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Prof. Avigdor Scherz
Quantification of atoms, groups and molecules electronegati using metal substituted bacteriochlorophylls and application to chemical reactivity.Resolving the forces which drive membrane protein assembly.The mechenism behind generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by illuminating novel bacteriochlorophyll derivatives and their application in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors.
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Prof. Jacob Sagiv
Supramolecular Architecture at Interfaces (with R. Maoz)Supramolecular Surface Chemistry: Bottom-up Nanofabrication using Planned Self-Assembling Mono- and Multilayer Systems (with R. Maoz)Constructive Lithography: Contact Electrochemical Surface Patterning on Lateral Length Scales from Nanometer to Centimeter (with R. Maoz)
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Prof. Varda Rotter
Molecular mechanisms controlling the expression of p53 in normal cells and its deregulation in cancer cellsInvolvement of p53 in cell differentiation and apoptosis: <I>in vivo</I> and in vitro models.Cellular proteins that specifically complex with the p53 protein.Cellular proteins that are induced upstream or downstream to the p53 protein following genotoxic stress.
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Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar
Hamiltonian systems - theory and applicationsCollaboration with: M. Radnovic, A. Rapoport, E. Shlizerman, D. TuraevNear-integrable systemsThe Boltzmann ergodic hypothesis and soft billiards.Chaotic scattering.Resonant surface waves.Perturbed nonlinear Schrodinger equation.Mathematical models of the hematopoietic system and their medical implicationsCollaboration with: R. Malka, E. Shochat.Chaotic mixing of fluid flowsCollaboration with: R. Aharon, H. Gildor
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Dr. Michal Rivlin
Mechanisms underlying the computation of motion direction in the retina.Dynamic computations in retinal circuits.How do retinal targets integrate and interpret the visual signal?Role of dopamine in retinal processing.Brain-to-retina projections modulate the retinal code to match behavioural requirements
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Prof. Michel Revel
Applications of IL-6 Chimera and Interferon-beta in neurology, hematopoiesis, and oncology.Collaboration with: J. ChebathInterleukin-6 Chimera, a superactivator of the gp130 receptor system: role in nerve myelination, neuroprotection and in the development of neuro-glial cells from embryonic tissues and stem cells.Collaboration with: J. ChebathTransdifferentiation of neural crest cell derived melanoma into myelinating Schwann cell. Genes controlling cell growth, differentiation, melanogenesis and synthesis of myelin proteins.Collaboration with: J. Chebath
