• Picture of Prof. Nava Dekel

    Prof. Nava Dekel

    Molecular characterization of the ovulatory cascade
    Mechanisms 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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  • Picture of Prof. Hadassa Degani

    Prof. Hadassa Degani

    Perfusion and angiogensis in lung cancer: The role of the bronchial and pulmonary vascular network using Fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging methods
    Molecular magnetic resonance imaging of the estrogen receptor
    Collaboration with:  Professors David Milstein and Joel Sussman, Weizmann Institute
    Synthesis of new, high affinity ligands of the estrogen receptor as probes for molecular imaging
    Structuaral studies (x-ray crystalography and NMR) of the estrogen receptor - targeted ligands complex
    Functional activities and molecular imaging of the new targeted ligands in estrogen receptor positive huaman breast cancer cells
    Mechanisms of lymphatic metastasis in breast cancer; In vivo fluorescence and magnetic resonanc imaging
    Advanced non invasive MRI methods for breast cancer detection and diagnosis ; clinical investigations
    Collaboration with:  Dr. Myra Shapiro, Meir medical Center
    3D Tracking of the mammary tree using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging
    Advanced methods for analysis of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI based on a combined model free and model based method.
    Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging of cancer metabolism; searching for novel metabolic markers of cancer
    Collaboration with:  Professor Lucio Frydman, Weizmann Institute
    Renal function through sodium grandients; Non-invasive, high resolution sodium MRI.
    Collaboration with:  Dr. Edna Haran, Weizmann Institute
    Estrogen regulation of angiogenesis and perfusion of breast cancer; from molecular mechanisms to functional MRI of the microvascular physiology

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  • Picture of Prof. Barak Dayan

    Prof. Barak Dayan

    Experimental Quantum Optics
    Cavity QED with single atoms coupled to chip-based micro-resonators
    Nonclassical photon-photon interactions

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  • Prof. Avihai Danon

    RNA-binding proteins controling light-regulated translation.
    Redox-signaling controling light-regulated translation. Mechanisms of disulfide bond formation and isomerization in the chloroplast.
    Mode of action of redox-signal transduction factors.
  • Picture of Prof. Irun R. Cohen

    Prof. Irun R. Cohen

    Autoimmune T cells and tissue maintenance in the nervous system
    Collaboration with:  M. Schwartz
    Autoimmunity to hsp60 and the development of subunit vaccines against infectious diseases.
    Regulation of immune inflammation by small carbohydrate molecules
    Collaboration with:  O. Lider
    Autoimmunity to p53 and the development of systemic lupus erythematosus
    Collaboration with:  V. Rotter
    Autoimmune diabetes: Pathogenesis and immune therapy.

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  • Picture of Prof. Eli Canaani

    Prof. Eli Canaani

    Comparison of the properties of the leukemogenic ALL-1 fusion proteins with those of normal ALL-1.
    Transcription profiles of primary tumors with ALL-1 rearrangements.
    Functions of the human ASH1 protein.
    Studies of the ALR gene.
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    Prof. David Cahen

    Bio molecular and molecular (opto)electronics
    Collaboration with:  M. SHEVES, I.PECHT, L. Kronik, A.Vilan, M.Tornow (TUMunich), J. C. Cuevas (UAMadrid), Y. Levy, J. Sussman, D. Lederman (UCSC)
    Charge transport across proteins, why is it so efficient?
    Searching for coherence effects;
    Relevance for biological electron transfer;
    Relevance for future true bio-electronics
    Solar Energy: New materials and concepts, and understanding of Photovoltaics
    Collaboration with:  G. HODES,D. Oron, S. Cohen, K. Gartsman, A. Kahn (Princeton), I. Lubomirski; B. Rybtchinski; A. Zaban (Bar Ilan U); I. Visoly-Fisher & E. Katz (Sde Boqer-BGU). L. Etgar (Hebrew U); O. Yaffe; M. Shalom (BGU); P. K. Nayak (U Oxford): B. Rech (HZBerlin); T. He (CAS, PRC, Beijing); S. Sarkar (IIT-B, India); H. Bolink (Valencia); E. Moons (Karlstad)
    Photovoltaic solar energy conversion; advancing PV by defining basic limitations.
    Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics; How can we understand transport in this new /oldclass of (soft)semiconductors?

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  • Picture of Prof. Yigal Burstein

    Prof. Yigal Burstein

    Thermophilic enzymes
    Isolation, characterization and cloning of enzymes from extremophilic microorganisms.
    Structure, function and thermal stability relationship studies of extremophilic enzymes.
    Crystalization and determination of the three-dimensional structures of extremophilic enzymes.

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    Dr. Ran Budnik

    Other:
    Future concepts for Cosmic Ray precision detection
    Dark Matter detection:
    The XENON Dark Matter project: Data analysis, physics interpretations, development and construction of the future detector XENON1T
    Detector physics:
    Novel effects in LXe detectors
    Future concepts and technologies for rare event detection

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  • Picture of Dr. Shikma Bressler

    Dr. Shikma Bressler

    ATLAS experiment
    Collaboration with:  ATLAS collaboration
    Lepton flavour violating decays of the Higgs and Z bosons
    Generic data driven searches for physics beyond the Standard Model
    ATLAS NSW project
    Detector physics
    Collaboration with:  RD51 Collaboration
    Light and charge readout in Liquid Argon detector for future neutrino experiments
    Novel concepts for future calorimeters
    Civil applications: earthquake forecasting

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