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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
Perfusion and angiogensis in lung cancer: The role of the bronchial and pulmonary vascular network using Fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging methodsMolecular magnetic resonance imaging of the estrogen receptorCollaboration with: Professors David Milstein and Joel Sussman, Weizmann InstituteSynthesis of new, high affinity ligands of the estrogen receptor as probes for molecular imagingStructuaral studies (x-ray crystalography and NMR) of the estrogen receptor - targeted ligands complexFunctional activities and molecular imaging of the new targeted ligands in estrogen receptor positive huaman breast cancer cellsMechanisms of lymphatic metastasis in breast cancer; In vivo fluorescence and magnetic resonanc imagingAdvanced non invasive MRI methods for breast cancer detection and diagnosis ; clinical investigationsCollaboration with: Dr. Myra Shapiro, Meir medical Center3D Tracking of the mammary tree using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imagingAdvanced 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 cancerCollaboration with: Professor Lucio Frydman, Weizmann InstituteRenal function through sodium grandients; Non-invasive, high resolution sodium MRI.Collaboration with: Dr. Edna Haran, Weizmann InstituteEstrogen regulation of angiogenesis and perfusion of breast cancer; from molecular mechanisms to functional MRI of the microvascular physiology
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Prof. Irun R. Cohen
Autoimmune T cells and tissue maintenance in the nervous systemCollaboration with: M. SchwartzAutoimmunity to hsp60 and the development of subunit vaccines against infectious diseases.Regulation of immune inflammation by small carbohydrate moleculesCollaboration with: O. LiderAutoimmunity to p53 and the development of systemic lupus erythematosusCollaboration with: V. RotterAutoimmune diabetes: Pathogenesis and immune therapy.
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Prof. David Cahen
Bio molecular and molecular (opto)electronicsCollaboration 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-electronicsSolar Energy: New materials and concepts, and understanding of PhotovoltaicsCollaboration 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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Prof. Yigal Burstein
Thermophilic enzymesIsolation, 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 detectionDark Matter detection:The XENON Dark Matter project: Data analysis, physics interpretations, development and construction of the future detector XENON1TDetector physics:Novel effects in LXe detectorsFuture concepts and technologies for rare event detection
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Dr. Shikma Bressler
ATLAS experimentCollaboration with: ATLAS collaborationLepton flavour violating decays of the Higgs and Z bosonsGeneric data driven searches for physics beyond the Standard ModelATLAS NSW projectDetector physicsCollaboration with: RD51 CollaborationLight and charge readout in Liquid Argon detector for future neutrino experimentsNovel concepts for future calorimetersCivil applications: earthquake forecasting
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