Supramolecular Architecture at Interfaces (with R. Maoz)

Dielectric materials

Solid State Chemistry in 2- and 3-dimensions

3D Structure Funciton Studies or proteins related to Autism

3D Structure Fucntions studies of Paraoxonase

Application of ultra rapid X-ray diffraction methods to study the enzymatic mechanism of AChE in real time.

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.

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

3D Structure Funciton of proteins related to Gaucher Disease

Visualization of 3D Protein Structures via new web based tool Proteopedia

Inorganic nanotubes and inorganic fullerene‐like materials: new materials with cage structure. From basic science to applications.

Structure - mechanical function relations in mineralized tissues (bones and teeth) using Optical Metrology.

Archaeological science: revealing the microscopic archaeological record

Biomineralization: mechanisms of mineral formation and growth in biology.

Genetic regulation of apoptosis and its molecular mechanisms.

Roles of caspases in “conventional” apoptosis and during cellular remodeling.

Experimental Quantum Optics

Physical hydrodynamics, hydrodynamics of complex fluids, dynamics of single flexible micro-objects (molecules, membranes, etc) in complex fluid flows

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.