Tag: People

The people of Israel are innovative, creative, concerned and involved. Come and meet some of the most interesting individuals in the country.

Multi-tasking science

Professor Marcelle Machluf juggles her family and research in three groundbreaking fields: Cancer therapy, gene therapy and tissue engineering. In Israel, women have to do

Delivering an educational miracle

With hard work and passion, Karen Tal went from winning over neighborhood bullies to transforming a sub-standard school into an “educational miracle”.

A blood-shy, blood cancer warrior

Israeli professor, Varda Shoshan-Barmatz is one of only a few non-North Americans to win a grant from the Leukemia & Lymphona Society to develop antidotes

The man who sells spiders for strawberries

Bugs are Dr. Shimon Steinberg’s bread and butter. The R&D manager at Israel’s Bio-Bee works to undo the damage of chemical pest control and encourage what nature intended.

Fruit fly fluke

An Israeli scientist’s discovery of TRP channels is making waves worldwide, since these proteins are involved in vision; initiating the sensation of pain, temperature and

Akin to a Nobel win

For the first time, an Israeli professor has been awarded the Fields Medal for Mathematics, said to be the equivalent of a Nobel Prize, by

A solution to olive your problems

Inspired by biblical descriptions of the health benefits of olive oil, physiologist Dr Shaul Eger has devoted himself to concocting remedies in which it’s a

Israel’s man on space

It’s men like Dr Zvi Kaplan who are leading Israel, one of only eight nations in the world to launch an indigenous satellite into space,

Prize-winning patience and love

With deep empathy for those who live in anticipation of “the next bad thing,” Rosa Naveh treats psycho trauma with tender loving care.   Rosa

Your next guitar could be a Budagov

A veteran Israeli guitarist is producing an instrument that is proudly joining the Fenders and Gibsons in music stores worldwide.   Cheaper than brand name