Lack of Teacher Support during Pandemic Causes Acute Emotional Harm
TAU study provides insights into preventing burnout among educators.
A new Tel Aviv University study led...
Parents show love less during COVID-19: TAU Study
Stress, crowded homes cause parents to “forget” to express love, at a time when children are in great...
An Underwater Journey Following the Vanishing of Sponge Species from the Shallow Water of the Israeli Coast
The researchers believe that the sharp rise in water temperatures may lead to the death and disappearance.
Researchers...
New Discovery: Development of the Inner Ear in Embryos is Similar to Crystal Formation
This discovery could contribute to the development of treatments for hearing loss based on regeneration of hair...
The future generation of the Startup Nation
Students from Tel Aviv University win a gold medal at iGEM – the World Championship in Synthetic Biology
An...
In First, Aging Stopped in Humans: TAU Co-Study
New research finds that high pressure treatments can reverse two processes associated with aging and its illnesses
A...
TAU developed genome editing system destroys cancer cells
Breakthrough treatment, with no side effects, may increase life expectancy in brain and ovarian cancer patients.
Researchers...
Attracting Students with “Fire in Their Hearts”
TAU’s DAN Department of Communication trains young Israelis in digital literacy, unbiased reporting and media...
European Association of Law and Economics recognizes TAU President
Professor Ariel Porat, President of Tel Aviv University and former Dean of its Buchmann Faculty of Law, has...
Unique Collaboration Between Tel Aviv University And Local Fashion Designers
What do you do when the academic year begins but the students can’t come to campus?
When the 2020/21...
TAU Co-Study: “Green Revolution” Decreased Infant Mortality
“Israel, as a global leader in agriculture R&D, has much to offer to the developing world.”
In...
Online With Students From Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq
The Israeli course on Islam has been ranked as one of the 50 best online courses in the world.
A coup for...
Study: Women Suffer More from COVID-related Orofacial Pain
New TAU dental research finds that pandemic stress results in excessive teeth grinding and facial pain.
A new...
Why Do Bats Fly Into Walls?
A sensory misperception – like people bumping into a glass wall
Why do bats fly into walls, even though...
Souvenirs of Sand and Sun
Sugandh P. Ojha, an international student from India, shares insights from her time at TAU.
It was thrilling...
The Sky is Not the Limit
Tel Aviv University Builds and Launches a Nanosatellite into Space
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite was devised,...
Historic TAU-UAE Partnership Symbolizes Hopeful Future
Moshe Dayan Center signs agreement with TRENDs Research Center in Abu Dhabi
TAU’s Moshe Dayan Center for...
TAU Prof. Wins Schmidt Science Polymath Award
Prof. Oded Rechavi one of first winners of prestigious prize, which is defined as “an experiment in extreme...
Global First: Center for Combating Pandemics
TAU is combining interdisciplinary expertise with Israeli ingenuity to fight COVID-19 and future epidemics.
By...
Rescue Mission: Pioneering TAU Program Preserves Ethiopian Jewish Heritage
“The students understand that if they don’t do it, it simply won’t happen.”
The Department...
TAU’s Cyber Week 2020 Goes Virtual
Global cyber leaders and international researchers will gather on one virtual stage from October 19-21
TAU’s...
TAU Researchers Discover Antibody Combo that Fights COVID-19
The cocktail, which could treat and temporarily prevent the coronavirus, is advancing to clinical trials
Researchers...
Seeing the World in New Colors
A New Technology Allows to See and Capture on Camera Colors Unseen by the Human Eye
A new development of Tel...
Immunity Memory Cells Stay Stable Over Time After Recovery From COVID-19
Joint research between TAU and Hasharon Hospital (Rabin Medical Center) proposes the new possibility
Researchers...
A 6,500-year old copper workshop uncovered in Beer Sheva
Study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority reveals One of the oldest Workshop in the world
A...
