• Picture of Prof. Orly Reiner

    Prof. Orly Reiner

    Formation of the brain structure in human is a complex process. One of the most striking features of the human brain is characteristic convolutions. These convolutions are lacking in a severe human brain malformation known as lissencephaly (smooth brain).
    Identification of genes that are downstream to Lis1 mutation using microarray technology.
    Study of LIS1 and DCX functions through characterization of protein interactions
    Analysis of the developmental function of LIS1, DCX and Doublecortin-like-kinase using gene targeting in the mouse.
    Functional Analysis of Genes Involved in Lissencephaly.

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  • Picture of Prof. Ziv Reich

    Prof. Ziv Reich

    Microbial diversity and evolution
    Phenotypic diversity and it's relation to environmental dynamics
    Lineage dynamics and it's relation to the environment
    Individual and community adaptation to novel conditions
    Photosynthesis
    Electron microscopy studies of the structure of the thylakoid network under different conditions
    Plant Engineering
    Mechanisms of survival of resurrection plants
    Engineering drought resistant edible crops

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  • Picture of Prof. Amitai Regev

    Prof. Amitai Regev

    Non-commutative ring theory, Algebras satisfying polynomial identities
    Collaboration with:  Allan Berele, Doron Zeilberger
    Combinatorics: Symmetric functions, Permutation statistics

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  • Picture of Dr. Sivan Refaely-Abramson

    Dr. Sivan Refaely-Abramson

    Excited-State Dynamics in Crystals
    First-principles computations of scattering and time propagation processes of localized, long-lived excitons in crystals
    New many-body methods to study exciton separation at heterojunctions
    Excited-state processes in catalysis
    Collaboration with:  Sara Barja, Centro de Física de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU and DIPC

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  • Picture of Dr. Shira Raveh-Rubin

    Dr. Shira Raveh-Rubin

    Weather systems dynamics
    Extratropical cyclones
    Tropical-extratropical interactions
    Air-sea interaction
    blocking
    airstreams, conveyor belts
    Atmospheric transport
    Moisture transport leading to heavy precipitation
    Large-scale dust transport
    transport of wildfire smoke
    Extreme weather events
    Collaboration with:  Philippe Drobinski, CNRS
    Mediterranean cyclones
    Heavy precipitation, strong winds, wildfires, temperature extremes
    boundary layer instability

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  • Picture of Dr. Michal Ramot

    Dr. Michal Ramot

    Integration across large-scale networks and the link to behavior in humans
    Decomposing complex tasks
    Testing causality through neurofeedback
    Developing new behavioral tools
    Probing the limits of plasticity through implicit training

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  • Picture of Prof. Itamar Procaccia

    Prof. Itamar Procaccia

    Ageing in disordered materials
    Collaboration with:  George Hentschel, Bhanu Bhowmik, Harish Charan
    Mechanical properties and instabilities in amorphus solids
    Collaboration with:  Valery Ilyin, George Hentschel, Prasenjit Das, Chandana Mondal, Saikat Roy, Avanish Kumar
    Fractal Growth Patterns.
    Collaboration with:  Eviatar B. Procaccia, Arik Yochelis
    Denisty of States in amorphous solid
    Collaboration with:  Avanish Kumar, Prasenjit Das
    Turbulence in classical and in quantum fluids
    Collaboration with:  Victor L'vov, Anna Pomyalov

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  • Picture of Prof. Yehiam Prior

    Prof. Yehiam Prior

    Strong field nonlinear optics.
    Alignment and orientation of atoms and molecules in strong laser fields.
    Collaboration with:  Ilya Averbukh
    Molecular Dynamics with ultrashort shaped femtosecond pulses.
    femtosecond laser material processing

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