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Benny Geiger's Lab
Faculty of Biology Department of Immunology
  • Caco-2 cells labeled for tight junction molecule cingulin (green), actin (red), vinculin (pink) and DNA (blue).

  • Epithelial cells growing on a patterned adhesive surface with the shape of the Weizmann Institute tree.

  • Desmosomes in mouse tongue epithelium (by transmission electron microscope).

  • Porcine aortic endothelial cell, double-labeled for actin (green) and phospho-tyrosine (red). 

  • “Molecular composition map” of focal adhesions and stress fibers.

  • Myeloma cancer cell responding to shear flow (by scanning electron microscope).

Screening Projects

Multiparametric analysis of focal adhesion formation by RNAi-mediated gene knockdown
Screening for genes involved in collective cell migration
A cell-based screening system for discovery of novel proteasome inhibitors
Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing
Identification of Novel Pro-Migratory, Cancer-Associated Genes Using Quantitative, Microscopy-Based Screening
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    • A cell-based screening system for discovery of novel proteasome inhibitors
    • Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing
    • Identification of Novel Pro-Migratory, Cancer-Associated Genes Using Quantitative, Microscopy-Based Screening
    • Multiparametric analysis of focal adhesion formation by RNAi-mediated gene knockdown
    • Screening for genes involved in collective cell migration
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Multiparametric analysis of focal adhesion formation by RNAi-mediated gene knockdown
Screening for genes involved in collective cell migration
A cell-based screening system for discovery of novel proteasome inhibitors
Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing
Identification of Novel Pro-Migratory, Cancer-Associated Genes Using Quantitative, Microscopy-Based Screening