The field of physics could provide a solution to some of the key challenges encountered in the artificial intelligence field, according to new research from Bar-Ilan University. Read More

Although all humans share similar changes during aging such as gray hair, wrinkles, and a general decline in function, aging is considered to be the result of a cellular wear-and-tear process due to accumulated random damage, such as genetic mutations or DNA structural damage. Read More

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are becoming increasingly important for both basic and translational chemistry research. The Advanced Learning for Innovative Drug Discovery (AIDD) project, a new initiative based at the Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany and funded by the European Union, will train PhD students in translational research for drug discovery and chemoinformatics. Prof. Hanoch Senderowitz, a leading expert in this expanding field from Bar-Ilan University, will take part in this novel project. Read More  

Prof. Yaron Shav-Tal, from the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, and colleagues from the United States will work to shed new light on nuclear dynamics and their impact on the biology of gene regulation. Read More

Bar-Ilan University, which set up the entrepreneurship center, UnBox Ventures, a platform that creates, curates, and invests in startups founded by the university’s researchers and off-campus entrepreneurs, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Wolfson Medical Center, to establish joint ventures. Groups of researchers and physicians from both institutions will participate in a mentored entrepreneurship program as part of the collaboration, led by the UnBox team which is headed by Ariel Sella, a well-experienced entrepreneur who has four decades of experience in investment and management of startup companies in a variety of fields around the world. Read More (L-R) UnBox...

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired many around the world. Her passing prompted Dr. Ilanit Gordon, Director of the Social Neuroscience Lab in Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Psychology, to write a blog for Psychology Today about the special bond we form with leaders like Ginsburg. Read More

Some breast cancer patients tend to put on a few pounds after undergoing chemotherapy due to the presence of gut bacteria, bringing certain metabolic changes after treatment, according to Bar-Ilan University researchers. Read More

Bar-Ilan University’s Prof. Elise Brezis, head of the Aharon Meir Center for Banking and Economic Policy, was asked for her opinion on this topic. Read More

The city of Nazareth has been severely hit by the coronavirus with many of the city’s medical staff testing positive or being put in quarantine after exposure to confirmed patients. Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine has developed a platform that allows it to fulfill the needs of Nazareth when dealing with the coronavirus, all while teaching and training students. Read More

Microfluidic chips that simulate human tissue enable us to conduct medical experiments in ways that could not have been even imagined only a few years ago. Two leading Israeli researchers report from the turbulent Israeli front line of the global ‘organ-on-a-chip’ sector. Read More