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Emeritus Prof. Menahem Segal
Intracellular calcium stores and functional plasticity in cultured neurons.Collaboration with: Dr. Eduard Korkotian, Professor Michael Frotscher, Professor Atan GrossHippocampal functions during stress and in animal models of Alzheimer's diseaseCollaboration with: Dr. Gayane Grigoryan, Dr. Nicola Maggio
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Prof. Michal Schwartz
The cross-talk between the immune and nervous systems autoimmunity as a mechanism of tissue repair: Molecular, cellular, physiological and behavioral aspects.Immunological aspects of neuronal loss in neurodegenerative and mental disorders (Alzheimers, ALS, Huntingdon, Glaucoma).Spinal cord injury and repairDevelopment of vaccination for neurodegenerative disorders.Neurogenesis (stem cells) and inflammation in the CNS.
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Prof. Oren Schuldiner
A genetic dissection of developmental axon regenerationMolecular mechanisms of neuronal remodeling during development: Developmental axon pruning in DrosophilaThe role of cell-cell interaction in regulating developmental axon pruningThe role of intracellular signaling in regulating developmental axon pruningThe role of trafficking in regulating developmental axon pruningGlia and their effect on neuronal growth and remodeling
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Prof. Maya Schuldiner
Functional genomics of organellesCreation of Systematic Libraries for screeningCreation of High Throughput Electron Microscopy Approaches for high resolution screensMembrane contact sitesMitochondria Contact SitesPeroxisome Contact SitesLipid Droplet Contact SitesPeroxisome PhysiologyDiscovering new peroxisomal proteins and their functions
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Prof. Avigdor Scherz
Quantification of atoms, groups and molecules electronegati using metal substituted bacteriochlorophylls and application to chemical reactivity.Resolving the forces which drive membrane protein assembly.The mechenism behind generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by illuminating novel bacteriochlorophyll derivatives and their application in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors.
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Prof. Yoram Salomon
Anti-cancer treatments :Development of novel bacteriochlorophyll-based drugs for photochemotherapy.Boron neutron capture therapy.Reactive oxygen species, their generation by bacteriochlorophyll and light, their role in signal transduction and mechanisms of cell and tumor destruction.Vascular biology and vascular destruction.
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Prof. Jacob Sagiv
Supramolecular Architecture at Interfaces (with R. Maoz)Supramolecular Surface Chemistry: Bottom-up Nanofabrication using Planned Self-Assembling Mono- and Multilayer Systems (with R. Maoz)Constructive Lithography: Contact Electrochemical Surface Patterning on Lateral Length Scales from Nanometer to Centimeter (with R. Maoz)
