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  • Alon Chen

    Chen lab studies the neurobiology of stress

    • Gene & stress interaction: epigenetic mechanisms
    • Stress linked psychopathologies
    • Metabolism and eating disorders
    • Complex behavior
    • Early life stress
    • Stress circuitry and regulation
    alon.chen@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-4490

    Location: Arison Neurobiology Buildingroom 312

    Alon Chen's Lab
  • Mike Fainzilber

    Fainzilber lab focus is on size and length sensing and growth control in healthy and injured neurons.

    • Retrograde injury signaling in lesioned nerve: how does the cell body receive information about an injury from the distant lesion site in the axon.
    • Cell Length/Size Sensing: how cells sense or measure distances, or in other words the fundamental cell biological issue of cell size homeostasis
    mike.fainzilber@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-4266

    Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciencesroom 405

    Mike Fainzilber's Lab
  • Eran Hornstein

    Hornstein lab studies mechanisms of neurodegeneration, focusing on ALS. From basic molecular mechanisms to translational / clinical studies, using human genomics, computation, stem cells and omics approaches.

    • microRNA biology in ALS pathogenesis
    • Neurogenetics and neuro-cell biology of RNA: mutations which drive ALS
    • Cell-free RNA biomarkers for neurodegeneration
    eran.hornstein@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-6215

    Location: Arnold R. Meyer Buildingroom 314

    Eran Hornstein's Lab
    • Avner Hershlag

      Consultant

  • Gil Levkowitz

    Levkowitz lab studies the development and function of the zebrafish hypothalamus

    • Morphogenesis and cell biology of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system.
    • Impact of early developmental processes on physiological functions of the mature hypothalamus, focusing on stress response and social behavior.
    gil.levkowitz@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-6077

    Location: Wolfson Building for Biological Researchroom 118

    Gil Levkowitz's Lab
  • Meital Oren-Suissa

    Oren lab investigates how sexually dimorphic patterns in the brain emerge, from synapse formation to animal behavior

    • The synaptic basis for sexual dimorphism in the nervous system
    • The molecular basis of sexually dimorphic neuronal circuits
    • Experience-dependent plasticity
    • Mechanism of sex-specific synapse elimination
    meital.oren@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-6479

    Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Brain Researchroom 31

    Meital Oren-Suissa's Lab
  • Elior Peles

    Peles lab studies the development of myelinated nerves

    • Identify the axonal signals that control myelination
    • Understand how glial cells recognize and wrap axon with myelin
    • Dissect the cytoskeletal machinery that drives myelination
    • Reveal how myelinating glia shape the membrane of the axons they wrap
    peles@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-4561

    Location: Wolfson Building for Biological Researchroom 114

    Elior Peles's Lab
  • Orly Reiner

    Reiner lab studies ortical Development in Health and Disease

    • Understanding the molecular and cellular events that shape the developing human cortex
    • Studying the functions of neurodevelopmental disease-causing genes
    • Developing mouse models for human neurodevelopmental disorders
    • Applying “Disease in a Dish” approach for studying human embryonic cells derived brain organoids
    orly.reiner@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-4927

    Location: Arnold R. Meyer Buildingroom 319

    Orly Reiner's Lab
  • Eitan Reuveny

    Reuveny Lab studies ion Channels - Neurophysiology and Biophysics.

    • Study of ion channels - elementary excitable units integrated in the cell membranes.
    • Intracellular and extracellular regulation of Calcium flux and signaling
    • Methods development
    e.reuveny@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-3243

    Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciencesroom 356

    Eitan Reuveny's Lab
  • Oren Schuldiner

    Schuldiner lab studies mechanisms of neuronal remodeling

    • Pruning and regrowth during neuronal remodeling in drosophila.
    • Dissecting the mechanisms of neuronal remodeling in vivo.
    oren.schuldiner@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-2769

    Location: Ullmann Building of Life Sciencesroom 231

    Oren Schuldiner's Lab
  • Ivo Spiegel

    Spiegel lab studies how experience regulates brain

    • Experience-induced cell-type-specific secreted molecules
    • Function and connectivity of dis-inhibitory neurons
    • Cell-type-specific regulation of experience-induced gene expression n function
    ivo.spiegel@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-4415

    Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Brain Researchroom Cohen Entrance

    Ivo Spiegel's Lab
  • Igor Ulitsky

    Ulitsky lab studies function long noncoding RNAs in mammalian cells during development and regeneration via experimental and computational tools

    • Principles that dictate lncRNAs action,
    • Consequences of lncRNAs disruption in human disease.
    igor.ulitsky@weizmann.ac.il"

    Phone: +972-8-934-6421

    Location: Weizmann UK Building for Biocomplexity Researchroom 007

    Igor Ulitsky's Lab
  • Avraham Yaron

    Yaron lab studies the regulation of neuronal wiring

    • The mechanisms of axonal guidance and pruning.
    • The interplay between genetics and experience.
    avraham.yaron@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-6240

    Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciencesroom 417

    Avraham Yaron's Lab
  • Ofer Yizhar

    Yizhar lab studies organization, function and plasticity of prefrontal circuits

    • Prefrontal cortex in goal-directed behavior
    • Organization of cortical synaptic connectivity
    • Cortical modulation of social behavior
    ofer.yizhar@weizmann.ac.il

    Phone: +972-8-934-6957

    Location: Arison Neurobiology Buildingroom 310

    Ofer Yizhar's Lab
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