In April 2011, Jacob Hanna, currently a Genzy me postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will start his own lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. As one of the few Palestinian researchers at the Weizmann, he is eager to build scientific bridges in the region.rnThere were two major factors. The Weizmann is a great multidisciplinary centre that offers strong financial and organizational support. And on a personal level, as a Palestinian who grew up in Israel, it is meaningful to do science there.
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