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    Prof. Yitzhak Maron

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    Study of High-Energy-Density Plasmas:
    Collaboration with:  Cornell Univ. , Princeton Univ. , Sandia National Laboratories , Naval Research Laboratory, University of Jena in Germany , HZDR Institute-Dresden , Michigan State Univ. , Univ. of CA in San Diego , LLNL- NIF facility
    Experimental platform: Z-pinch systems, with and without externally applied magnetic fields
    Development of non-invasive spectroscopic diagnostic methods (from visible to x-rays) for investigating matter under extreme conditions. Development of measurements of high spectral , spatial , and temporal resolutions.
    Design and build up of fast (ns) and ultra-fast (sub ns) spectroscopic systems.
    Study of Instabilities and turbulence phenomena.
    Radiation transport in non-equilibrium plasmas.
    Conversion of electric and magnetic-field energy into particle kinetic energy and radiation.
    Close collaboration with Universities and National laboratories in the US (Cornell, Sandia National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility, and Naval Research Labs).
    Line shape computations in hot and dense plasmas
    Measurements of ion temperature and turbulence in current driven and radiation driven plasmas Measurements of magnetic fields in current driven implosions and in laser-matter interaction experiments
    High-Power-Laser matter interaction:
    Collaboration with:  University of Jena and HZDR-Dresden in Germany , LLNL - National Ignition facility, Sandia National Laboratories.
    Warm dense matter (solid-state density with temperatures of the order of the Fermi energy) formed by intense laser-matter interaction.
    Intense-laser-beam guiding by plasma channels.
    Experiments are performed in major European facilities: Jena University and HZDR - Drezden (Germany), Ѐcole polytechnique - LULI (France).
    Analysis of x-ray data from NIF

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    Prof. Igor Lubomirsky

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    Ice Nucleation on Charged Surfaces (Electrofreezing)
    Collaboration with:  Prof. Meir Lahav
    Ice nucleation
    design of polar crystals and surfaces by symmetry reduction
    non-classical crystal growth
    surface and bulk pyroelectricity
    Fundamentals of electro-chemo-mechanical effects
    local symmetry reduction
    non-classical electrostriction
    ionic conductivity
    elastic interactions in solids with a large concentration of point defects

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    Prof. Koby Levy

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    Dynamics, entropy and diffusion in biomoelcular systems
    The mechanisms of protein-DNA recognition: understanding the driving forces for fast assembly

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    Prof. Gil Levkowitz

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    hypothalamus
    Developmental neurobiology
    Molecular neurophysiology
    Genetics
    Neuroendocrinology

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    Prof. Shimon Levit

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    Full vector path integrals for light propagation in dielectrics.
    Resonant scattaring off photonic slabs
    Variational Approach to Tunneling Dynamics.
    Application to Hot Superfluid Fermi Systems.
    Application to spontaneous and induced fission
    Tunneling of hot bosonic systems

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    Prof. Sima Lev

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    Signaling networks in cancer development and metastasis
    Collaboration with:  Thomas Karn, Eytan Ruppin, Gordon Mills, Flavio Maina, Frank Westermann, Yosef Yarden
    Tumorigenic signaling networks in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtypes
    Combination therapy, drug resistance, and cancer stem cells
    Ferroptosis and TNBC therapy
    Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs) (AXL, cMet, EGFR) and non-RTKs (PYK2, FAK) signaling in TNBC
    Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) & TNBC metastasis

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  • Picture of Prof. Ulf Leonhardt

    Prof. Ulf Leonhardt

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    Forces of the quantum vacuum
    Analogues of the event horizon
    Geometry and light
    Invisibility cloaking and perfect imaging

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    Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz

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    Crystallography and Chemistry in 2- and 3-dimensions
    Grazing incidence x-ray diffraction
    Malaria

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  • Picture of Prof. Erez Lapid

    Prof. Erez Lapid

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    Authomorphic forms, representation theory, trace formula
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    Prof. Doron Lancet

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    Bioinformatic tools for disease gene discovery, Origin of life on earth
    Collaboration with:  Prof. Rafi Zidovetzki, University of California Riverside Prof. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Helmholz Center Munich Prof. Daniel Segre, Boston University
    Gene and disease databases, Identification of disease-related mutations by next generation DNA sequencing (NGS), development of software tool for the analysis of NGS results
    Computer simulations of emergence, selection and evolution at the origin of life. Chemical kinetic modeals for mutually catalytic sets, Systems Chemistry

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