Hebrew University News

Prof. Hermona Soreq at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Photo: Hebrew University) Jerusalem, June 5, 2017 — On December 16, 1997, hundreds of Japanese children were brought to hospital suffering from epilepsy-like seizures. They all had one thing in common: they had been watching an episode of the Pokémon TV show when their symptoms began. …

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Philanthropist Mrs. Lily Safra, Architect Lord Norman Foster, and more than 400 people from Israel and abroad attended the gala celebration and naming ceremony of Israel’s largest neuroscience center The Hebrew University of Jerusalem dedicated the new home of The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) in Jerusalem on June 13, 2017. More …

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Jerusalem, May 17, 2017 — Following a rigorous search process, a presidential search committee has unanimously recommended that the university’s Rector, Prof. Asher Cohen, be elected President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The recommendation will be brought for approval to the Board of Managers and the Executive Committee. As Rector of the Hebrew University …

Hebrew University search committee recommends Rector Asher Cohen for President Read More »

Next step: clinical trials in humans to see whether THC reverses aging processes and increases cognitive ability Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these aging processes in the brain. This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with their colleagues at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Old animals …

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The potential application of a system developed at the Hebrew University to remotely detect buried landmines using a bacterial sensor (Photo credit: Hebrew University) Researchers remotely detect buried landmines using fluorescent bacteria encased in polymeric beads illuminated by a laser-based scanning system The need for safe and efficient technologies for detecting buried landmines and unexploded …

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Jerusalem, April 5, 2017 — The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has announced the launch of a Multidisciplinary Center on Cannabinoid Research.

“Even at the cellular level, stress and the ability to mount a stress response are essential to our survival”

62% of school-age children and 85% of pregnant women have low iodine intakes.

Research shows that circular RNAs, until now considered non-coding, can encode for proteins.

At # 21 – Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We are thrilled to announce that today the Times Higher Education World University Rankings – ASIA 2017 were announced.