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Prof. Reshef Tenne
Inorganic nanotubes from ternary "misfit" layered compoundsCollaboration 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, IsraelSynthesis of nanotubes from misfit layered compounds (MLC), their structural electrical and optical characterizationOptical properties of WS2 and MoS2 nanotubes
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Prof. Dan Tawfik
Evolution and mechanism of enzymesMolecular evolution in man-made cell-like compartments.Directed evolution of tailor-made hydrolases (esterases, phosphoesterases, organophosphate hydrolases, and amidases) and DNA-modifying enzymes.Structure, mechanism and evolution of serum paraoxonases (PONs)The role of promiscuity and conformational plasticity in protein evolution.Directed evolution of DNA-methyltransferases and DNase inhibitorsThe stability effects of mutationsProtein evolvabilityChaperones and protein evolution
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Prof. Joel Sussman
X-ray structural analysis and molecular biology studies on proteins from the nervous system, including acetylcholinesterase (AChE), human, torpedo, drosophila, and krait; butyrylcholinesterase; neural cell adhesion proteins with sequence similarity to AChCollaboration with: Israel SilmanX-ray crystallography BioinformaticsVisualization of 3D Protein Structures via the web based tool ProteopediaCollaboration with: Dr. Jaime PriluskyBioinformatics Wiki based scientific education and exchange of scientific ideas at http://proteopedia.org3D Structure Function of proteins related to Gaucher DiseaseCollaboration with: Tony Futerman & Israel SilmanX-ray crystallography Protein engineering Bioinformatics
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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 computationLow density two dimensional electronic systems.One dimensional electronic systems - electronic transport in the presence of interactions.
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Prof. Victor Steinberg
Physical hydrodynamics, hydrodynamics of complex fluids, dynamics of single flexible micro-objects (molecules, membranes, etc) in complex fluid flowsCollaboration with: Prof. G. Falkovich, Prof. V. Lebedev, Prof. Y. Dubief, Prof. H. StarkHydrodynamics of polymer solutions, Elastic turbulence and Turbulent mixing by polymers.Hydrodynamics and rheology of complex fluids (vesicle, capsule, worm-like micelle, etc suspensions)Dynamics and conformation of single polymer molecule, vesicle, micro-capsule, etc in complex fluid flows.Microfluidics: mixing, cell separation, random flows.Development of non-invasive local sensors for measurements of stress field in fluid flow
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