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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences ELSC

Prof. Haim Sompolinsky, winner of The Brain Prize for 2024. (Kris Snibbe/Harvard University)
March 8, 2024, 12:00 pm
Physicist Haim Sompolinsky first Israeli to win largest brain science research prize
Hebrew University and Harvard professor is a pioneer in theoretical and computational neuroscience, which studies the complex circuits and systems that enable our brains to function
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A woman undergoing an MRI scan (Povozniuk via iStock by Getty Images)
September 20, 2023, 6:05 pm
Israeli researchers develop noninvasive method to assess iron levels in brain
Using MRI images and physical calculations, team led by Hebrew University PhD student gains vital data previously available only via autopsy or tissue sample examinations
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
June 26, 2023, 6:02 pm
Israeli discovery could help brain block urge for highly addictive fentanyl
In breakthrough that could lead to treatment, Hebrew U researchers learn that turning neurons in claustrum structure on and off causes mice to either binge on the drug or ignore it
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Animation: Alzheimer's disease brain shrinkage. (National Institute on Aging, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 11, 2023, 11:00 am
Israeli study reveals molecular basis for female Alzheimer’s patients’ rapid decline
Research done at Hebrew University could lead to better understanding of genetic origins of the disease, as well as treatments to prevent or slow cognitive deterioration
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Edmond J. Safra, at age 16, eating breakfast in Geneva in 1948. As a teenager in the late 1940s, he lived out of hotels and conducted business for his father in Europe. (Edmond J. Safra Foundation)
September 1, 2022, 11:50 pm
New biography delves into mysterious backstory of billionaire banker Edmond J. Safra
Few truly knew the private Safra, who died tragically after scaling up his family’s small Beirut business into a hugely successful global financial operation on four continents
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hanson Robotics' robot Sophia, a lifelike robot powered by artificial intelligence, is displayed in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
June 3, 2018, 12:38 pm
Oh the humanity: Hebrew U conference ponders our brains and robots who can learn
In the midst of ‘the biggest revolution’ and in light of self-driving cars and machines that perform our chores, professors take a look at ‘What makes us human’
By Shoshanna Solomon
The original Hebrew University buildings (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 14, 2015, 4:34 pm
First autism research center in Middle East established at Hebrew U
Researchers working to find solutions to a condition that has taken on epidemic proportions have a new resource to draw on
By David Shamah
An illustration of an elderly brain. (photo credit: Aging image)
May 19, 2015, 6:25 pm
Hebrew U brain research center garners accolades, donations
Safra Foundation adds $30m to initial $20m funding of university’s Center for Brain Sciences
By David Shamah
Mrs. Lily Safra cuts the ribbon marking the public launch of the Hebrew University’s Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science as (from right) University Board of Governors Chairman Michael Federmann, President Shimon Peres, University President Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, Prince Albert II of Monaco and ELSC Director Prof. Eilon Vaadia look on (Photo credit: Courtesy)
October 9, 2013, 4:01 am
Million-dollar prize puts spotlight on the brain
At Braintech 2013, researchers will show off the latest technology that uses the mind to make life better and healthier
By David Shamah
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