• Prof. Dan Tawfik

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    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
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    Prof. Eldad Tzahor

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    Head muscle patterning and differentiation
    Characterization of head muscle derived satellite cells
    Dissecting the myogenic programs in head muscle progenitors
    Involvement of p53 in cranial myogenesis
    Cardiac and skeletal muscle progenitors during vertebrate embryogenesis
    Studying the crosstalk between BMP and FGF signaling pathways in cardiac progenitors
    Regulation of Islet1 gene expression using novel imaging techniques in live embryos
    The origin of the heart endocardium: Focus on the role of endothelial cells in cardiogenesis

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    Prof. Jacob Sagiv

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    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. Igor Lubomirsky

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    Dielectric materials
    Properties of Ultra-Thin Self-Supported Crystalline Oxide Films.
    Infrared focal plane array based on freestanding pyroelectric films.
    Oxygen ion transport in thin freestanding films.
    High temperature, electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction

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    Prof. Meir Lahav

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    Solid State Chemistry in 2- and 3-dimensions
    Organization of molecules at surfaces and interfaces; effects of environment on crystal growth
    Chirality, Chemistry and the origin of life

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    Prof. Joel Sussman

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    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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    Prof. Reshef Tenne

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    Inorganic nanotubes and inorganic fullerene&#8208;like materials: new materials with cage structure. From basic science to applications.

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    Prof. Stephen Weiner

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    Structure - mechanical function relations in mineralized tissues (bones and teeth) using Optical Metrology.
    Collaboration with:  Ron Shahar
    Archaeological science: revealing the microscopic archaeological record
    Collaboration with:  E. Boaretto, I Finkelstein, A. Maier, R. Shahack-Gross
    Biomineralization: mechanisms of mineral formation and growth in biology.
    Collaboration with:  L. Addadi, Irit Sagi, Leeor Kronick

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    Prof. Eli Arama

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    Genetic regulation of apoptosis and its molecular mechanisms.
    Roles of caspases in “conventional” apoptosis and during cellular remodeling.

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    Prof. Barak Dayan

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    Experimental Quantum Optics
    Cavity QED with single atoms coupled to chip-based micro-resonators
    Nonclassical photon-photon interactions

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