• Picture of Prof. Yehiel Zick

    Prof. Yehiel Zick

    Mode of action of galectin-8, a mammalian lectin
    The molecular basis of Insulin Resistance: a Phosphorylation based Uncoupling of Insulin Signalling
    The insulin receptor as a model system for transmembrane signaling: Mode of interaction of the insulin receptor with its downstream effector molecules.
    Mammalian lectins as regulators of cell adhesion, cell growth, and apoptosis.
    Receptor trafficking: Regulation of endocytosis and recycling of the insulin receptor.
    Role of Galectin-8 in bone remodeling

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  • Picture of Prof. Elazar Zelzer

    Prof. Elazar Zelzer

    the roles of the VEGF pathway in different steps during skeletal development.
    Studying the role of mechanical load on embryonic bone development

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  • Picture of Prof. Ofer Zeitouni

    Prof. Ofer Zeitouni

    Motion in random media
    Random matrices
    Applications in nonlinear filtering, Communication and Information theory
    Logarithmically correlated random fields

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  • Picture of Prof. Ada Yonath

    Prof. Ada Yonath

    Antibiotics targeting ribosomes
    Protein biosynthesis
    Ribosomal mechanisms
    Origin of life
    Next generation antibiotics
    Human genetic diseases – structural and molecular bases

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  • Picture of Prof. Yosef Yomdin

    Prof. Yosef Yomdin

    High Order Data Representation, Nonlinear Model Approximation. Taylor Models, High-Order Numerical methods
    Semialgebraic Complexity of functions, Signals Acquisition via non-linear model approximation
    Analytic Theory of Differential Equations, Generalized Moments, Compositions
    Zeroez distribution in Families of Analytic Functions
    Model-based image analysis, representation, compression. Model-based search, capturing, and animation

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  • Picture of Prof. Ofer Yizhar

    Prof. Ofer Yizhar

    Mapping the synaptic organization of prefrontal cortex circuits
    Development of novel optogenetic methods for light-based control of neural activity
    Collaboration with:  Moran Shalev-Benami; Mudi Sheves
    Functional dissection of the brain circuits underlying social motivation
    Collaboration with:  Alon Chen
    Neural mechanisms of working memory and decision making
    The role of oxytocin and vasopressin in adaptation to early-life stress

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  • Picture of Prof. Edit Yerushalmi

    Prof. Edit Yerushalmi

    Development implementation and evaluation of a 2-year interdisciplinary program for high school chemistry and physics students on
    Collaboration with:  A. Hofstein, S. Livne, Y. Roth, R. Blonder, A. Yarden, S. Safran, B. Eylon, B. Geiger
    Instructional strategies intended to develop reflective problem solving skills in high school physics students
    Collaboration with:  C. Singh, E. Cohen, E. Bagno, B. Eylon
    Study of the effects of self-diagnosis tasks on learning from physics problem solving.
    Development, implementation and evaluation of web-based test preparation modules aimed at organizing students’ knowledge and developing awareness of common misconceptions (Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism).
    Development, implementation and research of long-term professional development frameworks for physics high school teachers
    Collaboration with:  R. Safadi, E. Bagno, A. Rozen
    Workshops for Arab high school physics teachers intended to develop reflective problem solving skills in their students through alternative assessment activities. Workshop approach: Collaborative inquiry into students' self diagnostic activities.
    Models for collaborative action research workshops for high school physics teachers.
    Long-term didactical courses introducing pre-service teachers to current research in physics education and its implications to the learning/teaching process.
    University physics faculty perceptions of learning and teaching problem solving.
    Collaboration with:  C. Henderson, K. Heller, P. Heller, V. Quo, E. Cohen

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  • Picture of Prof. Ephraim Yavin

    Prof. Ephraim Yavin

    Signal transduction and protein kinase C isozymes in brain of normal and growth-retarded fetuses.
    Free radicals and lipid modulators in the developing and aging brain.
    Novel genes during oxidative stress in utero and role of docosahexaenoic acid.
  • Picture of Prof. Avraham Yaron

    Prof. Avraham Yaron

    Signaling mechanisms of axonal guidance cues
    Mechanisms of axonal degeneration

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  • Picture of Prof. Sergei Yakovenko

    Prof. Sergei Yakovenko

    Analytic theory of ordinary differential equations.
    Singularity theory. Singular foliations, limit cycles, holonomy.

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