Indrek Koppel

Postdoc 2015-2020

Indrek unveiled new aspects of size sensing and growth control mechanisms, and discovered a critical role of noncoding RNAs in neuronal regeneration. He moved to a faculty position at the Tallin Institute of Science and Technology in December 2020.

Sandip Koley

Postdoc 2014-2018

Sandip studied mechanisms of local translation regulation in axons. He moved to a second postdoc in the U.K., and from there to a senior research scientist position at Evotec (Oxford, U.K.), where he is working on drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases.

Rotem Ben-Tov Perry

Ph.D. 2007-2012, Postdoc and Senior Intern, 2012-2015.
Rotem analyzed subcellular localization mechanisms for Importin beta1 mRNA. She generated a knockout mouse model of the 3'UTR, identified the specific localization motif, and characterized an RNA binding protein responsible for Importin beta1 axonal localization. She moved on to a staff scientist position in Igor Ulitsky's laboratory at WIS in November 2015.

Shelly Tzlil

Guest researcher, 2011–2012.
Shelly joined the group after a postdoc at Caltech, and then continued to a faculty position in the Technion. We continue to collaborate on the effects of mechanical stretch on neuronal growth and viability.

Na'aman Kam

Postdoc, 2007-2010.
Na’aman used in silico approaches to model length sensing mechanisms in injured and growing neurons. At the beginning of 2011 he moved on to a second postdoc with Mike Levine at UC Berkeley.

Ofra Chen, Ph.D

Postdoc, 2006-2008.
Ofra’s project focused on identification of p75 interacting proteins. She then moved to a position in biotech.

Francisca Bronfman

Postdoc, 2000-2003.
Francisca (known to all as 'Kika') worked on signaling and internalization of the p75 neurotrophin receptor, utilizing fluorescence methodologies. She moved back home to Santiago, Chile in March 2003, where she is now a Full Professor at the Andres Bello University - https://icb.unab.cl/francisca-bronfman/

Meir Rozenbaum

M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies, 2008-2016

Meir studied the roles of translational regulation in growth and regeneration of sensory neurons. He then moved to a postdoc at Tel Aviv University and Tel HaShomer Hospital.

Dima Yudin

Ph.D., 2005-2011.
Dima characterized the role of the small Ran GTPase system in regulation of neuronal retrograde injury signaling. After a postdoc with Chris Henderson at the Motor Neuron Center of Columbia University (New York) he returned to Israel to a position in the biotech industry.

Liraz Harel

PhD, 2005-2010.
Liraz studied the role of CCM2 in TrkA-mediated cell death in pediatric tumors of neural origin. She then moved to a position in the biotech industry.

Yael Segal-Ruder

PhD, 2004-2009.
Yael worked on identifying the transcriptional response to the retrograde injury signal using microarray-based approaches.

Eran Perlson

Ph.D., 2000-2005.
Eran used proteomic approaches to identify axoplasmic proteins involved in retrograde injury signaling, and discovered a role for the intermediate filament vimentin in Erk transport in this system. He continued to a postdoc in Erika Holzbaur's group at the University of Pennsylvania during 2005-2010. Towards the end of 2010 he moved back to Israel to establish his own laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.

Hanna Jaaro-Peled

Hanna completed her PhD studies on different p75 ligands, during which she also developed a new yeast screen for membrane-targeted proteins. She then moved on to a postdoc with Akira Sawa at Johns Hopkins (2005-2009), and is currently an Instructor in the Hopkins Schizophrenia Center.