Minerva - Weizmann Projects Program

Minerva projects at the Weizmann Institute of Science provide the opportunity for early-stage German researchers (e.g. young graduate students) to visit the Institute to participate in a scientific collaborative effort.

Weizmann Institute researchers with an e-mail address next to their name welcome such visits within the framework of their project. If you are interested in applying to visit one of the researchers below in the framework of this program, you are requested to contact the relevant researcher by clicking the e-mail link next to his/her name.

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Department of Chemical and Biological Physics

Prof. Barak Dayan

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Single-atom demonstrator of photonic cluster generation
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. Baran Eren

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Surface science at atmospheric pressures and in liquids
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Dr. Amit Finkler

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Nanoscale dynamics of self-assembled single-molecule magnet monolayers
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Lucio Frydman

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Ultrahigh field magnetic resonance and the development of new paradigms in non-invasive cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Gilad Haran

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Enhanced photon collection for single-molecule protein transition-state spectroscopy
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Itamar Procaccia

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Solving the long standing riddle of remote triggering
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Department of Chemical and Structural Biology

Prof. Deborah Fass

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Discovery of a copper redox shunt in intestinal mucus
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Amnon Horovitz

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Structure-function analysis of the hetero-oligomeric chaperonin containing TCP-1 by combinatorial mutagenesis
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Nir London

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A platform for sulfonyl fluorides covalent inhibitor discovery
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. David Margulies

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Screening for inhibitors of protein-protein interactions in native (non-engineered) cells
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. Rina Rosenzweig

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Characterizing the drivers of functional specificity within the Hsp70 Chaperone System
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Prof. Brian Berkowitz

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Integrated modeling and measurement of chemical transport from surface water to groundwater
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. Rei Chemke

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The scale dependent response of mid-latitude atmospheric waves to human activity
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Yohai Kaspi

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Cyclones and jets on giant planets in light of the new polar observations of the Juno mission
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Dan Yakir

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Forest adjustments to drying climate: Identifying the physiological basis for early seasonal recovery from drought
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Kimmelman

Prof. Amnon Bar-Shir

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Rationalizing architecture-relaxation relationships in nanofluorides for ?hot-spot? MRI applications
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin

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Computational study of zinc enzymes and beyond, by means of local-orbital based wavefunction methods, explicit correlation approaches, and Delta-machine learning
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Ronny Neumann

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Inorganic redox metalloenzyme mimics
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Boris Rybtchinski

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Biomolecular plastics
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Perlman

Prof. Ernesto Joselevich

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Layered metals: a new family of two-dimensional materials with extended metal-metal bonding
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. Ulyana Shimanovich

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Towards the assembly of biomaterials with an electrical field
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Department of Biomolecular Sciences

Prof. Rivka Dikstein

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Molecular and pharmacological studies of translation start codon selection
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Michael Fainzilber

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PTBP1 in adult neurons ? implications for nerve regeneration
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Anthony H. Futerman

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Delineating functional domains in ceramide synthases
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Neta Regev-Rudzki

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Elucidating a decision-making mechanism underlying malaria parasite growth and development
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval

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Modulation of NK cell cytotoxicity by cancer associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Gideon Schreiber

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Cytokine Synergy in activating the JAK/STAT pathway leading to multiple outputs
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Department of Brain Sciences

Prof. Noam Sobel

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The nasal cycle: A novel window into, and possible handle, on brain function
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. Ivo Spiegel

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Experience-regulated transcriptional networks that restrict the plasticity of cortical circuits
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky

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Neural representation and memory reactivation of extremely large and complex spaces
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology

Prof. Jakub Abramson

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The role of Aire-ILC3 cells in shaping T cell response to infection and autoimmunity
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. Roi Avraham

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Dissecting the host-pathogen crosstalk using a novel, single-cell resolution, functional screening approach
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. Moshe Biton

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Single cell interrogation of intestinal epithelial and immune cells during bacterial gastroenteritis
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Michal Neeman

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Development of MR guided targeted therapy for perivillous fibrin deposition in the placenta
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Karina Yaniv

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A novel zebrafish model for the study of cerebral small vessel disease
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Department of Molecular Cell Biology

Prof. Shalev Itzkovitz

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Reconstructing spatial proteomic maps of the intestinal epithelium
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Elior Peles

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Identifying proteins involved in Schwann cell myelination
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Yardena Samuels

