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    Prof. Asaph Aharoni

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    Genetic Regulation of Metabolic Pathways and its Co-ordination with Developmental and Stress Response Programs in Plant Biology
    The Primary-Secondary Metabolism Interface
    Regulation of Plant Surface Formation
    Regulation of Secondary Metabolism Associated Metabolic Pathways
    Plant and Yeast Metabolomics
    Riboswitches in Plants: Post Transcriptional Regulators of Metabolic Pathways

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    Antibodies that recognize crystal surfaces and 2-dimensional organized patterns.
    antibody recognition of chiral crystal surfaces
    structure of cholesterol/ceramide monolayer mixtures. Molecular organization of lipid rafts
    Pathological crystallizations. Gout
    antibody recognition of amiloid structures
    Mechanisms of crystal nucleation and modulation of crystal growth and properties in biomineralization (bone, mollusk shells, echinoderms).
    Collaboration with:  S. Weiner
    Mechanism of cell adhesion using crystal substrates.
    Collaboration with:  B. Geiger

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  • Picture of Dr. Jakub Abramson

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    Understanding how breakdown of this process results in autoimmunity.
    Deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control the establishment of central immune tolerance.

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    Prof. Yehiel Zick

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    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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    Prof. Elazar Zelzer

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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    Mapping the synaptic organization of prefrontal cortex circuits
    Development of novel optogenetic methods for light-based control of neural activity
    Functional dissection of the brain circuits underlying social motivation

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    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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