Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program

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Final call for abstracts! Submit by March 20 and avoid the price increase. Join the Pioneering Israeli Science Conference (PISC) in NYC on May 18, 2026. Connect with top Israeli and U.S. academic leaders. 🔗tickettailor.com/events/science…

The first trimester showed apparent rejuvenation of 5 years followed by apparent aging peaking at 20 years at delivery. The mechanisms for aging are different from pregnancy, whereas the rejuvenation is more similar e.g. tissue regeneration. #ZuckermanSTEMLeadershipProgram 2/2

Pregnancy shares a number of interesting features with aging, that we investigated nature.com/articles/s4146…. We compared physiological changes during aging in females versus pregnancy, using electronic health records with weekly resolution. 1/2

Congratulation!

Congratulation!

@AcadofInventors Congratulation to @nadavcohen !!!

NAI Member Institutions are at the forefront of transforming discovery into impact across university campuses, medical centers, and national laboratories — in every discipline, at every scale. The 2026 Class of NAI Senior Members, our largest cohort to date, reflects their momentum. NAI Senior Members are rising stars at NAI Member Institutions whose patented and commercialized technologies are delivering — or are poised to deliver — meaningful impact on society and economic progress. The National Academy of Inventors is proud to recognize 230 faculty, scientists, and research leaders from 82 Member Institutions worldwide who collectively hold more than 2,000 U.S. patents as new Senior Members. The NAI Senior Member program was launched in 2018 with the encouragement and guidance of NAI Board Member Sethuraman Panchanathan, FNAI, former Director of the National Science Foundation. It allows NAI Member Institutions to recognize emerging luminary inventors and in the process, strengthen their ecosystems. What we choose to recognize, we accelerate. The 2026 class of Senior Members will be honored at the NAI 15th Annual Conference, June 1–4 in Los Angeles. Learn more about the honorees! ow.ly/687M50Ymocc

Congratulation to the well deserved election! @TelAvivUni

Rising Stars in Cancer Research: two of three Inspiring Women Scientists at @TelAvivUni are Zuckerman faculty scholars: Dr. Yaara Oren: Targeting Cancer’s “Persister” Cells and Dr. Inbal Wortzel: Decoding Cancer Metastasis and Immune Defense english.tau.ac.il/news/three-ris…

Coffee and improved cognition, reduced dementia >130,000 people followed 37 years Benefit seen only with caffeinated coffee or tea and most pronounced ~2 cups/day @JAMA_current ☕️☕️jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Congratulation to Dr. @GlenPridham Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar at @UriAlonWeizmann lab for his part of in this breakthrough research.

@UriAlonWeizmann 👌

2025 Scientific breakthrough Viruses Hidden Within Fungi Could Be Secret Drivers of Deadly Lung Infections by Neta Shlezinger, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar, @HebrewU WHY IT MATTERS:
Research led by Dr. Shlezinger discovered a surprising factor driving one of the most dangerous fungal infections affecting humans: a virus living inside the fungus itself. Their findings demonstrate that this virus, which lives within the Aspergillus fumigatus fungus, confers significant survival benefits, enhancing the organism’s durability, robustness, and threat level to human well-being. These insights pave the way for novel approaches to combating fungal infections. If scientists can successfully target the internal virus, they might sufficiently weaken the pathogen to allow the body’s immune defenses, or current antifungal medications, to mount a more successful counterattack. At a time when fungal diseases are increasingly resistant to treatment and growing more difficult to manage, offers a promising new direction. A study conducted by Dr. Shlezinger and her team found an unexpected culprit fueling the severity of one of the most dangerous fungal infections in humans: a virus living inside the fungus itself.  research reveals that a virus residing within the Aspergillus fumigatus fungus gives it a powerful survival advantage, making it tougher, more resilient, and ultimately, more dangerous to human health. This discovery opens the door to rethinking how fungal infections are treated. By targeting the virus within the fungus, researchers may one day weaken the pathogen enough for the immune system—or existing antifungal drugs—to fight back more effectively. In a world where fungal pathogens are becoming more drug-resistant and harder to treat, the study provides a rare glimmer of hope: perhaps we’ve been overlooking a key player all along. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Prof. Weizmann @WeizmannLab and his team discovered a new method of controlling when and where plastics and other polymer materials harden, a question that has dodged scientists for several decades.  The study was published in the December 2025 issue of Nature Chemistry.@bengurionu jpost.com/science/articl…

@WeizmannLab New discovery will enable safer, more energy-efficient methods to produce plastics⭐️ Prof. Weizmann and his team discovered a new method of controlling when and where plastics and other polymer materials harden, a question that has dodged scientists for several decades.  jpost.com/science/articl…

2026 Call for Proposals- Zuckerman Travel and Research STEM Fund at @Harvard The Zuckerman Travel and Research STEM Fund at Harvard University is dedicated to fostering new research collaborations in STEM fields between faculty and researchers in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS) and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and their peers at leading institutions in Israel. zuckermanstem.org/zuckerman-trav…

As we reflect on 2025, the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program stands out for its significant achievements and the steadfast commitment of its community. 2025 year in review effect2025.zuckermanstem.org

We congratulate Prof. Michaeli l, previous member of our selection committee for the well deserved prize!

Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor 🥂 🎉 Big thanks to all those who supported and helped me along the way. In the picture - me during my PhD years when I learned about Publish or Perish

@goldstein_lab Congratulation to a very well deserved promotion!