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Prof. Ehud Duchovni
Hardware: the construction of sTGC (stripped Thin Gap Chambers) for the ATLAS new small wheelSearch for "Physics Beyond the Standard Model" by studying super energetic events with large number of jetsSearch for micro black holesSearch for RPV SUSYSearch for RPC SUSYSearch for very heavy resonance decaying into jets
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Prof. Eytan Domany
Computational Physics: equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of spin glassesCollaboration with: A. P. Young (UCSC)Development of tools and algorithms for large scale data analysis. Bioinformatics.Analysis of high-throughput biological data (in particular, gene expression data)Collaboration with: Several research groups at Weizmann, in the USA and in Europe; see below.Controlled experiments on cell lines and mice (with D. Givol, V. Rotter, Y. Groner, L. Sachs; D. Gazit (Hadassa))Development of antigen chips, applications for autoimmune diseases (with I. Cohen)Studies human cancer samples; leukemia (with E. Canaani; G. Rechavi S. Izraeli (Sheba))Colorectal cancer; (with D. Notterman (UMDNJ), F. Barany (Cornell), P. Paty (MSK), A. Levine (Princeton))Prostate cancer; (with Z. Eshhar, A. Orr (TA Sourasky));Glioblastoma; (with M. Hegi, R. Stupp (CHUV))Breast and cervical cancer (with J-P Thiery, F. Radvanyi, X. Sastre, C. Rosty (Inst Curie))
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Prof. Rivka Dikstein
Transcription and translation control in health and diseaseCollaboration with: Yuki Yamaguchi, Idit Shachar, Nahum Sonenberg, Yuri Svitkin, Franck Martin, Katsura Asano, Igor Ulitsky, Michael Walker, Neta Regev-RudskyMechanism of rapid transcriptional induction of inflammatory genesThe transcription elongation factor Spt4/Spt5 as a drug target in neurodegenerative diseasesLinks between mammalian transcription and mRNA translationDeveloping pharmacological tools to address fundamental questions in mRNA translation and for therapeutic purposesMechanism of start site selection in transcription and translation and its role in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
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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. Nir Davidson
Ultracold atomsCollaboration with: Ofer Firstenberg Ephi Sachmoon and Yaov SagiQuantum simulators with neutral atoms in tweezer arraysQuantum degenerated atomic gasesCollaboration with: Roee OzeriQuantum nonlinear dynamics and chaosLaser physicsCollaboration with: Asher Friesem, Hui Cao, Oren RazSlow and stored lightCollaboration with: Ofer FirstenbergAtomic optics and interferometryCollaboration with: Ofer Firstenberg
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