Research Projects

Research Projects Supported During 2009

• Childhood Acute Leukemia and the MLL Gene
  Prof. Eli Canaani, Department of Molecular Cell Biology
• Redirecting cellular immunotherapy to Wilms' Tumors
  Prof. Zelig Eshhar, Department of Immunology
• Embryonic human lung tissue as a new source for transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis
  Prof. Yair Reisner, Department of Immunology
• Unraveling the heart of differentiation during embryogenesis
  Dr. Eldad Tzahor, Department of Biological Regulation
• Therapy of multiple myeloma: using a cell and gene therapy approach
  Prof. Dov Zipori, Department of Molecular Cell Biology

Research Projects Supported During 2008

• The influence of microRNA on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus
  Dr. Eran Hornstein, Department of Molecular Genetics
• The involvement of hypoxia and HIF1 in the regulation of pluripotent mesenchymal cells
  Dr. Elazar Zelzer, Department of Molecular Genetics
• The role of the bone marrow immune niche in the immune defense against blood–borne pathogens
  Dr. Steffen Jung, Prof. Idit Shachar, and Dr. Guy Shakhar, Department of Immunology
• As AIDS develops, HIV-1 specific CTLs switch from perforin- to FasL-expressing cells that are ineffective against HIV-infected, nef-expressing cells
  Prof. Gideon Berke, Department of Immunology, in collaboration with
  Dr. David Hassin, MD, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
• Studying intercellular communication networks of immune cells and of cancer microenvironments at the single cell level, using microfluidic devices
  Dr. Nir Friedman, Department of Immunology

Research Projects Supported During 2007

• STEAP and FAR1, New Potential Regulators of the Ovulatory Process
  Prof. Nava Dekel, Department of Biological Regulation
• Towards therapy for juvenile (Type I) diabetes: Identification of genes involved in beta cell death
  Prof. Yehiel Zick, Department of Molecular Cell Biology