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Prof. Nava Dekel
Molecular characterization of the ovulatory cascadeMechanisms involved in successful implantation.Regulation of the meiotic cell cycle: use of rodent oocytes as a model system.Cell-to-cell communication: regulation of expression, posttranslational modification, degradation and function of the gap junction proteins, Cx43 and Cx37.
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Prof. Hadassa Degani
1. Advancements in pancreas MRICollaboration with: Dr. Talia Golan and her team, Sheba Medical CenterDeveloping a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) protocol to characterize the normal ductal system of the pancreasDeveloping DTI and complementary methods that characterize malignant transformation in the pancreas2.The origin and characterization of water diffusion in tissues - at high b-valuesCollaboration with: Dr. Edna Haran,developing MRI-optimized protocols and analysis means for measuring water diffusion in tissues (breast, brain etc. ) using multi-b- values spanning a broad range.
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Prof. Irun R. Cohen
Development and clinical applications of an antigen microarray device and informatics analyses aimed at diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and management of autoimmune and other inflammatory diseases – the ImmunArray Ltd iCHIP (Israel and USA); now in clinical use.Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and other autoimmune conditions using DNA plasmids encoding human HSP90 or HSP70 – Alma Bio Therapeutics (France).Treatment of ALS using a synthetic peptide that inhibits apoptosis and fosters cell growth – Immunity Pharma Ltd. (Israel); entering clinical trials.
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Prof. David Cahen
Sustainable Materials- Solar EnergyCollaboration with: @WIS: S. Cohen, G. Hodes, L. Kronik, L Houben, D. Oron; A. Kahn (Princeton); M. Bär (Helmholtz Centre Berlin, HZB and Erlangen); H. Bolink (Valencia);P. Nayak (TIFR-H); S Avashti (IISc); H. Ishii (Chiba); P. Schultz, JF. Guillemoles (IPVF-CNRS); T. Kirchartz (Duisburg-Jülich).sustainable resources Self-healing materials & concepts; New optoelectronic materials; Halide Perovskites; Between hard and soft matter.BioelectronicsCollaboration with: @ WIS: M. Sheves, I. Pecht M. Tornow (TU-Munich); G. Vattya (Budapest); J. Blumberger (Imp. College); L. Zotti (Sevilla); JC Cuevas (Madrid); H. Chen (Zhejiang U);Quantum effects in BIology Proteins as solid-state electronic materials; Electronic charge transport in and across proteins; Biomolecular electronics; Between soft & hard matter.
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Prof. Yigal Burstein
Thermophilic enzymesCollaboration with: Moshe Peretz, Orly Dym, Linda ShimonIsolation, 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.Fatty Acid Synthesis in Tuberculosis causing baceriaCollaboration with: Zippora Shakked, Oren Zimhony, Ron Diskin, Moshe Peretz, Shira Albeck, Yoav Pelleg, Orly DymStructure of acyl carrier protein synthase (AcpS) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)Expression and enzymatic studies on recombinant, 4'-Phosphopantetheinylated, active M. tuberculosis fatty acid synthase I
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Dr. Ran Budnik
Dark Matter detection:The XENON Dark Matter project: Data analysis, physics interpretations, development and construction XENONnT , PMTs, calibration techniques, statistical inferenceDetector physics:Novel effects in LXe detectorsFuture concepts and technologies for rare event detection - optically measuring single defects in crystals and moleculesOther:Future concepts for Cosmic Ray precision detection
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Dr. Shikma Bressler
ATLAS experimentData analysis - Searches for physics beyond the standard modelLepton flavour violating decays of the Higgs and Z bosonsAsymmetry in electron/muon final statesGeneric data driven searchesInstrumentation - Upgrade of the ATLAS muon spectrometerProduction and testing of the sTGC chambersPerformance studiesInstallation in the ATLAS cavernDetector physicsCollaboration with: RD51 collaborationBasic R&DThe role of resistive materials in gaseous detectorsCharge and light amplification in Liquid ArgonApplicative R&DPhysics applications - future calorimeters in acceleratorsCivil applications - muon tomography for hazardous material detection, volcanology, medicine and more
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Prof. Amos Breskin
Noble-liquid neutron and gamma radiography concepts for detection of concealed explosives and nuclear materials (Homeland security)Photon imaging detectorsNoble-liquid detector concepts for Dark-matter searches, neutrino physics and medical diagnosticsAdvanced gas-avalanche electron multipliersParticle tracking detectors for future particle and astroparticle experimentsMethods of Nano-dosimetry for precise evaluation of radiation effects at the DNA levelMethods for rapid evaluation of core fluids content in oil and gas wells
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