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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. Yoram Salomon
Anti-cancer treatments :Development of novel bacteriochlorophyll-based drugs for photochemotherapy.Boron neutron capture therapy.Reactive oxygen species, their generation by bacteriochlorophyll and light, their role in signal transduction and mechanisms of cell and tumor destruction.Vascular biology and vascular destruction.
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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. Menachem Rubinstein
Role of FABP4 in ER stress - imlications in the metabolic syndromeCollaboration with: Rinat OZCytokine receptors and binding proteinsCollaboration with: D. NovickLDL receptor as a cellular virus entry portCollaboration with: Danit Finkelshtein-Beker, Ariel Werman, Daniela NovickRegulation and role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in cell survival and cell deathCollaboration with: Efrat Dvash, Rina Vasserman, Ofir Meir, Chiara Riganti (University of Turin, Italy).Role of MGST2 in DNA damage and cell deathRole of MGST2 in chemotherapy-triggered cell deathRole of C/EBP beta in drug resistance of tumor cells
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Prof. Israel Rubinstein
Functional NanomaterialsCollaboration with: Dr. Alexander VaskevichSelf-assembled nanostructures on surfacesOligonucleotide layers on surfacesNanoplasmonic systems: Basic studies and sensing applicationsApplication of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy to the study of metal oxidation and corrosion (with E. Sabatani, A. Tesler)Electromagnetic resonances in high-n dielectric particlesElectroless deposition of shape-controlled nanostructures (with F. Münch)
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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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