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Corona Virus Routine

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Technion Researchers on the Frontline in the Fight against COVID-19 – Prof. Marcelle Machluf: Trapping the coronavirus using the existing nano-ghost technology developed in her lab.

Prof. Marcelle Machluf, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering: Trapping the coronavirus using the existing nano-ghost technology developed in her lab. Watch the... Read MoreRead more about: Technion Researchers on the Frontline in the Fight against COVID-19 – Prof. Marcelle Machluf: Trapping the coronavirus using the existing nano-ghost technology developed in her lab.

Congratulations to the iGEM 2019 BeeFree Honey team for winning the Hershel Rich Technion innovation award 2019

Congratulations to the iGEM 2019 BeeFree Honey team for winning the Hershel Rich Technion innovation award... Read MoreRead more about: Congratulations to the iGEM 2019 BeeFree Honey team for winning the Hershel Rich Technion innovation award 2019

Instructions for remote desktop connection

Please see the instructions for the remote desktop connection. Instructions are in Hebrew. Please contact Roi Kuhnreich Computer Engineer for further support מצ”ב מדריך לחיבור מרחוק לאור המצב והביקוש הער להצטרפות משתמשים חדשים לשירות OTP לטובת עבודה מרחוק ,... Read MoreRead more about: Instructions for remote desktop connection

Biotechnology Olympics: Celebration of Science, Engineering, and Innovation

250 high school students competed in this 2nd year Biotechnology Olympics competition. Amit Pariant, a Twelve-grade high school student from Ness Ziona, won first place with his project: Cucumber mosaic virus in transgenic cucumber plants as time-dependent after infection. He... Read MoreRead more about: Biotechnology Olympics: Celebration of Science, Engineering, and Innovation

Congratulations to Ph.D candidate Alona Shagan for winning the 2019 Jacobs award for best publication

Ph.D. candidate Alona Shagan wins the 2019 Jacobs Prize awarded annually by the Technion Graduate School for outstanding publication/ Congratulations... Read MoreRead more about: Congratulations to Ph.D candidate Alona Shagan for winning the 2019 Jacobs award for best publication

Congratulations to Alona Shagan, PhD. candidate for being nominates in Forbes under 30

Our doctoral student Alona Shagan, from the lab of Prof. Boaz Mizrahi, was selected to be one of the most prestigious lists of Forbes Under 30 World Forbes Magazine – the list of Israel’s 30 youngest and most promising people.... Read MoreRead more about: Congratulations to Alona Shagan, PhD. candidate for being nominates in Forbes under 30

Prof. Ester Segal was nominated by Lady Globes most influential women in Israel for 2019

Lady Globes announced the most influential women in Israel for 2019, Prof. Ester Segal was chosen for top 50 most influential women for... Read MoreRead more about: Prof. Ester Segal was nominated by Lady Globes most influential women in Israel for 2019

Congratulations to our grad students who won the best poster on the faculty research day.

Congratulations to our grad students who won the best poster on the faculty research day. The students will represent the faculty on the Technion research day. Dina Mukha; The laboratory of nano-bio interfaces – Asst. Prof. Omer Yehezkeli Lior Levy; The Laboratory for... Read MoreRead more about: Congratulations to our grad students who won the best poster on the faculty research day.

Prof. Yoav Livney winning the Yanai Prize for Excellence in Academic Education

Congratulations to Prof. Yoav Liveny for winning the Yanai prize for excellence in academic education. The award is gratitude and appreciation to faculty members, exemplifying their continued contribution to teaching and for their efforts to strengthen the students’ involvement and... Read MoreRead more about: Prof. Yoav Livney winning the Yanai Prize for Excellence in Academic Education

Israeli FoodTech is Sizzeling

International Group to Invest Millions in Israeli Foodtech The Faculty of Biotechnology and Food engineering is the ONLY department in Israel which will offer you a degree in food engineering. Interested to learn more – visit https://biotech.technion.ac.il/ A link to... Read MoreRead more about: Israeli FoodTech is Sizzeling

Field trip to Tnuva diary Alon HaTavor

Students in the course “technology of milk” visited the Tnuva Diary site. The Diary plant is an ultramodern and one of the most advanced milk products production plants in the world and the largest one in the Middle East. It was fascinating... Read MoreRead more about: Field trip to Tnuva diary Alon HaTavor

Biotechnology Olympics: Celebration of Science, Engineering, and Innovation

280 high school students competed in this 2nd year Biotechnology Olympics competition. Ron Amit, a Twelve-grade high school student from Mevaseret Zion, won first place with his project: Cellular radiation implications on Alzheimer disease. He won a full scholarship for... Read MoreRead more about: Biotechnology Olympics: Celebration of Science, Engineering, and Innovation

Prof. Marcelle Machluf, Dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food engineering – Featured interview, channel 12

