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Departments:
Biological Chemistry Neurobiology
Biological Regulation Organic Chemistry
Chemical Reaserch Support Physics of Complex Systems
Immunology Plant Sciences
Materials and Interfaces Science Teaching
Molecular Cell Biology Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics Services

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Faculty of Biochemistry

Department of Biological Chemistry

Edward Bayer
The high-affinity cohesin-dockerin interaction as a model for protein-protein biorecognition

Eitan Bibi
Biogenesis, structure and function of membrane transport proteins

Roy Caplan
Rotary macromolecular machines: is stepping necessarily a characteristic of rotational movement?

Ilan Chet
Enhancement of plant disease resistance by the biocontrol agent T. asperellum

Rivka Dikstein
Molecular mechanisms of transcription regulation by TBP-associated factor (TAFs) and NF-b

Michael Eisenbach
Guidance mechanisms in bacteria and sperm

Zvulun Elazar
Mechanism of intracellular protein traffic

Mike Fainzilber
Retrograde and trophic signaling mechanisms in healthy and injured nerves

Tony Futerman
Sphingolipids in health and disease

Haim Garty
Ion channels and pumps mediating NA+ and K+ transport in the kidney

Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir
Peptides as a new family of compounds with estrogen-like activity

Zvi Livneh
DNA repair and mutagenesis: from molecular mechanisms to cancer risk

David Mirelman
Molecular pathogenesis of entamoeba histolytica: Virulence genes and epigenetic gene silencing

Eitan Reuveny
Mechanisms of ion channel function and regulation

Gideon Schreiber
Protein-protein interactions: from mechanism to protein design

Yechiel Shai
Membrane proteins and their involvement in infectious diseases

Ehud Shapiro
Molecular computer: doctor in a test tube

Dan Tawfik
Enzyme mechanisms and evolution

Michael Walker
Specific gene expression in pancreatic beta cells

David Wallach
Regulation of cell-death and immune defense by receptors of the TNF/NGF family

Meir Wilchek
mAB-Alliinase conjugates produce in situ cytotoxic Allicin molecules from Alliin which kill tumor targeted cells

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Department of Molecular Genetics

Naama Barkai
Design principles of biological networks

Jacques s. Beckmann
Doron Lancet
Harvesting the genome - from sequence to function

Ari Elson
Tyrosine dephosphorylation of proteins as a regulator of physiological processes

Jeffrey Gerst
The molecular basis for polarized cell growth

Yoram Groner
Biological functions of RUNX transcription factors in neurogenesis and hematopoiesis

Chaim Kahana
Regulation of polyamines, polycations regulating cell growth differentiation and transformation

Adi Kimchi
Deciphering the molecular basis of programmed cell death: from single genes to global views of protein networks

Doron Lancet
Molecular recognition and evolution in biological repertoires: from olfaction to the origin of life

Orly Reiner
DCX, a new mediator of the JNK pathway

Michel Revel
Stimulation of nerve myelinating cell differentiation and potential for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Menachem Rubinstein
Transcription regulation of cytokines and their associated proteins

Leo Sachs
Control of development of normal and malignant stem cells: from basic studies on blood cells to new therapies

Yosef Shaul
Gene expression and signaling; the viral and cellular models

Benny Shilo
Signaling during Drosophila development

Rabi Simantov
Identifying genes involved in psychoactive drug action and apoptotic neuronal cell death

Talila Volk
Mechanisms controlling tissue differentiation in embryonic development

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Department of Plant Sciences

Avihai Danon
Redox signals in molecular adaptation

Marvin Edelman
Structural bioinformatics and molecular recognition

Robert Fluhr
Stress and innate immune responses in plants

Gad Galili
Regulatory metabolic networks in plant development and response to stress

Gideon Grafi
How cells acquire pluripotentiality: the perspective of chromatin structure

Avraham Levy
The dynamic plant genome

Avigdor Scherz
Riding the chlorophylls: from photosynthetic energy conversion to cancer therapy

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Faculty of Biology

Department of Biological Regulation

Hadassa Degani
Angiogenesis and metabolism in cancer; molecular and physiological characterization by means of MRI/MRS.

Nava Dekel
Mechanisms involved In the control of the meiotic cell cycle

Fortune kohen
Carboxymethyl derivatives of isoflavones: carriers for affinity drug targeting and probes for estrogen action

Atan Gross
BID – a multi-faceted regulator of cell-death

Moti Liscovitch
Caveolin-1: multiple actions in human cancer cells

Michal Neeman
Regulatory pathways in angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis

Yoram Salomon
Vascular targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP): A new modality that cuts off the tumor blood supply

Rony Seger
Intracellular signaling cascades

Alex Tsafriri
The regulation of ovarian follicle growth, demise and
The ovulatory response

Eldad Tzahor
Molecular crosstalk between embryonic progenitor cells: effects on cell fate and lineage determination

Yosef Yarden
Signaling by oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinases: attenuation mechanisms and implications for cancer therapy

