Prof. Raphael Giveon (1916–1985)

Prof. Raphael Lamed’s Research Interests Biomass to Biofuels

One of the important targets is to unlock the full potential of cellulosic biomass. Plants have evolved over several hundred million years to be recalcitrant—resistant to attacks from the likes of bacteria, fungi, insects, and extreme weather. Breaking down plants is no easy task. For cellulosic ethanol production, the primary challenge is breaking down (hydrolyzing) cellulose into its componen...

Raphael Mercier

Raphael Mercier is a researcher at the Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin, located at the Versailles node of INRA. He graduated from the University of Paris XI in 2001. After a postdoc at the University of Birmingham UK with Gareth Jones and Chris Franklin, he returned to Versailles, where he got a permanent position in 2003. His entire scientific career has been devoted to the study of meiosis in t...

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Conversation with Raphael Mechoulam.

In this occasional series we record the views and personal experience of people who have specially contributed to the evolution of ideas in the Journal’s field of interest. Entering what was, at the start, a neglected field, Raphael Mechoulam went on to pursue, over the next 40 years, a highly productive career in cannabis research. This interview charts a sequence of discoveries and reveals so...

Professor Raphael Semiat

Critical flux detection in a silica scaling RO system Lisitsin, D., Hasson, D. and Semiat, R. Desalination 186, 311-318, 2006 Reverse osmosis desalination has achieved prominence as the most cost effective desalting technology. The objective of the present paper was to develop adequate tools for diagnosing malfunctioning of the generally adopted spiral wound module design. Efforts were undertak...