A series of new, disturbing studies from Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveal a deadly epidemic causing mass mortality of black sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Eilat. The entire population of black sea urchins in Eilat was wiped out over a couple of months. Today no living black sea urchins have… Read More
Professor Emeritus Yosef Shiloh from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University (TAU) was elected an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The Academy includes approximately 2,500 American scientists from all fields of science and another approximately 500 foreign scientists from all over the world. Professor Shiloh is the… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed a genome-scale technology that makes it possible to reveal the role of genes and traits in plants that have been hidden by functional redundancy. They isolated and identified dozens of new features that had been overlooked until now. The development is expected to revolutionize the way agricultural… Read More
Google and Tel Aviv University (TAU) are continuing their collaboration and launching a new program for the promotion of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science research through a Center for AI and Data Science at TAU (TAD). The center will be headed by Professor Meir Feder of TAU’s School of Electrical Engineering and will receive… Read More
A new study from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the University of Haifa found that an ancient winegrape seed discovered at an archaeological excavation in the Negev to be almost identical with the Syriki variety, which is used today to make high-quality red wine in Greece and Lebanon…. Read More
In a study conducted at Tel Aviv University (TAU), the protein CKAP5 (cytoskeleton-associated protein) was used for the first time as a therapeutic target for RNA-based nanodrugs. After identifying a genetically unstable mutation resistant to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy in the tissues of ovarian cancer, the researchers targeted these cells with lipid nanoparticles containing RNA… Read More
On the eve of Israel’s 75th birthday, two leading researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have been recognized for their contributions to Israel and the world. The financial newspaper Globes named Professor Karen Avraham, the first female Dean of TAU’s Faculty of Medicine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Israel. Professor Avraham is… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study reveals that bats experience a decline in their ability to hunt and orient in space during pregnancy. This impairment stems from the fact that they produce about 20 percent fewer calls, the sounds that allow them to orient themselves using echolocation, on top of flying at a slower… Read More