The Mortimer B. Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program supports future generations of leaders in STEM in the United States and Israel
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Interview with @UriAlonWeizmann on his amazing paper on the “menopause cliff”
New menopause study shows abrupt shifts up to a year before the final menstrual period. Hormone therapy appears to erase much of "the cliff”. What organs were protected and can we use this information to prevent diseases? lifespan.com/blogs/magazine/…
Congrats!! 🎊
Menopause has systemic effects but is difficult to study due to limited labelling in large datasets. To remedy this, we developed a deblurring algorithm that sharpens aging trajectories to reveal the hidden menopause dynamics in two large datasets.
nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
Congratulation!!!!
Zuckerman PD scholar @glen_pridham
Our Nature Medicine paper is out: menopause isn't a slow slope. Across 300M+ lab tests from 1M+ women, many body systems jump at the final menstrual period. Men show no such jump. 1/4
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Our breakthrough on the Moore girth problem raises a larger question: when will AI become a great scientist?
In this lecture, I discuss what made this result possible—and why verification remains a fundamental barrier across science.
Watch the lecture youtube.com/watch?v=AIMnYEHj…
The Annual Zuckerman STEM Leadership Forum, Monday, Oct 19, 2026
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Join us as we welcome our newest cohort of scholars, honor the partnerships that made this decade possible, and look toward the next ten years. zuckermanstem.org/event/cele…
"How do neurons survive, age, and die — and why are some more vulnerable to degeneration than others?" Watch @MayaMaorNof Zuckerman Faculty Scholar at @TechnionLive is exploring the mechanisms that determine neuronal survival and degeneration, to better understand what makes certain neurons particularly vulnerable
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What makes neuroscience the most prominent field of research among Zuckerman Faculty Scholars?
👉 Meet the Zuckerman scholars behind the research! @Spiegel_Lab @LimorFreifeld @MayaMaorNof @AssafRamot @MichalRamot @DekelRosenfeld @itay_raphael @ShaniSternLab @RevahLab @Einavtf
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7 years on X.
10 years of impact
280 postdocs · 62 labs · 7 universities
Thank you for being part of the Zuckerman STEM journey! 🇺🇸🇮🇱
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🌟 Tiny defects, big sensing possibilities! Our new Perspective in Small explores how defects, molecular coatings, and analytes work together to shape carbon nanotube sensing:
doi.org/10.1002/smll.76014
@TelAvivUni @Tel_Aviv_Uni @BioSoftTAU @stem_program @nanocarbons @basu_srestha
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Congratulations to all the award recipients and particularly to Natalie Fardian-Melamed and Itai Linial (both @HebrewU alums).
Read about Natalie’s Postdoc experience at @CUSEAS in kalaniyot.columbia.edu/testi…
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👏 Congratulations to Columbia scientists Natalie Fardian-Melamed, Samuel H. Sternberg, Zhihao Cui, and Itai Linial, who will all be recognized at the Blavatnik Awards for their postdoctoral research exemplifying scientific excellence: news.columbia.edu/news/colum…
ALT A four-panel graphic showing Columbia University scientists Natalie Fardian-Melamed, Samuel H. Sternberg, Itai Linial, and Zhihao Cu.
Six Zuckerman Faculty Scholars Awarded Prestigious BSF Grants. Congratulations to @HebrewU Faculty Scholars @DannyBenZvi Einav Tayeb-Fligelman and @itay_raphael , @TelAvivUni Faculty Scholars @AssafRamot and @DekelRosenfeld and @UofHaifa Faculty Scholar @ShaniSternLab Stern.
The winning research projects:
▪Danny Ben-Zvi: Control of gastric and intestinal ghrelin secretions
▪Einav Tayeb-Fligelman: Influence of microbiome-derived metabolites in Alzheimer’s disease
▪Itay Raphael: Epigenetic approaches to strengthening immunotherapy for H3K27M-mutant gliomas
▪Assaf Ramot: Affect of stress on motor cortical dynamics and learning
▪Dekel Rosenfeld: Remote magnetothermal stimulation to enhance collagen fiber remodeling in the periodontal ligament
▪Shani Stern: Using patient-derived fibrils and brain organoids to study cell-specific pathology in Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy
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Congratulation to Dr. Natalie Fardian Melamed
Zuckerman-CHE Israeli Woman Postdoctoral Scholars
2020-2021 Cohort
Columbia University
Mechanical Engineering Department for the well deserve blavatnik award!
Nine brilliant minds. Six fields of discovery. One extraordinary postdoc community 🔬 Meet the 2026 Blavatnik Regional Awards honorees recognized for research spanning disease, DNA, quantum materials, aging, AI, and the cosmos @nationalpostdoc #NPAW2026
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ALT The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences today announced the nine recipients of the 2026 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists, recognizing three Laureates and six Finalists whose postdoctoral research exemplifies the extraordinary scientific excellence found across the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
From all of us at the Zuckerman Israel Institute and the Zuckerman Family Foundation, we wish our friends, scholars, and colleagues a happy and peaceful Jewish New Year.
Shana Tova!
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Prof. Yisroel Mirsky at the forefront of AI security and safety @bengurionu
Prof. Yisroel Mirsky, a computer science researcher at @bengurionu, is part of a new study examining how AI could make online scams more effective.
thecooldown.com/green-tech/b…
Researchers compared an AI chatbot with human scammers in a simulated “pig butchering” scam, a type of fraud that builds trust before making a harmful request.
The study involved 22 participants who interacted with either human scammers or @claudeai, an AI chatbot. About 18% followed the human scammers’ requests, compared with nearly half who followed the AI chatbot’s request. Even more concerning, most participants recognized they were interacting with AI, yet many still complied.
As Prof. Mirsky explained, “With relatively little effort, we're able to make an agent that can outperform a human at building this exploitable emotional trust.”
Read more on @the_cool_down_: thecooldown.com/green-tech/b…
Congratulations to Israeli photographer Roie Galitz on his recognition at the World Press Photo 2026 awards. A remarkable achievement: Galitz spent two days on a small boat to observe the scene in order to make the perfect shot. Wishing him continued success and many more inspiring moments behind the lens.
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Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual perspective and scale newscientist.com/article/258…
Following the Israeli government's announcement of a national Quantum Computing initiative and broader investments in AI, @nadavcohen a Zuckerman Alum, was invited to share insights in an interview timesofisrael.com/israel-rol…
Congratulation to @Zoharnon Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholar (Alum) at Columbia University, for joining the faculty in the Department of Biotechnology Engineering at @bengurionu University of the Negev. Dr. Arnon’sresearch spans programmed biological systems, DNA nanotechnology, and bioinspired materials. His appointment marks an exciting step in a multidisciplinary research career that bridges nanotechnology, biology, chemistry, and physics.
