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Prof. Yosef Yarden
Combination of kinase inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies for cancer therapyCollaboration with: Julian Downward Nadege Gaborit Belinda Sanchez Raya Eilam Eli Pikarsky Luis Paz-AresMolecular bases of tumor progression and roles for growth factorsEytan Ruppin Aaron Ciechanover Carlos Caldas
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Prof. Anat Yarden
Promoting the use of authentic scientific texts in secondary schoolsCollaboration with: Prof. Zohar Livnat, Bar-Ilan UniversityUsing bioinformatics tools and databases for learning biology and biotechnology in high schoolsDeveloping coherent understanding of molecular genetics and evolutionCollaboration with: Prof. Ravit Golan Duncan, Rutgers UniversityAdvancing biology teachers' professional developmentCollaboration with: Dr. Irit Sadeh, Ministry of EducationCollective reasoning around texts across disciplines towards deliberative democracyCollaboration with: Prof. Baruch Schwarz, Hebrew University; Prof. Boris Koichu, WIS; Prof. Michal Tabach, Tel-Aviv University; Dr. Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim, Technion
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Prof. Binghai Yan
Topological MaterialsTopological InsulatorsDirac and Weyl SemimetalsBerry phaseTransport and optical response in topological systemsLight-matter interaction, nonlinear optical responseMagneto-transportSpin Hall effect and anomalous Hall effect2D Materials for electronic, spintronic and optical propertiesMagnetic 2D materialsMystery of ChirailyDNA-like chiral molecules and the spin polarizationChirality induce nonlinear effects
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Prof. Dan Yakir
Developing the use of stable isotopes (in particular, 13C, 18O, 15N, 2H) as tracers of biogeochemical cycles on land.Environmental and climatic influence on the exchange of trace gases and energy between plants, soil and the atmosphere.Climatic influence on the natural abundance of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in CO2, O2, H2O and organic matter.
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Prof. Meir Wilchek
Study and application of molecular biorecognitionCollaboration with: retired, Dr. Talia Miron.Avidin-biotin system: Studies of the strong binding using chemical, physical and biological methods; new applications of the system.Affinity chromatography: Studies to improve purification of protein by developing new carriers, new activation methods and new principles.Affinity therapy: Development of methods to couple drugs and toxins to biological carriers, such as antibodies, and their delivery to target cells.Fluorescence, FRET.
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Prof. Stephen Weiner
Structure-function relations in vertebrate mineralized tissuesCollaboration with: Ron Shahar, Hebrew University of JerusalemArchaeological science: revealing the microscopic archaeological recordCollaboration with: Elisabetta Boaretto,Biomineralization: mechanisms of mineral formation and growth in biology.Collaboration with: L. Addadi, Leeor Kronick, Dan Oron
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Prof. Eli Waxman
Theoretical astrophysicsCollaboration with: Avishay Gal-Yam, Boaz Katz, Doron Kushnir, Eran OfekCosmic explosions (Fast radio bursts, Neutron star mergers, Gamma-ray bursts, Supernovae)Plasma astrophysicsNeutrino and cosmic-ray astrophysicsThe ULTRASAT UV satellite projectCollaboration with: Sagi Ben-Ami, Avishay Gal-Yam, Eran Ofek, Yossi Shvratzvald
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Prof. David Wallach
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 cancercancer-cells' survival factors
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