Sandip Koley

Postdoc 2014-2018

Sandip studied mechanisms of local translation regulation in axons. He moved to a second postdoc in Jesus Gil's laboratory in the U.K. in 2018.

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/

Stefanie Alber

PhD Student 2012-2018

Stef studied the role of an axonal RNA binding protein in sensory neuron growth and regeneration. She spent some additional time with us as a postdoc to complete her main paper, and then moved to Switzerland in early 2020.

Shachar Dagan

Ph.D., 2010-2015.
Shachar worked on the roles of transcription factors in neuronal retrograde injury signaling. He moved on to a postdoc with Chenghua Gu at Harvard Medical School in October 2015.

Keren Ben-Yaakov

PhD 2005-2010.
Keren examined involvement of the STAT3 transcription factor in the retrograde injury signal complex. She then moved to a postdoc with Eran Perlson at Tel-Aviv University, and is now a research associate at Kaplan Hospital.

Anat Lavi-Itzkovitz

PhD, 2005-2009.
Anat worked on characterizing the nuclear and cytoplasmic roles of necdin – a growth suppressor that promotes neuronal differentiation. Her postdoctoral training was in Erel Levine's lab' at Harvard, and she then shifted fields to become a bioinformatics analyst.

Shlomit Hanz

Ph.D., 2000-2005.
Shlomit discovered the central role of nuclear import factors in retrograde injury signaling in nerve axons. Her postdoctoral training was with Gabriel Corfas at Harvard Medical School.

Marianna Tcherpakov

Ph.D., 2000-2004.
Marianna's PhD thesis highlighted new MAGE family interactors for the p75 receptor. She moved on to a postdoc at the Burnham Institute (San Diego) in the autumn of 2004, and is now a biotech industry consultant in San Diego.

Tal Gradus

Tal worked as a technician in the lab during the years 2006-2008. She then moved to a position in the glaucoma research laboratory at Tel-HaShomer Medical Center, and after that to Eran Perlson's laboratory in Tel-Aviv University.