• Prof. Dan Tawfik

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    Evolution and mechanism of enzymes
    Molecular evolution in man-made cell-like compartments.
    Directed evolution of tailor-made hydrolases (esterases, phosphoesterases, organophosphate hydrolases, and amidases) and DNA-modifying enzymes.
    Structure, mechanism and evolution of serum paraoxonases (PONs)
    The role of promiscuity and conformational plasticity in protein evolution.
    Directed evolution of DNA-methyltransferases and DNase inhibitors
    The stability effects of mutations
    Protein evolvability
    Chaperones and protein evolution
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    Prof. David Tannor

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    Control of chemical reactions with tailored femtosecond pulses.
    Laser cooling of molecules.
    Quantum theory of dissipation and chemical reactions in solution.
    Semiclassical theory of reactive scattering.

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    Prof. Igal Talmi

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    Theory of nuclear structure
    Collaboration with:  Shalom Shlomo, Texas A & M University
    The shell model, its application and its foundations

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    Dr. Noam Tal Hod

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    Physics analysis with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC (CERN)
    Collaboration with:  NIKHEF, The University of Michigan
    Direct tests of lepton universality
    Search for exotic heavy resonances, contact interactions and clockwork-like signals with dilepton final states
    Upgrade of the ATLAS muon spectrometer
    Collaboration with:  Multiple institutions (mostly from Canada, Chile, Russia, China and the USA)
    Construction and integration of the sTGC detectors in the New Small Wheel of ATLAS
    LUXE experiment at DESY
    Collaboration with:  DESY, Tel Aviv University
    Tests of QED in a strong electromagnetic field, in collisions of electron beam and high intensity laser pulse
    Development of solid-state detectors for tracking and calorimetry

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    Prof. Joel Sussman

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    3D Structure Funciton Studies or proteins related to Autism
    Collaboration with:  Israel Silman
    3D Structure Fucntions studies of Paraoxonase
    Collaboration with:  Dan Tawfik & Israel Silman
    Application of ultra rapid X-ray diffraction methods to study the enzymatic mechanism of AChE in real time.
    Collaboration with:  Israel Silman
    Structure based drug design studies on AChE and beta-secretase, including studies of complexes with transition state analogs; potential drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and snake neurotoxins.
    Collaboration with:  Israel Silman
    X-ray structural analysis and molecular biology studies on proteins from the nervous system, including acetylcholinesterase (AChE), human, torpedo, drosophila, and krait; butyrylcholinesterase; neural cell adhesion proteins with sequence similarity to ACh
    Collaboration with:  Israel Silman
    3D Structure Funciton of proteins related to Gaucher Disease
    Collaboration with:  Tony Futerman & Israel Silman
    Visualization of 3D Protein Structures via new web based tool Proteopedia
    Collaboration with:  Jaime Prilusky & Israel Silman

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    Dr. Ravid Straussman

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    Tumor microenvironment-mediated chemoresistance
    Tumor microbiome
    Ex-vivo Cultures of Tumor Tissues for Rapid Tailoring of Anti-Cancer Therapy
    Phenotypic and Mechanistic Characterization of Drug Tolerant Persister Cancer Cells
    Signalome: A Novel Approach for the Analysis of Signaling Pathway Activity in Cancer

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    Prof. Adi Stern

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    Quantum interference phenomena in the fractional Quantum Hall effect. Electronic transport in strong magnetic fields.
    Non-abelian electronic states - quantum Hall states, topological superconductors and Majorana fermions.
    Fractionalized topological phases - how to construct them, how to measure them, and how to use them for topological quantum computation
    Low density two dimensional electronic systems.
    One dimensional electronic systems - electronic transport in the presence of interactions.
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    Dr. Yonatan Stelzer

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    DNA methylation dynamics during cell fate decisions
    Epigenetic reprogramming during gametogenesis
    Mammalian parental imprinting as an epigenetic paradigm
    Environmental effects on the epigenome
    Epigenetic perturbations in disease and cancer

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    Prof. Victor Steinberg

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    Physical hydrodynamics, hydrodynamics of complex fluids, dynamics of single flexible micro-objects (molecules, membranes, etc) in complex fluid flows
    Collaboration with:  Prof. G. Falkovich, Prof. V. Lebedev, Prof. Y. Dubief
    Hydrodynamics of polymer solutions, Elastic turbulence and Turbulent mixing by polymers.
    Hydrodynamics and rheology of complex fluids (vesicle, capsule, worm-like micelle, etc suspensions)
    Dynamics and conformation of single polymer molecule, vesicle, micro-capsule, etc in complex fluid flows.
    Microfluidics: mixing, cell separation, random flows.
    Development of non-invasive local sensors for measurements of stress field in fluid flow

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