Tag Archives: COVID-19
2021 EuroTech: Fighting Covid-19 with Science & Technology – 4th March 2021, 14:00 – 16:00 CET
Background EuroTech is a strategic alliance between 6 European Universities of Science and Technology. As part of our general mission, EuroTech has formed a Covid-19 task force to utilize research and technology in the fight against the pandemic. The aim of this workshop is to inform on ongoing related projects in each University, to make… Read More
Time to Care
The COVID-19 pandemic may have created many obstacles, but it also provided opportunities for finding creative ways to overcome them. On January 14th, joint teams of students from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell Tech took part in the final event of a semester-long ideation course, where they presented technological solutions for… Read More
Sensing the virus one molecule at a time
The European Union has awarded another grant to the research group of Professor Amit Meller of the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering for their OpiPore project. The aim of OpiPore is to advance novel technology for analyzing single molecules, including detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA molecules. To do this, the researchers are developing a… Read More
Creating an Open and Safe Campus
First in Israel: a COVID-19 test developed at Technion offers rapid testing on campus to prevent chains of infection In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, a rapid and extensive testing operation developed at Technion benefits all residents of Technion City While Israel undergoes a mass vaccination program, the ongoing window of risk is being… Read More
Pfizer CEO to Receive Technion Honarary Doctorate
The President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Professor Uri Sivan announced today that the Technion will award an honorary doctorate to Pfizer CEO and Chairman Dr. Albert Bourla, for his extraordinary achievement in leading the record time development of the novel vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The vaccine, which… Read More
Creating an Open and Safe Campus
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, a rapid and extensive testing operation developed at Technion benefits all residents of Technion City While Israel undergoes a mass vaccination program, the ongoing window of risk is being closed at Technion through an innovative system of rapid testing for COVID-19. The Technion announced the extensive testing operation… Read More
Creating an Open and Safe Campus
In the current state, before the vast majority of the population is vaccinated, , the most efficient solution for handling the Coronavirus epidemic lies in rapid and frequent testing. Rapid testing is important to safeguard the health of campus visitors and assist in the quick return to normal routines. Around the world, universities have adopted… Read More
SARS-CoV-2 and the race for a vaccine
"Scientists around the world in general and in the Technion, in particular, are working around the clock with events like this. Our speaker tonight is a promising principal investigator and assistant professor of immunology at the Technion which is a leading institution at the forefront of cutting-edge research on the disease. Yotam Bar-On will explain… Read More
ACT (Anti COVID-19 Technology) Wins Gold at IGEM
A Technion student team recently won a gold medal in the iGEM international synthetic biology competition for work developing an active gel to capture SARS-CoV-2 viral particles, preventing the infection of host cells. Unlike existing sanitization products, the gel provides active skin protection for hours and does not damage the skin microbiome. For the seventh… Read More
“No One Abandons Their Studies”
Hundreds of students recently received scholarships totaling NIS 1.7 million ($502,000 U.S.) through Technion’s Dean of Students Office. Valued at thousands of shekels each, the scholarships were granted with the support of Technion, the Technion Alumni Association, Technion Friends Societies in Israel and around the world, and external entities that included the Council for Higher… Read More