Half of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University Faculty Deans, Senate are Women
Israel’s Bar-Ilan University started off the academic year for higher education marking a new milestone with nearly half of all its faculty deans being women. The university has 11 faculty deans total, but three women have just been appointed to head faculties, bringing the total number of women deans to five.
Cancer patients Test World’s First ‘Computer-designed’ Antibodies, Made in Israel
‘Nano-robot’ antibodies can be programmed to do much more when designed from scratch than when based on animal/human antibodies, says inventor, Prof. Yanay Ofran, from Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Life Sciences.
UN Recognizes Bar-Ilan Researcher
Prof. Liat Ayalon, of Bar-Ilan University’s Weisfeld School of Social Work, is one of 50 individuals from around the world who have been recognized by the United Nations as part of the first-ever Healthy Ageing 50: Leaders transforming the world to be a better place to grow older.
BIU a Recipient of ERC’s First Synergy Grant in Parasitology
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Synergy Grant of 8.6 million euro to Institut Pasteur, Bar-Ilan University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science for a project that will generate unprecedented insight into the role of genome instability in eukaryotic adaptation by combining experimental evolution, analyses, RNA biology, and network modeling.
BIU’s Prof. Malachi Noked Wins Climate Solutions Prize
Prof. Malachi Noked has won the Climate Solutions Prize for the development of sodium-ion batteries – developing active materials for sodium-ion batteries to create fuel cells as a more environmentally friendly storage system.
Israeli Researchers Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Cooked Food
The study – conducted by Israeli universities (including Bar-Ilan University) in collaboration with European professionals – marks the earliest signs of cooking by prehistoric humans, dating back to 780,000 years ago.
A Look Inside Medical Education in Israel
Although many countries are facing a shortage of physicians, Israel is being hit particularly hard by this problem, especially in rural areas. But as we’ll learn in this episode of Raise the Line, Dr. Peter Gilbey and Dr. Yair Blumberg of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar-Ilan University are doing their part to reverse that trend by developing new approaches to medical education.
Treating Addiction with Stem Cells
Research conducted at Bar-Ilan University’s Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center shows that stem cells originating in the placenta can reach damaged tissue in the brains of drug addicts and initiate a rehabilitation process.
Bittersweet Aging
Is there joy in growing old? What’s the best way to age? Can we improve the perception of old age? Prof. Ehud Bodner, of BIU’s Graduate Program in Gerontology, addresses these questions.
The Hebrew Book that First Linked Science and Philosophy to Judaism
Prof. Yehuda Halper, of BIU’s Department of Jewish Philosophy, was awarded an ISF Grant to research this medieval work using software he developed for editing and comparing other philosophical manuscripts.
The Link Between Autism and Feeling Misunderstood
A new concept for predicting autism and traits of the condition has been proposed by a research group led by psychologists and neuroscientists in Beersheba (Ben-Gurion University), Ramat Gan (Bar-Ilan University), Boston (Boston Children’s Hospital), and Cambridge (University of Cambridge).
Looking Ahead to Future Research and Innovation
For the first time, academic scholars in vision science from around the country came together for an international conference organized by the Israel Vision Science Society and the School of Optometry and Vision Science at Bar-Ilan University. The conference highlighted the finest research taking place today in the field.
What is a Rock Hyrax, and Why Do They Sing?
A new study on animal behavior that involved researchers from Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in Ramat Gan has linked reproductive success in male rock hyraxes to their ability to maintain rhythm during songs.
Developments that Change the Way of Viewing Existing Systems
Research conducted by Prof. Dror Fixler, Director of the Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) and a faculty member at BIU’s Kofkin Faculty of Engineering, focuses on the development of optical tools using nanophotonics for applied and research purposes. About 60% of Prof. Fixler’s developments are in the field of medicine (detection and healing), 20% in cosmetics and 20% are used for remote sensing.
The Importance of the Jewish ‘Kalandar’ in 19th-Century Europe
Cataloging important information from Jewish and Christian holidays to advertisements of Jewish-owned businesses, the Jewish calendar became an indispensable tool for Eastern European Jewry hundreds of years ago. Prof. Natti Cohen, Associate Professor at the Center for Yiddish Studies at Bar-Ilan University has researched these calendars.
Vaccines Dramatically Reduce Risk of Long-Term COVID-19 Effects
Being vaccinated with at least two doses of Pfizer vaccines dramatically reduces most of the long-term symptoms individuals reported months after contracting COVID-19, a new study shows. The study, recently published in the Nature journal npj Vaccines, was led by Prof. Michael Edelstein, of Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine.
Long COVID Seriously Shakes Sense of Wellbeing
Long COVID is dealing a serious blow to the sense of well-being of millions around the world, according to a first-of-its-kind Israeli study. A research team led by Bar-Ilan University, together with affiliated hospitals in northern Israel, found that just a single long-COVID symptom can reduce people’s sense of their well-being by more than 10 percent.
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