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    Prof. Nava Dekel

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    Molecular characterization of the ovulatory cascade
    Mechanisms involved in successful implantation.
    Regulation of the meiotic cell cycle: use of rodent oocytes as a model system.
    Cell-to-cell communication: regulation of expression, posttranslational modification, degradation and function of the gap junction proteins, Cx43 and Cx37.

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    Perfusion and angiogensis in lung cancer: The role of the bronchial and pulmonary vascular network using Fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging methods
    Molecular magnetic resonance imaging of the estrogen receptor
    Collaboration with:  Professors David Milstein and Joel Sussman, Weizmann Institute
    Synthesis of new, high affinity ligands of the estrogen receptor as probes for molecular imaging
    Structuaral studies (x-ray crystalography and NMR) of the estrogen receptor - targeted ligands complex
    Functional activities and molecular imaging of the new targeted ligands in estrogen receptor positive huaman breast cancer cells
    Mechanisms of lymphatic metastasis in breast cancer; In vivo fluorescence and magnetic resonanc imaging
    Advanced non invasive MRI methods for breast cancer detection and diagnosis ; clinical investigations
    Collaboration with:  Dr. Myra Shapiro, Meir medical Center
    3D Tracking of the mammary tree using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging
    Advanced methods for analysis of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI based on a combined model free and model based method.
    Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging of cancer metabolism; searching for novel metabolic markers of cancer
    Collaboration with:  Professor Lucio Frydman, Weizmann Institute
    Renal function through sodium grandients; Non-invasive, high resolution sodium MRI.
    Collaboration with:  Dr. Edna Haran, Weizmann Institute
    Estrogen regulation of angiogenesis and perfusion of breast cancer; from molecular mechanisms to functional MRI of the microvascular physiology

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    Experimental Quantum Optics
    Cavity QED with single atoms coupled to chip-based micro-resonators
    Nonclassical photon-photon interactions

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  • Prof. Avihai Danon

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    RNA-binding proteins controling light-regulated translation.
    Redox-signaling controling light-regulated translation. Mechanisms of disulfide bond formation and isomerization in the chloroplast.
    Mode of action of redox-signal transduction factors.
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    Development and clinical applications of an antigen microarray device and informatics analyses aimed at diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and management of autoimmune and other inflammatory diseases – the ImmunArray Ltd iCHIP (Israel and USA); now in clinical use.
    Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and other autoimmune conditions using DNA plasmids encoding human HSP90 or HSP70 – Alma Bio Therapeutics (France).
    Treatment of ALS using a synthetic peptide that inhibits apoptosis and fosters cell growth – Immunity Pharma Ltd. (Israel); entering clinical trials.

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    Comparison of the properties of the leukemogenic ALL-1 fusion proteins with those of normal ALL-1.
    Transcription profiles of primary tumors with ALL-1 rearrangements.
    Functions of the human ASH1 protein.
    Studies of the ALR gene.
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    Sustainable Materials- Solar Energy
    Collaboration with:  @WIS: G. Hodes, D. Oron, S. Cohen, L. Kronik, L Houben; A. Kahn (Princeton); Helmholtz Centre Berlin, HZB; M. Bär (Erlangen, HZB); H. Bolink (Valencia);P. Nayak (TIFR-H); S Avashti (IISc); H. Ishii (Chiba); P. Schultz, JF. Guillemoles (IPVF-CNRS); T. Kirchartz (Duisburg-Jülich).
    Self-healing materials & concepts; New optoelectronic materials; Halide Perovskites; Between hard and soft matter.
    Bioelectronics
    Collaboration with:  @ WIS: M. Sheves, I. Pecht; A. Vilan. M. Tornow (TU-Munich); G. Vattya (Budapest); J. Blumberger (Imp. College); L. Zotti (Sevilla); JC Cuevas (Madrid); H. Chen (Zhejiang U);
    Proteins as solid-state electronic materials; Fundamentals of electronic charge transport in and across proteins; Biomolecular electronics; Between soft & hard matter.

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    Prof. Yigal Burstein

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    Thermophilic enzymes
    Isolation, characterization and cloning of enzymes from extremophilic microorganisms.
    Structure, function and thermal stability relationship studies of extremophilic enzymes.
    Crystalization and determination of the three-dimensional structures of extremophilic enzymes.

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    Dark Matter detection:
    The XENON Dark Matter project: Data analysis, physics interpretations, development and construction XENONnT , PMTs, calibration techniques, statistical inference
    Detector physics:
    Novel effects in LXe detectors
    Future concepts and technologies for rare event detection - optically measuring single defects in crystals and molecules
    Other:
    Future concepts for Cosmic Ray precision detection

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    ATLAS experiment
    Data analysis - Searches for physics beyond the standard model
    Lepton flavour violating decays of the Higgs and Z bosons
    Asymmetry in electron/muon final states
    Generic data driven searches
    Instrumentation - Upgrade of the ATLAS muon spectrometer
    Production and testing of the sTGC chambers
    Performance studies
    Installation in the ATLAS cavern
    Detector physics
    Collaboration with:  RD51 collaboration
    Basic R&D
    The role of resistive materials in gaseous detectors
    Charge and light amplification in Liquid Argon
    Applicative R&D
    Physics applications - future calorimeters in accelerators and neutrino physics experiments
    Civil applications - muon tomography for hazardous material detection, volcanology, medicine and more

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