The Technion Timeline
Scroll through to see Technion's 100 years of achievements
Prof. Josef Itskovitz-Eldor, in joint research with the University of Wisconsin, succeeded in isolating embryonic stem cells for the first…Read More
Professors Uri Sivan, Eran Brown, and Yoav Eishen used DNA sequences to create a conductive thread with a thickness of…Read More
“Amos Lapidot was the tenth commander of the Air Force. He was born in Kfar Saba and completed a pilot…Read More
In 2000, Yoram Palti, our founder and professor emeritus of physiology and biophysics at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, sought…Read More
Dov Moran was born in Ramat Gan as Dov Mintz. He was the youngest of two children; his parents were…Read More
About eight months after being acquired by the American chemical company ISP for an amount between 10 to 20 million…Read More
Yitzhak Apeloig is a chemist, a member of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion. During World War II…Read More
The American film actor Christopher Reeve, the Hollywood superhero, came to Israel for a five-day solidarity visit as the guest…Read More
Prof. Bilha Mannheim was one of the founders of the field of sociology of work in Israel and one of…Read More
Research Prof. Avram Hershko and Research Prof. Aaron Ciechanover of the Technion are the winners of the 2004 Nobel Prize…Read More
luristem was founded in 2001 by Shai Meretzki of the Technion, who made use of a stem cell patent which…Read More
The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute was established in 2005 with funding from the Israeli government, the Russell Berrie philanthropic fund,…Read More
Azilect, a medication intended for Parkinson’s disease patients, developed and marketed by Teva Pharmaceuticals, according to research by Professor Moussa…Read More
The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) is a multi-disciplinary energy research program. The research includes collaborations between…Read More
The International Chemistry Olympiad is an annual academic competition for high school students. About 300 students from about 75 countries…Read More
Just 16 years old and already a student at the Technion! This is Dan Deviri, a student in the Schulich…Read More
In 2006, businessman Seymour Schulich donated 20 million dollars to the Faculty of Chemistry. This is one of the largest…Read More
Cortica is a pioneer in the field of Autonomous AI. Over the past 15 years, we have invested more than…Read More
AMIT – the Alfred Mann Institute at the Technion, founded by the serial entrepreneur Alfred Mann, is a research institute…Read More
The association “Engineers Without Borders Israel” works to promote the quality of life of the population in Israel and developing…Read More
There is no Israeli who does not know what Iron Dome is; everyone is deeply grateful to those involved in…Read More
Peretz Lavie served as the president of the Technion from 2009 to October 2019. Lavie is a psychologist, a researcher…Read More
Sealantis develops innovative products based on a proprietary platform of alga-mimetic tissue adhesives, for a variety of applications and clinical…Read More