2020/2021 New Slate of National and Regional Board of Directors
We are pleased to announce Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University2020/2021 New Slate of National and Regional...
Prince of Monaco to TAU: Together, We Can Fix Environment
Frenkel Initiative for Combating Pollution but one example of productive ties between TAU and Monaco, says Albert...
Researchers Identified the Genetic Causes of Inherited Hearing Loss in the Jewish Population of Israel
A New Gene for Human Deafness Found in a Family in Israel
In the Jewish population of Israel, until now,...
Finding Humor in Imperfection
The “TAU Review” held a Zoom interview with well-known Israeli comedian, writer and TV and radio...
New Program Fosters Well-Rounded STEM Graduates
Expansion of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Humanities in STEM ushers in a new era in the Israeli...
“A Scientific Discovery Can Never Be Undone”
Change-maker Yuri Milner talks to the “TAU Review” about why he supports TAU and Israel
By...
TAU Professor First Israeli Named to US Inventors’ Academy
Noam Eliaz is a global change-maker in materials engineering
In a significant first for Israeli academia,...
Google Awards Competitive Grant to Tel Aviv University for COVID-19 Research
The grant is for high-impact research using Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to combat the coronavirus
Google.org,...
The Texts From The Biblical-Period Fortress At Tel Arad Were Written By 12 Different Authors
The implication: Literacy in the kingdom of Judah was widespread
How many people in the Kingdom of Judah...
TAU Joint Study: COVID-19 Deaths Dive on Weekends
TAU Economics Prof. Neil Gandal and his brother of CCNY find one city that defies trend: New York City
Tel Aviv...
Targeting Melanoma
TAU researchers create a nanocarrier that selectively delivers two medications and releases them simultaneously...
TAU Wins 3M Grant to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Grantee Professor Jonathan Gershoni aims to block the coronavirus by targeting its most vulnerable spot
Science-based...
TAU Inaugurates Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research
School is funded with a generous gift from the Shmunis family for research and improved treatments for cancer,...
How the parents’ environment impacts the lives of their offspring
Three rules that dictate transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in worms – independently of changes in DNA...
Does our Brain like risk?
A new study attempts to find out whether our brains are prone to over caution or to underestimating risk
A...
Physical exercise can help improve both physical and mental health
Participating in online sports programs during the COVID-19 pandemic improves adolescents’ psychological...
Pharmaceutical residuals pose a serious threat to Marine life
A study by Tel Aviv University reveals worrying evidence of environmental contamination
A study led by Prof....
Tel Aviv University Researcher Heads a Committee in Charge of the Future of the European Science
CERN Council unanimously decided to update its scientific strategy – according to the recommendation of a committee...
New school for Biomedicine and Cancer Research at Tel Aviv University
The school, funded by a generous endowment from the Shmunis Family, aims to research and improve treatments for...
Fight Online Antisemitism
Kantor Center Joined 125 International Organizations in a Call to Adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism,...
TAU Researcher Invents Environmentally-Friendly Sanitizer
Innovative method to convert waste into disinfectant is a pandemic game-changer
The fight against coronavirus...
Tel Aviv University Scientists Successfully Reduce Metastatic Spread Following Tumor Removal Surgery
A Study Performed in Colorectal Cancer Patients Found that Implementing a Stress-Inflammatory Response Reducing...
What Disrupted A Giant Black Hole’s Feast?
Tel Aviv University investigators identified a giant black hole being interrupted in the process of swallowing...
An Experimental Drug for Alzheimer’s May Help Children with Autism
Tel Aviv University Researchers Discover Alzheimer’s-Like Traits in Autistic Child’s Brain
An extensive...
Dan David Prize to Focus on Medicine, Public Health in 2021
In wake of COVID-19, laureates will be chosen in fields relating to pandemic and beyond
The 2021 Dan David...
TAU Study: Stimulating Immune System Prevents Post-Surgery Metastasis
Immune System Stimulating Treatment to Reduce Psychological and Physiological Stress Prevents Metastases and...
