• Picture of Prof. Edriss S. Titi

    Prof. Edriss S. Titi

    Fluid Dynamics and geophysical flows
    Navier-Stokes, Euler and related geophysical models
    Turbulence theory
    Polymeric flows and non-Newtonian complex fluid
    Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
    Infinite-dimensional dynamical systems , Reduced dynamical systems, Numerical analysis of dissipative PDEs
    Limit behavior of fast and slow dynamics
  • Picture of Prof. Reshef Tenne

    Prof. Reshef Tenne

    Inorganic nanotubes from ternary "misfit" layered compounds
    Synthesis of nanotubes from misfit layered compounds (MLC) and their structural characterization

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  • Prof. Dan Tawfik

    Evolution and mechanism of enzymes
    Molecular 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 inhibitors
    The stability effects of mutations
    Protein evolvability
    Chaperones and protein evolution
  • 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 Funciton Studies or proteins related to Autism
    Collaboration with:  Israel Silman
    3D Structure Fucntions studies of Paraoxonase
    Collaboration with:  Dan Tawfik & Israel Silman
    Application of ultra rapid X-ray diffraction methods to study the enzymatic mechanism of AChE in real time.
    Collaboration with:  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
    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 ACh
    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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  • Picture of Prof. Adi Stern

    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.
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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 flows
    Hydrodynamics 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.
    Measurement of velocity and vorticity fields by sound scattering in a turbulent flow.
    Convective turbulence in a fluid near the gas-liquid critical point.
    Microfluidics: mixing, cell separation, random flows.
    Development of non-invasive local sensors for measurements of stress field in fluid flow

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  • Picture of Prof. Joel Stavans

    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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  • Picture of Prof. Rotem Sorek

    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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  • Picture of Prof. Uzy Smilansky

    Prof. Uzy Smilansky

    Mathematical methods for Archaeological research.
    Semi-classical quantization.
    Chaotic scattering.
    Quantum chaos.

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