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You're Never Too Old For A Scientific Breakthrough!
Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | 6:32am
In today's world what does retirement really mean? Well for retired IMRIC Professor Nathan Citri it doesn't mean to quit your day job. On the contrary, Professor Citri has just developed ArtLit, a method and device to enable direct identification and profiling of drug resistant bacterial infections.
Sure he has been retired for over twenty years, but at 91-years-old he hasn't seemed to slow down one bit. The breakthrough device will help provide instant guidelines for patients' appropriate treatment in hospitals, a radical innovation that will save lives and cut down on hospital visits.
Parenting: There is no science is there?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 | 6:39am
If you don't know this already, raising a child is hard work. Forget the physical pain of holding your kid, wearing those carriers, strollers up and down stairs, or running after them when they learn how to walk; beyond all that there is the fact that you have to actually raise this little human being to develop and be a successful adult in the real world one day.
There is no precise science about how to raise your child, but there are plenty of experts and books out there promising to guide your child to Harvard if you just do as they say. Well, I'm a new mother with a child that is finally at that age where you can see the twinkle in his eye when he understands you. When he understands you but does what he wants to anyways. Yes, my son gets it.
And now that he can really understand me I am beginning to worry about how to raise him. You know, what are the best toys, what books should we be reading him, or should 
he be reading (that's ridiculous he's just a baby)? There are so many questions; often they become an overwhelming mess of anxiety which is neither good for the parent or the child.
Today my friend posted a great article on Facebook that eased some of my concerns. The article focuses on some tips to raise a well-rounded kid.
The First Israel-Canada Workshop in Medical Neuroscience
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | 7:26am
It is not every day that one can sit in a room with some of the greatest scientific minds in the world. In fact this day is a rare commodity. For the first time ever, Israeli and Canadian scientists have been brought together for a unique medical neuroscience workshop which took place at IMRIC headquarters in Jerusalem.
The three-day workshop was packed with lectures, research and even a little tourist time for the scientist. It was a great opportunity all around to learn about the latest research in medical neuroscience and future potential collaborations between the two countries.
Check out these short video clips to see who was there, what they thought and what's next.
A Tale of Two Half Marathons
Monday, April 2nd, 2012 | 12:00am
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…The tale of two Half Marathons. Yes, it may not be a Charles Dickens book, but it certainly is a chapter in my life. In two weeks my family, that's husband and baby included, ran a Half Marathon in both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. And yes, I am sore but still high off the fact that if you put together two half marathons then it's almost like I ran a whole marathon.
The Innovators Way
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 | 7:57am
"If Israel is the start-up nation, then Hebrew University is the start-up of the start-up nation."
I couldn't agree more with this statement, shared last week by Hebrew University President Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson during the launch of the new exhibition "Innovators Way". The Photo Expose features 27 Hebrew University researchers whose work led to commercial products in fields including health, safety, environment and nutrition.
