialogue through Music is pioneering a new tool for bringing people closer together In Israel’s fractured society – Arab vs. Jew; religious vs. secular; Ashkenazi vs....

Music, Tel Aviv University

Pure Escapism

Written on January 28, 2019.

The new Escape Room Project provides a creative way of making learning more fun University exams are not the easiest time for students. The pressure leads to thoughts of escape – to anywhere except...

Neuroscience

TAU-led team discovers new way black holes are “fed”

Written on January 24, 2019.

These “giant monsters” were observed suddenly devouring gas in their surroundings Supermassive black holes weigh millions to billions times more than our sun and lie at the center of most...

Astronomy

TAU’s Ben Luria is one of the first Israeli Rhodes Scholars

Written on January 7, 2019.

We talked to the Political Science major just before he flew to Oxford to begin his Master’s degree What does former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner have in common with three Australian prime...

Tel Aviv University

Our 2018 Highlights- Dan David research is at the Top

Written on January 4, 2019.

The 2018 Altmetric Top 100; The PLOS Blogs (SciComm) Top 6 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2018; The Ynet top Scientific Research for 2018 Dan David Centerf for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research at Tel...

Biohistory, Biology & Evolution