• Picture of Prof. Itzhak Tserruya

    Prof. Itzhak Tserruya

    Study of relativistic heavy ion collisions at RHIC using the PHENIX and sPHENIX detectors
    Collaboration with:  A. Milov
    Special interest in electromagnetic probes
    Exploring high baryon density matter at the JINR NICA facility using the MPD and BM@N detectors
    Search for the onset of deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration using dilepton measurements.
    Collaboration with: 

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    Prof. Alex Tsafriri

    Molecular regulation of ovulatory changes in mammals.
    Collaboration with:  Helena Ashkenazi, Shmulik Motola, Xiumei Cao, Malka Popliker, Seymour Pomerantz, Marco Conti, Stanford
    The roles of gonadotropins and EGF-like factors in triggering ovulation.
    The resumption of meiosis and its regulation.
    Ovulation as a tissue remodeling process.
    The development and demise of ovarian follicles <I>in vivo</I> and <I>in vitro</I>: the role of apoptosis.
    Collaboration with:  Atan Gross, KerenYacobi

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  • Picture of Prof. Edriss S. Titi

    Prof. Edriss S. Titi

    Fluid Dynamics, Geophysical models, Oceanic and Atmopsheric Dynamics
    Oceanic and atmospheric dynamics models
    Turbulence theory
    Data assimilation of weather and climate prediction
    Mathematical models of cloud formation
    Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
    Navier-Stokes and Euler Equations
    Infinite-dimensional dynamical systems , Reduced dynamical systems, Numerical analysis of dissipative PDEs
    Limit behavior of fast and slow dynamics
    Polymeric flows and non-Newtonian complex fluid
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    Prof. Reshef Tenne

    Inorganic nanotubes from ternary "misfit" layered compounds
    Collaboration with:  Dr. R. Arenal, Laboratorio de Microscopías Avanzadas, Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zara-goza, Spain Dr. Luc Lajaunie, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Uni-versidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro S/N, Puerto Real 11510, Cádiz, Spain Prof. Ernesto Joselevich, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel Dr. Lothar Houben, Chemical Research Support Department, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel Prof. Alla Zak, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel Prof. Shmuel Kenig and Prof. Hanna Dodiuk, Shenkar College, Israel Prof. Yoshihiro Iwasa, University of Tokyo and the Riken Institute. Japan Prof. Janina Maultzsch, Department of Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany Dr. Iddo Pinkas, Chemical Research Support Department, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
    Synthesis of nanotubes from misfit layered compounds (MLC), their structural electrical and optical characterization
    Optical properties of WS2 and MoS2 nanotubes

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  • Picture of Prof. David Tannor

    Prof. David Tannor

    Control of chemical reactions with tailored femtosecond pulses.
    Laser cooling of molecules.
    Quantum theory of dissipation and chemical reactions in solution.
    Semiclassical theory of reactive scattering.

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  • Picture of Prof. Joel Sussman

    Prof. Joel Sussman

    3D Structure Fucntions studies of Paraoxonase
    Collaboration with:  Dan Tawfik & Israel Silman
    Structure based drug design studies on AChE and beta-secretase, including studies of complexes with transition state analogs; potential drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and snake neurotoxins.
    Collaboration with:  Israel Silman
    3D Structure Funciton of proteins related to Gaucher Disease
    Collaboration with:  Tony Futerman & Israel Silman
    Visualization of 3D Protein Structures via new web based tool Proteopedia
    Collaboration with:  Jaime Prilusky & Israel Silman

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    Prof. Adi Stern

    Quantum interference phenomena in the fractional Quantum Hall effect. Electronic transport in strong magnetic fields.
    Non-abelian electronic states - quantum Hall states, topological superconductors and Majorana fermions.
    Fractionalized topological phases - how to construct them, how to measure them, and how to use them for topological quantum computation
    Low density two dimensional electronic systems.
    One dimensional electronic systems - electronic transport in the presence of interactions.
  • Picture of Prof. Emeritus Victor Steinberg

    Prof. Emeritus Victor Steinberg

    Physical hydrodynamics, hydrodynamics of polymer solutions; elastic instabilities, elastic turbulence and drag reduction, parallel channel flow of polymer solutions; hydrodynamics of complex fluids, dynamics of single flexible micro-objects (molecules, membranes, etc) in complex fluid flows
    Collaboration with:  Prof. G. Falkovich, Prof. V. Lebedev, Prof. Y. Dubief, Prof. H. Stark, Prof. F. Li; Prof. G. Boffetta, Dr. D. Vincenzi,
    Hydrodynamics of polymer solutions, Elastic turbulence, and Turbulent mixing by polymers. Prof. V. Lebedev, Prof. Y. Dubief, Prof. H. Stark, Prof. F. Li
    Hydrodynamics and rheology of complex fluids (single polymers, vesicle, capsule, worm-like micelle, etc suspensions) Prof. V. Lebedev, Prof. G. Boffetta
    Dynamics and conformation of the single polymer molecule, vesicle, micro-capsule, etc in complex fluid flows. Prof. G. Falkovich, Prof. V. Lebedev, Dr. D. Vincenzi,
    Microfluidics: mixing, cell separation, random flows. Prof. V. Lebedev,
    Development of non-invasive local sensors for measurements of stress field in fluid flow

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    Prof. Joel Stavans

    Statistical Mechanics
    Single-Molecule Biological Physics.
    RNA interference
    Homologous recombination
    Genetic Networks and Systems Biology
    Regulation of gene expression by small RNAs
    Developmental decision making
    Noise and adaptation

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    Prof. Rotem Sorek

    Microbial genomics and systems biology
    CRISPR-Cas, an antiviral microbial defense system
    Interactions between bacteria and phages
    Communication between viruses
    RNA-mediated regulation in bacteria
    Computational discovery of novel natural antimicrobials

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