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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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    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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    Prof. Haim Harari

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    Neutrino Physics (Particle Physics, cosmology, astrophysics implications)
    Patterns of quarks and leptons (masses, mixing, substructure)

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    RNA and DNA denaturation.
    Collective phenomena in systems far from thermal equilibrium.
    Coarsening processes and slow dynamics.
    Systems with long range interactions

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    Prof. Moni Naor

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    Concrete Complexity
    Distributed Computing
    Cryptography and Complexity

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    Prof. Dan Yakir

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    Developing the use of stable isotopes (in particular, 13C, 18O, 15N, 2H) as tracers of biogeochemical cycles on land.
    Environmental and climatic influence on the exchange of trace gases and energy between plants, soil and the atmosphere.
    Climatic influence on the natural abundance of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in CO2, O2, H2O and organic matter.

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  • Picture of Prof. Uzy Smilansky

    Prof. Uzy Smilansky

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

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    Prof. Gideon Schechtman

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    Convex geometry
    Functional analysis and geometry of Banach spaces
    Probability

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    Analysis of transgene flow from wheat to related species
    Collaboration with:  Sarit Weissman, Prof. Moshe Feldman
    Developing slow release herbicide formulations as seed dressings for Striga control in Africa
    Collaboration with:  Fred Kanampiu, Michael Burnet
    Transgenically enhancing the virulence of fungi used as biocontrol agents
    Collaboration with:  Ziva Amsellem, Einat Safran, Olubukola Babalola
    Designing and use of failsafe mechanisms to prevent spread and introgression
    Enhancing of virulence of Fusarium spp against Orobanche
    Enhancing Colletotrichum against Abutilon
    Enhancing Alternaria cassae against Cassia obtusifolia
    Tandem constructs to mitigate gene flow from transgenic crops to weeds
    Collaboration with:  Hani Al-Ahmad

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    Formation of the brain structure in human is a complex process. One of the most striking features of the human brain is characteristic convolutions. These convolutions are lacking in a severe human brain malformation known as lissencephaly (smooth brain).
    Identification of genes that are downstream to Lis1 mutation using microarray technology.
    Study of LIS1 and DCX functions through characterization of protein interactions
    Analysis of the developmental function of LIS1, DCX and Doublecortin-like-kinase using gene targeting in the mouse.
    Functional Analysis of Genes Involved in Lissencephaly.

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