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Department of Immunology

Ronen Alon
Chemokine signaling to leukocytes at endothelial synapses under shear flow

Ruth Arnon
Glatiramer acetate - mechanism of action in multiple sclerosis and potential for new applications

Avraham Ben-Nun
Autoimmune demyelinating disease of CNS; immune-specific therapy and neuronal/myelin repair by adult stem cells

Gideon Berke
Regulation and function of FAS expression in tumor cells in-vivo and in-vitro

Lea Eisenbach
Tumors, genes and vaccines

Zelig Eshhar
Adoptive gene-immunotherapy of advanced cancer using engineered lymphocytes

Steffen Jung
Origin and differential In vivo function of antigen presenting cells

Tsvee Lapidot
Regulation of stem cell migration and development by chemokines, adhesion molecules and proteolytic enzymes

Ofer Lider
Regulation of T-cell activation, behavior, and communication with other cells in sites of inflammation

Edna Mozes
Specific immunomodulation of autoimmune diseases

Israel Pecht
Resolving the mechanism(s) of immunological recognition and its coupling to cellular response(s)

Yair Reisner
Induction of immune tolerance by adult bone marrow stem cells and by committed embryonic stem cells

Idit Shachar
The molecular mechanisms regulating homing and differentiation of immature B cells

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Department of Molecular Cell Biology

Abraham Amsterdam
Signal transduction based drug development for ovarian hyper-stimulation and anti-cancer treatment

Avri Ben-Ze’ev
The role of -catenin in cell adhesion, transcription and oncogenesis

Alexander Bershadsky
Cross talk between cell adhesion, microtubules and the actin cytoskeleton

Benjamin Geiger
The molecular basis for cell adhesion

Doron Ginsberg
The transcription factor E2F: balancing proliferation and apoptosis

David Givol
Design principle used by embryonic and adult stem cells

Zvi Kam
Cell-based high-resolution and high-throughput microscope screening

Gil Levkowitz
Genetic pathways underlying specification, patterning and connectivity of dopaminergic neurons in the vertebrate brain

Uri Nudel
David Yaffe
The duchenne muscular dystrophy gene: structure, evolution, expression and function of products

Moshe Oren
Understanding the role of p53 in cancer

Varda Rotter
p53 tumor suppressor gene: function in normal cells and deregulation in cancer cells

Yehiel Zick
Transmembrane signalling:
I. Insulin signal transduction and insulin resistance
Ii. Modulation of cell adhesion and growth by mammalian lectins

Dov Zipori
Microenvironmental guidance of stem cell self renewal, differentiation and localization

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Department of Neurobiology

Ehud Ahissar
Active sensing: what do the rat’s whiskers tell the rat’s brain

Yadin Dudai
In search of the engram: brain mechanisms of consolidation, remodeling, and extinction of memory

Irith Ginzburg
Tau–microtubule associated protein: regulation of expression and axonal localization in neuronal cells

Amiram Grinvald
Fundamental mechanisms underlying higher brain functions; seeing the brain in action

Yitzhak Koch
The regulation of GnRH expression

Sima Lev
Membrane trafficking and cytokinesis

Mia Levite
Direct bi-directional dialogues between the nervous system and the immune system in health and disease

Rafael Malach
Theatre of the mind: organization of the human cortex during natural sensory stimulation

Menahem Segal
Cellular basis of neuronal plasticity

Shabtai Barash
Bridging body and mind:
Neuronal signals, eye movements, brain architectures

Vivian I. Teichberg
Blood-mediated control of the physiology and pathology of glutamate
In brain

Zvi Vogel
Regulation of gene expression in brain areas following chronic exposure to cannabinoids

Ephraim yavin
Brain oxidative stress and rescue mechanisms

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Faculty of Chemistry

Department of Materials and Interfaces


Michael Elbaum
Transport machinery of the nuclear pore complex

Jacob Klein
Polyelectrolyte interactions at the interface as a model for biolubrication

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Department of Organic Chemistry

Abraham Shanzer
Biomimetic ion chelators - potential therapeutic agents and diagnostic tools

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Department of Structural Biology

Jacob Anglister
Structure determination of proteins and their complexes by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy

Amnon Horovitz
Structural and functional analysis of allostery in chaperonins

Irit Sagi
Structural dynamic studies of matrix metalloproteinase-9 reveal new details about
its activation mechanism

Joel Sussman
From gene to 3D structure at the ISPC

Ada Yonath
The spectacular ribosomal architecture: linking positional catalysis to antibiotics synergism

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Faculty of Physics

Department of Physics of Complex System

Eytan Domany
Exploratory analysis of biological data

Joel Stavans
Uri Alon
The digital character of SOS system

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Feinberg Graduated School

Department of Science Teaching

Anat Yarden
Learning biology through research papers: developing scientific literacy and question-asking capabilities

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Services

Chemical Research Support
Development and application of theoretical tools for predicting the structures of molecular complexes

Electron Microscopy Unit
Advanced electron microscopy in biology

Yeda Research and Development co. Ltd.
Scientific breakthroughs for the public benefit