Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program

The Mortimer B. Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program supports future generations of leaders in STEM in the United States and Israel

[David Sinclair @davidasinclair]

Interview with @UriAlonWeizmann on his amazing paper on the “menopause cliff”

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@glen_pridham @UriAlonWeizmann

[David Sinclair @davidasinclair]

Long-overdue study of menopause reveals it begins more than a decade before the final period. Uri Alon and collaborators analyze 300 million tests and use a mathematical technique from astronomy to shows HRT can delay many deleterious changes 🧵

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

Congrats!! 🎊

[Glen Pridham @glen_pridham]

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.
https://t.co/soxUlyHQgL

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

Congratulation!!!!

Zuckerman PD scholar @glen_pridham

[Uri Alon @UriAlonWeizmann]

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
https://t.co/OgrPwaQe2E

[Amnon Shashua @AmnonShashua]

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 https://t.co/s5Cs2qkCrj

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

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. https://t.co/F3uPqCcmWa

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

"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
https://t.co/trrKmsB01J

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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

https://t.co/X7yDuTOZhs

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

7 years on X.
10 years of impact
280 postdocs · 62 labs · 7 universities
Thank you for being part of the Zuckerman STEM journey! 🇺🇸🇮🇱

[Gili Bisker @GiliBisker]

🌟 Tiny defects, big sensing possibilities! Our new Perspective in Small explores how defects, molecular coatings, and analytes work together to shape carbon nanotube sensing:
https://t.co/sBbo8AdWDW
@TelAvivUni @Tel_Aviv_Uni @BioSoftTAU @stem_program @nanocarbons @basu_srestha

[columbiafsi @columbiafsi]

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 https://t.co/L75JZErFS3
@stem_program

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

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

https://t.co/tni7pZhO5A

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

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!

[Blavatnik Awards @BlavatnikAwards]

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
https://t.co/oDjA0TJy69

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

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!

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Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Prof. Yisroel Mirsky at the forefront of AI security and safety @bengurionu

[Americans for Ben-Gurion University @A4BGU]

Prof. Yisroel Mirsky, a computer science researcher at @bengurionu, is part of a new study examining how AI could make online scams more effective.
https://t.co/1bFTXpa6t3

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_: https://t.co/8Hl8ZwynSa

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

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.

https://t.co/fTvSvh9nda

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual perspective and scale https://t.co/2EOhNv8iEG

[Uri Alon @UriAlonWeizmann]

Happy to share that I was named one of TIME’s 2026 Longevity Leaders. Our work uses physics-style theory to look for simple principles that can explain the complex dynamics of aging.
https://t.co/Y7Kcuh4RNz

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

@ItaiYanai Congratulations to the well deserved grant!

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

Congratulation on your return to Israel. We wish you a continued success on your next chapter. @ubarilan @Bar_ilan

[Noam Razin @noamrazin]

Excited to start this new chapter in my career!

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

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 https://t.co/or2ebrL8wv