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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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    Cellular Biophysics and Molecular Transport Machines
    Single-molecule manipulations using optical tweezers.
    Dynamics of DNA uptake into the cell nucleus.
    Structure and function of the nuclear pore complex (with Z. Reich): application of atomic force microscopy and advanced optical spectroscopies.
    Anomalous diffusion in polymer networks and living cells (with R. Granek).
    Organization of forces driving cell movements (with A. Bershadsky): optical force measurements and particle tracking studies; influence of cell biochemistry on biophysical forces.
    Novel surface-patterning lithographies.

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    Regulation of cell death and tissue damage:
    Proteins involved in the signaling for the cell-killing (apoptotic and necrotic), immunoregulatory, and inflammatory functions of cytokines of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family, and in the regulation of these functions.
    In vivo models for the functions of the signaling mechanisms activated by ligands of the TNF family and for their pathological aberrations.
    Natural antagonists to ligands of the TNF family, for protection against the deleterious effects of these cytokines in autoimmune and infectious diseases.
    Regulation of the activity of the NF kappa B transcription factors.
    The caspases, their functions and mechanisms of activation.
    Molecular mechanisms for chronic inflammatory skin diseases.
    Contributions of aberrations in the function of signaling proteins activated by ligands of the TNF family to cancer
    cancer-cells' survival factors

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    The twilight zone - convective clouds and their interaction with the free atmosphere
    Collaboration with:  NOAA-ESRL Boulder CO.
    Anthropogenic Effects on Clouds and Precipitation and the Derived Climate Forcing
    Collaboration with:  NASA-GSFC, UMBC
    Cloud microphysics and dynamics
    Cloud classification and cloud textures and morphology

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    Lie algebras and enveloping algebras, quantum groups. Invariant theory.

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    Genetic Regulation of Metabolic Pathways and its Co-ordination with Developmental and Stress Response Programs in Plant Biology
    The Primary-Secondary Metabolism Interface
    Regulation of Plant Surface Formation
    Regulation of Secondary Metabolism Associated Metabolic Pathways
    Plant and Yeast Metabolomics
    Riboswitches in Plants: Post Transcriptional Regulators of Metabolic Pathways

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    Programmed Cell Death: from single genes and molecular pathways towards systems level studies
    Deciphering the roles of the DAP genes in programmed cell death
    Systems biology analysis of the programmed cell death network
    Functional annotations of a family of death-associated kinases: DAPk, DRP-1 and ZIPk
    Protein translation control during cell death: structure/function analysis of the DAP5 gene

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    Research of collective quantum effects in Super-fluid, solid and super-solid Helium. Including magnetic phase transitions in solid and liquid helium.
    The physics of large scale pattern formation of cells in cellular cultures, in morphogenesis and wound-healing.
    Theoretical problems in biological physics; active processes in cells involving molecular motors.
    Theoretical studies and modelling of the physics that determines the shapes and dynamics of cells.

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    Teaching the foundations of computer science to young students
    Theoretical foundations of computer science
    Basic concepts in algorithm and program design
    Fundamental ideas in computer science: Identifying the core ideas of the discipline, examining their teaching and learning processes
    Reductive thinking: Reduction as a tool for problem solving
    Nondeterminism: a tool for abstraction
    Reversing
    Abstraction

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    Systems biology of genetics regulatory networks

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