Technion President Uri Sivan: Vision 2020
Google has broken the ivory tower’s monopoly on information, and tech giants are leading in information and software research. According to President Uri Sivan, these developments are driving a metamorphosis that presents Technion with new opportunities. In his first interview as Technion president, Sivan tells Globes that Technion is planning to bring industry deeper into the campus; invest in new teaching paradigms; educate technological leaders; and create an advanced network of interdisciplinary research. Read on
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Technion Stars on Forbes 30-Under-30
Technion PhD student Alona Shagan starred in the newly published Forbes Israel list for promising technological entrepreneurs. Together with Prof. Boaz Mizrahi, Shagan developed a hot-glue gun and a novel adhesive to stick torn human tissues together. The glue is four times as strong as existing medical adhesives and can even be used for gluing together torn tissue inside the body.
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3D-Engineered Heart Tissue
Another heart tissue breakthrough from Prof. Lior Gepstein's lab. Together with doctoral student Idit Goldfracht and Canadian collaborators, their latest discovery is 3D-engineered heart tissue for disease modeling and personalized medicine for cardiac patients. These tissues, which simulate heart tissues of the atrium or the ventricles, will also be used in the development of new drugs. In the long run, Prof. Gepstein hopes, “we will be able to use similar methods to produce heart tissue for transplants in cardiac patients." Read on
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Powering Up With Hydrogen
The world needs a green energy revolution and Technion students are making it happen. Two graduate students, Avigail Landman and Rawan Halabi have developed the world’s first system for the efficient and safe production of hydrogen and oxygen from water using only solar energy. This is a fully green process which does not generate any greenhouse gases and has the potential to make a huge impact on the global transition to clean, renewable energy. Read on
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Water from Thin Air
Motivated by his volunteering experiences in sub-Saharan Africa, grad student Ben Gido joined forces with Profs. David Broday and Eran Friedler from Civil and Environmental Engineering to develop a stand-alone moisture harvesting system that produces water from the air, even in desert regions. The innovative system is technologically superior to existing systems and is capable of providing a constant supply of water, especially to small and isolated communities without the need for an external power source. Read on
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Overcoming Resistance to Cancer Therapy
"Many cancers are caught at a stage when they might respond well to treatment,” says Prof. Yuval Shaked, “but what ultimately makes them deadly is that an individual’s cancer develops resistance to treatment over time." Prof. Yuval Shaked is head of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center and the chief scientific advisor of Oncohost™– a company he founded, which is developing cutting-edge technology to characterize, analyze and predict patient response to treatment.
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Where’s the Beef?
Next time you’re in Israel, head south to the newly opened visitors center at Aleph Farms. You won't see any actual cows on your visit. Instead, you will find a cutting-edge start-up, co-founded by Technion Prof. Shulamit Levenberg, that grows meat from cow cells. You will also learn about the environmental impact of meat production and the importance of sustainable dining. Read on
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Disease Without Borders
Responding to China’s dire need for protective face masks to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus, Chemical Engineering Prof. Avi Schroeder secured a special delivery of 10,000 masks loaded onto the last flight to leave Ben Gurion airport for China.
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Physician and Ultra-Orthodox
In 2011, 20-year-old Yehuda Sabiner came to Technion with a dream of becoming a doctor. While that’s not unusual in itself, this story is different because Sabiner comes from an Ultra-Orthodox community. He worked with outstanding commitment and idealism to become the first Israeli-educated Ultra-Orthodox physician. Today we’re proud to congratulate Dr. Yehuda Sabiner on his graduation from Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Read on
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Remembering Technion Friend, Kirk Douglas
The Technion honors the life and legacy of Kirk Douglas, who died on February 5, 2020, at the age of 103. Kirk was a true friend of Israel and a great supporter of the work done at the Technion. He visited the campus several times, was a recipient of the Albert Einstein Award from the American Technion Society, and even collaborated to create a marketing video about Technion. He will be greatly missed.
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