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NEWSLETTER SPECIAL MARCH 2020
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Weizmann President’s Coronavirus update Exploring ways to assist with Coronavirus testing
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Professor Alon Chen, the Weizmann Institute of Science’s new President, has started his role facing a world health crisis. In a recent message to Weizmann friends he explains the position at the Weizmann Institute and what actions are being taken.
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In light of the severe constraints in performing a sufficient amount of coronavirus tests in Israel, the Weizmann Institute of Science is contributing to the national mission by looking at how it can use its advanced laboratories to perform coronavirus tests.
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Virus facts Designing a Coronavirus vaccine
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Dr Noam Ginossar provides a great overview giving clarity on the subject of Coronavirus. She focuses more specifically on how viruses are formed and attach. “A virus is not a living organism; it’s genetic material, either DNA or RNA, surrounded by a protein coat that can replicate….”
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In this video Professor Sarel Fleishman talks about how to design a coronavirus vaccine using computer generated antibodies – an approach developed by his research team. “Over the past eight years in our research group it has been about learning how to design antibodies on computer, and we’ve shown preliminary data that we can do this with atomic accuracy….”
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