Groundbreaking research

In recent years, Israel has imported about 60 percent of its tomato consumption in the months after the peak of summer. A food market in Tel Aviv. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The bacteria that saves the salad

Climate crisis and growing import volumes threaten Israeli tomatoes. Groundbreaking research offers a natural and effective solution: using bacteria
Illustrative epigenetics: depositphotos.com

The Technion will award the Harvey Prize to three groundbreaking researchers in the field of cancer epigenetics

Prof. Peter Jones, Prof. Steven Bailin and Prof. Andrew Feinberg will receive the Harvey Award in the field of science and technology for their contribution to the diagnosis of diseases and the development of treatments based on the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms
Prof. Jose-Alain Sahl from France, 2024 Wolff Medicine Prize winners. Photo courtesy of the Wolff Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Medicine 2024 for Ophthalmology Specialists for "Rehabilitation of Vision in the Blind Using Optogenetics"

The two, Jose-Alain Sahl from France, and Boutonde Roske from Switzerland promoted the field of genetic medicine for eye diseases, prevented blindness and restored sight to the blind