TAU Researcher Fights Epidemics Both Viral and Virtual
Dan Yamin can detect any kind of contagious outbreak
TAU’s Dr. Dan Yamin has developed a data tracking system...
MONTREAL PHILANTHROPISTS TAKE ACTION FOR ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL
Montreal philanthropists take action for Ethiopian community In Israel
The Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family...
Global first at TAU: MRI scan of the brains of 130 species of mammals, including humans, indicates equal connectivity in all of them
The research reveales a universal Law: Conservation of Brain Connectivity
Researchers at Tel Aviv University,...
TAU study: Oxygen therapy improves cognitive function in seniors
Research Published in Aging first to Show Enhanced Brain Function and Cognitive Capabilities Resulting from Novel...
Unprecedented: A Senior Saudi Researcher Contributed an Article to an Israeli Academic Journal
A Historic Moment for Tel Aviv University’s “Kesher” Academic Journal
The latest issue of “Kesher”, an academic...
Bats navigate just like humans – using their excellent eyesight and a cognitive map
A new study investigates the navigation capabilities of bats from birth to maturity
For the first time in...
TAU-led Team Destroys Cancer Cells with Ultrasound
Breakthrough method may be applicable to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and more
An international research team, headed...
The Hindy Hirt Outstanding Citizenship Scholarship Award
Hindy, reaching the summit of a mountain in Switzerland, 2019
With COVID-19 hitting the world and social distancing...
New nanomedicines for mRNA therapeutics in breast cancer and heart failure
The project has been awarded a total of 14.9 million EUR; Prof. Dan Peer is leading the mRNA targeting work package.
TAU...
Tel Aviv University presents an analysis of the reaction of human antibodies to the coronavirus
Patients with severe COVID-19 develop antibodies faster than those with a mild case of the disease.
A team...
Straight to the Point
A Link between Arrowheads Used by Ancient Empires and the Historical Events during the First and the Second Temple...
TAU Researchers Fighting Covid-19
U.S. patent for vaccine design and success in antibody-based therapies.
The JEWISH WEEK | June 2020 | By Staff...
3D printed heart used to test life-saving drugs
Pharmaceutical company Bayer will test new drugs using human heart tissues 3D-printed in Tel Aviv University
Last...
A worldwide wave of antisemitism unleashed by COVID-19 pandemic
The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University, published a special...
Turning vapor into electricity?
Electricity generated by interactions between water molecules and metals may be turned into a source of energy,...
Zooming in and out of class
We asked TAU professors about the benefits and challenges of remote teaching, and what they plan to take with...
Dead Sea Scrolls “puzzle” solved with DNA from ancient animal skins
Ancient DNA extracted from Dead Sea Scrolls by Tel Aviv University researchers permits rare, unanticipated glimpse...
Study finds ancient Canaanites genetically linked to modern populations
Today’s Jews and Arabs in Israel, Jordan and Lebanon get half their ancestry from Bronze Age Levantines
Most...
Chag Shavuot Sameach
Chag Sameach!
In honour of Shavuot, Shawna Goodman is sharing her coveted tiramisu recipe.
While we are...
Tel Aviv University’s Serological tests
Breaking News
Tel Aviv University’s leading researchers, Profs. Motti Gerlic and Ariel Munitz, are at the...
Did climate change cause infections 6,000 years ago?
New study of human skulls finds infections peaked due to high population density, poor hygiene and climate conditions
Researchers...
New TAU study tracks coronavirus spread patterns in Israel
Research finds approximately 70% of the infections in Israel were caused by a SARS-CoV2 strain imported from...
Coronavirus bootcamp? New serological test conducted with the IDF
The new test in the Israel Defense Forces aims to detect antibodies and immune response to coronavirus
Tel...
