Feline AIDS of FIV gives clues in how to counter human AIDS. Prof. Akram Alian and Dr. Meytal Galilee from the Faculty of Biology are using FIV to uncover the mechanism of viral resistance to anti-reverse transcriptase drugs. Their findings, published in PLOS Pathogens, show that the FIV protein forms a closed pocket that blocks the drugs from effective binding.
Technion Live
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN
More than 1,000 students from Israel, the US, Argentina, Mexico, Russia, and Ukraine took part in the ninth Technion Robotraffic contest, named for Nadav Shoham. Hosted by the Technion’s Leumi Robotics Center, the contest challenges high school students to build autonomous vehicles that are required to perform tasks on a simulated road.
SHOOT FOR MARS
Six “astronauts” have entered a structure designed by Technion students in order to simulate life on Mars. The building was erected near the town of Mitzpeh Ramon in the Negev desert as a first step in the establishment of a space simulation center.