Prof. Machluf in an in-depth interview for the weekend edition news... Read MoreRead more about: Prof. Marcelle Machluf, Dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food engineering – Featured interview, channel 12

2018 Distinguished Students Award Ceremony

Honoring our students on their academic achievements Photos from the... Read MoreRead more about: 2018 Distinguished Students Award Ceremony

1st prize at the European Union FOODIO competition for Food Innovation

1st prize at the European Union FOODIO competition for Food Innovation. After a year’s work the students conceived, developed and produced the Crisp’n Go, a yoghurt-like milk product with an addition of crackers of za’atar / curry flavors, the group... Read MoreRead more about: 1st prize at the European Union FOODIO competition for Food Innovation

”Algalafel”, a spirulina enriched falafel, with additional tahini enriched with astaxanthin developed by the Technion team

The winning development of a competition held at the Technion earlier this month under the European consortium EIT-Food.... Read MoreRead more about: ”Algalafel”, a spirulina enriched falafel, with additional tahini enriched with astaxanthin developed by the Technion team

1st prize at The FOODIO Project

1st prize at The FOODIO Project! The FOODIO, Food Solutions Master Class is an education project coordinated by the University of Helsinki in consortium with the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), IMDEA Food Institute, University of Hohenheim, TECHNION – Technological... Read MoreRead more about: 1st prize at The FOODIO Project

The Technion team won the 1st prize at The EIT FOOD Formulation Innovation Competition

The Technion team won the 1st prize at The Final Event of the EIT-Food project “Building Student Skills in Innovative Microalgae Product Development” that was held during Hanukkah break (3-4.12.18) at the department of Biotechnology & Food Engineering at the Technion... Read MoreRead more about: The Technion team won the 1st prize at The EIT FOOD Formulation Innovation Competition

Jet-Eat was announced as the winner of the EIT Food accelerator program!

Two Israeli start-ups competed at the Venture Summit event of EIT Food, held in Paris: Jet-Eat Printed Food LTD and Kiinns. The companies participated in the unique EIT-FAN program at the Technion’s Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering in cooperation... Read MoreRead more about: Jet-Eat was announced as the winner of the EIT Food accelerator program!

Three startups mentored at the faculty will compete at the 2018 EU Food Venture Summit

Three startups that were mentored at faculty made the short list of 10 finalists selected on October 24 to take part in the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food Venture Summit—the prestigious business gathering of the European Union’s agri-food innovation... Read MoreRead more about: Three startups mentored at the faculty will compete at the 2018 EU Food Venture Summit

The winners of the Faculty posters competition held in International Research Day / International Food Day 2018

The final results of the competition for the faculty posters held during the International Research Day / Food Day were received! Thanks to the members of the panel of judges: Prof. Amram Mor, Assistant Prof. Esti Miron-Holtz, Assistant Prof. Amit... Read MoreRead more about: The winners of the Faculty posters competition held in International Research Day / International Food Day 2018

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Noa-Cohen Anavy for winning the “Best Poster Award” in the ICRS 2018 conference

We would like to congratulate our Ph.D. student Noa-Cohen Anavy for winning the “Best Poster Award” in the ICRS 2018 conference that took place last week. Noa’s poster subject was: ”Nano-ghosts for selective drug delivery across the blood-brain... Read MoreRead more about: Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Noa-Cohen Anavy for winning the “Best Poster Award” in the ICRS 2018 conference

Assistant Professor Amit Zeisel was chosen as “Amit Horev” as part of Technion leaders in Science and Technology program

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Amit Zeisel for being chosen as “Amit Horev” as part of Technion leaders in Science and Technology program, a program in which young researchers with academic excellence and great potential are identified as leading researchers in the... Read MoreRead more about: Assistant Professor Amit Zeisel was chosen as “Amit Horev” as part of Technion leaders in Science and Technology program

Dr. Nitzan Letko Khait won several awards in the CRS Annual Meeting in New York 2018

Congratulations to Nitzan Letko Khait on her outstanding performance in the Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting in New York 2018. Our Ph.D. student, Nitzan Letko Khait, from Prof. Marcelle Machluf lab, has been awarded the prestigious Kianam Park student travel award and... Read MoreRead more about: Dr. Nitzan Letko Khait won several awards in the CRS Annual Meeting in New York 2018

Assoc. Prof. Ayelet Fishman, Assoc. Prof. Esti Segal and Assistant Prof. Avi Avi Shpigelman were among the judges of FOODTECH2018

Assoc. Prof. Ayelet Fishman, Assoc. Prof. Esti Segal and Assistant Prof. Avi Shpigelman were among the judges of... Read MoreRead more about: Assoc. Prof. Ayelet Fishman, Assoc. Prof. Esti Segal and Assistant Prof. Avi Avi Shpigelman were among the judges of FOODTECH2018

ISF grantees winners for 2018 cycle

Congrats to ISF grantees winners for 2018 cycle: Assistant Professor Esther Meyron Holtz Professor Amram Mor Professor Yuval... Read MoreRead more about: ISF grantees winners for 2018 cycle