Accurate 3D imaging could significantly improve IVF treatments
New Tel Aviv University technology allows clinicians to identify and select better-quality sperm, potentially...
TAU partners with pharma company to develop COVID-19 vaccine
The epitope-based vaccine will target the most vulnerable part of the viral spike protein
Ramot, Tel Aviv...
What about the environment?
In an online seminar, Prof. Colin Price connects the dots between two current disasters: the climate crisis and...
A world first: TAU to establish multidisciplinary Epidemic Research Center
The Center will bring together experts in the field and help the State of Israel deal epidemic-related crises
Tel...
Tel Aviv University joins national Coronavirus testing system
TAU’s specialized Corona Lab is expected to conduct up to 1,600 tests a day
Israel’s Health Ministry has...
TAU lab identifies effective antibodies from recovered Coronavirus patients
Antibody-based therapies can be used to protect at-risk populations, including medical workers, from the virus
The...
TAU medical researcher wins Israel Prize
Prof. Gidi Rechavi, of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, has won Israel’s highest honor for his academic and...
You can’t stop this music
On May 5th, a virtual celebration of piano music will begin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
We’ve...
TAU Student, COVID-19 Sprint Invent Disposable Ventilators to Help Treat Coronavirus Patients
Israel’s Health Ministry has approved the use of a prototype in a pilot study
Together with COVID-19 Sprint,...
TAU to partner with InnoCan Pharma on revolutionary COVID-19 treatment
The technology, which is expected to be administered by inhalation, will be tested on several lung infections
InnoCan...
Antisemitic Manifestations Worldwide – 2019 and the Beginning of 2020
First came Halle, and then the Corona
In honor of Yom haShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tel...
TAU Scientist Awarded U.S. Patent for Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Design
The patent, approved in March, covers a vaccine that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus’s structure,...
Message from Tel Aviv University President
Dear friends and colleagues, academic and administrative staff,
Tomorrow we all return from the Passover holiday...
Donated Equipment Aids in Urgent Coronavirus Research
Shmunis family gift ramps up the scientific capabilities of the School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology.
With...
Tel Aviv University Sets Up Emergency Lab to Expand COVID-19 Testing
specialized lab, run by TAU researchers and graduate students, was built in 3 days
University has built an emergency...
Milner Foundation Donates $3 million to Tel Aviv University, Magen David Adom and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
This “critical injection of oxygen” is expected to increase coronavirus remote testing and research.
The...
Students Volunteer to Increase and Improve Coronavirus Testing Across Israel
Over 1000 medical and graduate students join initiative to assist medical and laboratory teams.
Israeli hospitals...
Les étudiants de l’Université de Tel-Aviv participent au combat contre le Coronavirus
Dans le cadre d’une initiative conjointe de l’Université de Tel-Aviv, du Technion, de l’Université...
TAU researcher launches urgent push to beat corona
Dr. Natalia Freund is analyzing immunity of Israelis who have recovered from the virus.
TAU researcher...
What’s more important? Privacy vs. public health
Experts from Tel Aviv University answer questions about the coronavirus crisis.
On Saturday, March 14,...
New sleep method strengthens brain’s ability to retain memories
Process that uses smell can strengthen memories stored in one side of the brain, say TAU researchers.
A...
Meet the women behind the next groundbreaking scientific discovery
For International Women’s Day, TAU PhD students from different disciplines share their passion for research
This...
Can blood pressure in your twenties cause cognitive decline in your fifties?
TAU and Northwestern University study proves treatment for high blood pressure must begin decades earlier than...
The power of women in 2020
Tel Aviv University celebrates International Women’s Day.
International Women’s Day, originally called...
New Dual Degree Program – TAU & Columbia University
Cutting-Edge Education Meets Non-Stop Discovery
Tel Aviv University is proud to announce its newly launched new...
TAU researchers discover unique, non-oxygen breathing animal
The tiny relative of the jellyfish is parasitic and dwells in salmon tissue.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have...