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Learning from mistakes: Unravelling immunogenic aberrant antigens derived from genetically encoded translation aberrations
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Oren Schuldiner

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Intrinsic regulation of axon growth potential
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Department of Molecular Genetics

Prof. Naama Barkai

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The search of transcription factors (TFs) for their in-vivo binding sites
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Jeffrey Gerst

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Conservation of RNA multiplexing and co-translation in control of the heat shock response in yeast and mammals
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Eran Hornstein

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Regulation of stress granules disassembly
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel

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Genetic and evolutionary implications of sexual mating preference
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Maya Schuldiner

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High throughput enzymology ? Systematic approaches for discovering enzyme functions
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Prof. Yuval Eshed

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A high-resolution view of a gradual developmental change, the tomato floral transition
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. Filipe Natalio

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'Rerooting?: Root-mediated import of sugar into plants
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. Einat Segev

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Dissecting phototroph-heterotroph interactions: algal exudates feed and wake-up bacteria
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Assaf Vardi

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Tripartite interactions between an algal host, its virus and associated microbiome generates a unique metabolic footprint in the ocean
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. David Zeevi

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Deep characterization of the ayyalon cave microbiome and trophic relationships
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Department of Systems Immunology

Prof. Eran Elinav

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Determining mechanisms of microbiota modulation of pulmonary fibrosis
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Ziv Shulman

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The chromatin remodeler Ino80 controls B cell differentiation into antibody forming cells
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

Prof. David Harel

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Compositional system design alternatives combining machine learning with classical specification
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Yaron Lipman

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Frame averaging for symmetric-aware network design
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Shimon Ullman

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From objects to scenes: generalization and multi-tasks
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Department of Mathematics

Prof. Uri Bader

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Homology and homotopy complexity in nonpositive curvature
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Maria Gorelik

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Grothendieck rings of a quasireductive Lie superalgebra
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Dmitry Novikov

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Tame geometry and Wilkie conjecture
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Department of Condensed Matter Physics

Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph

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Exciton condensation in a disordered medium
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Yuval Gefen

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Entanglement, entropy and quantum statistics in engineered quantum platforms
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Shahal Ilani

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Imaging quasiparticles in fractional and non-abelian states of matter
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Binghai Yan

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Chirality, topology and nonlinear magnetoresistance of DNA-like materials
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Eli Zeldov

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Imaging Berry-curvature magnetism in moire materials
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Prof. Ofer Aharony

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Gravitational duals for free gauge theories II
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. Sagi Ben-Ami

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The multi-aperture spectroscopic telescope ? a ground breaking spectroscopic facility
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Kfir Blum

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Gravitational probes of dark matter
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam

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Rapid response spectrographs: observing the formation of the elements
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Dr. Doron Kushnir

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The viability of the double-detonation model to explain type Ia supernovae
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Alexander Milov

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Search for the quark-gluon plasma signatures in small collision systems with ATLAS detector at LHC
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Dr. David Mross

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Phase transitions in Kitaev materials and the half-filled Landau level
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Yosef Nir

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New physics opportunities in DUNE
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Prof. Gilad Perez

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Strange physics & relaxion searches with KOTO & HL-LHC timing detectors
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Dr. Barak Zackay

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Novel methods to search for periodicity from repeating fast radio bursts and gamma-ray pulsars
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Daniel Zajfman

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Mutual neutralization of trapped and cold molecular ions
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Department of Physics of Complex Systems

Dr. Rotem Arnon-Friedman

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The relation between distillable entanglement and non-locality
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Nir Davidson

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Simulating spin Hamiltonians with coupled lasers
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Ofer Feinerman

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Distributed collective mechanics: nest construction by Australian Weaver Ants
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)

Prof. Ofer Firstenberg

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Bi-directional quantum nonlinear optics
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Victor Armand Malka

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Plasma refractive optics for relativistic interaction (PROptics)
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Elisha Moses

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Identification of a primitive syntax in neuronal codes and in prosody
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Prof. Dan Oron

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The optical properties of highly birefringent organic crystals and their assemblies
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Dr. Oren Raz

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Anomalous thermal relaxations
(Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023)

Dr. Osip Schwartz

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A direct measurement of photon-photon interaction in vacuum
(Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025)

Dr. Karen Michaeli

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Spin dependent transport through chiral molecules ? theory and applications
(Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024)