Excellence in Teaching at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering spring semester 2017 – winter semester 2018:

Warm greetings to Associate Professor Uri Lesmes Associate Professor Yoav Livney Hila Korach Rechtman Stasia Kristol for the awards of Excellence in Teaching at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering spring semester 2017 / winter semester... Read MoreRead more about: Excellence in Teaching at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering spring semester 2017 – winter semester 2018:

Opening of EIT Food Accelerator

The opening of EIT Food Accelerator was held on... Read MoreRead more about: Opening of EIT Food Accelerator

Graduation Ceremony

The graduation Ceremony was held on 28.6.2018. Congratulations to all... Read MoreRead more about: Graduation Ceremony

Prof. E. Litan Prize Award 2018

Prof. E. Litan Prize was awarded on 14/5/18 to four graduate students: Batel Deri That her doctoral dissertation on the subject: Development and Structural Insights of Novel Tyrosinase Inhibitors Joanna Jammal That her doctoral dissertation on the subject: Molecular Basis... Read MoreRead more about: Prof. E. Litan Prize Award 2018

The Kogan prize for 2018 was awarded to 2 outstanding students

Congratulations to the winners of the Kogan award: Alona Shagan and Idit Goldfrecht. The prize was awarded at a ceremony on Sunday (13.5.18). The award is given to students who traveled or going to travel to present their research at a... Read MoreRead more about: The Kogan prize for 2018 was awarded to 2 outstanding students

Congratulations to our doctoral student Yifat Cohen from Prof. Livney lab, who was selected as one of the outstanding doctoral degrees in Europe

Congratulations to Yifat Cohen, PhD student from Prof. Yoav Livney lab, who was selected for one of the outstanding doctoral degrees in Europe as part of the joint workshop of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) and... Read MoreRead more about: Congratulations to our doctoral student Yifat Cohen from Prof. Livney lab, who was selected as one of the outstanding doctoral degrees in Europe

Heidi Leonard & Michal Rosenberg won the “best talk of the day awards” at the Porous Semiconductors 2018

Congratulations to our PhD students Heidi Leonard and Michal Rosenberg for winning the best talk of the day awards at the 2018 Porous Semiconductors – Science and Technology conference. Heidi’s research focuses on the development a rapid diagnostic method for antimicrobial susceptibility and Michal... Read MoreRead more about: Heidi Leonard & Michal Rosenberg won the “best talk of the day awards” at the Porous Semiconductors 2018

National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science

National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science To learn more, Please visit: www.weizmann.ac.il/WomenInScience You can also contact Limor Rimon at women.awards@weizmann.ac.il , Tel: 08-9342821... Read MoreRead more about: National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science

Early-stage agri-food start-up? Apply for EIT Food Accelerator Network 2018

Early-stage agri-food start-up? Apply for EIT Food Accelerator Network 2018 EIT FAN https://eit.europa.eu/eit-foods-offer is a new EU funded multi-location accelerator programme delivered across Europe. Over a 4 month acceleration period, start-ups will have access to a buffet of tools, connections, mentors,... Read MoreRead more about: Early-stage agri-food start-up? Apply for EIT Food Accelerator Network 2018

The Body’s Golden Gate to Iron Traffic

The cover story of Blood Journal’s January 18 issue presents research Led by Dr. Marianna Truman-Rosentsvit and Assistant Professor Esther Meyron-Holtz that uncovers, for the first time, a mechanism for cellular transport and secretion of ferritin, a protein that was... Read MoreRead more about: The Body’s Golden Gate to Iron Traffic

Innovative technology for creating heart tissue engineered for transplantation in damaged heart

The collaboration between the laboratory of Prof. Marcelle Machluf of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering and Prof. Eyal Zussman of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, as part of the research project of Dr. Beth Shwan, a post-doctoral student from... Read MoreRead more about: Innovative technology for creating heart tissue engineered for transplantation in damaged heart

Technion team won a gold medal in the international iGEM competition

The Technion team won a gold medal at the International iGEM Competition for Synthetic Biology in the US. This is the fourth time that a Technion team has won a gold medal in this competition. The international competition is designed... Read MoreRead more about: Technion team won a gold medal in the international iGEM competition

EU Awards €7.7 Million to NanoPack Project to Introduce Nanotechnology-Based Antimicrobial Packaging to Enhance Food Safety and Reduce Waste

The European Union (EU) has awarded the international NanoPack consortium €7.7 million to develop and demonstrate a solution for extending food shelf life by using novel antimicrobial surfaces. NanoPack aims to develop and demonstrate state-of-the-art antimicrobial packaging solutions for perishable... Read MoreRead more about: EU Awards €7.7 Million to NanoPack Project to Introduce Nanotechnology-Based Antimicrobial Packaging to Enhance Food Safety and Reduce Waste