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    Prof. Ilan Lampl

    Synaptic plasticity inducted by sensory stimulation in the cortex
    Construction of receptive field properties in the somatosensory cortex
    studying functional connectivity in the barrel cortex
    Mechanisms of adaptation in the cortex
    Noise and synchrony in the mammalian cortex
    Dynamic properties and mechanisms of ongoing activity in the cortex
    Patterns in neuronal activity in the cortex

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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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  • Picture of Prof. Lia Addadi

    Prof. Lia Addadi

    Antibodies that recognize crystal surfaces and 2-dimensional organized patterns.
    antibody recognition of chiral crystal surfaces
    structure of cholesterol/ceramide monolayer mixtures. Molecular organization of lipid rafts
    Pathological crystallizations. Gout
    antibody recognition of amiloid structures
    Mechanisms of crystal nucleation and modulation of crystal growth and properties in biomineralization (bone, mollusk shells, echinoderms).
    Collaboration with:  S. Weiner
    Mechanism of cell adhesion using crystal substrates.
    Collaboration with:  B. Geiger

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  • Picture of Prof. Haim Harari

    Prof. Haim Harari

    Neutrino Physics (Particle Physics, cosmology, astrophysics implications)
    Patterns of quarks and leptons (masses, mixing, substructure)

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  • Picture of Prof. David Mukamel

    Prof. David Mukamel

    RNA and DNA denaturation.
    Collective phenomena in systems far from thermal equilibrium.
    Coarsening processes and slow dynamics.
    Systems with long range interactions

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  • Picture of Prof. Moni Naor

    Prof. Moni Naor

    Concrete Complexity
    Distributed Computing
    Cryptography and Complexity

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  • Picture of Prof. Dan Yakir

    Prof. Dan Yakir

    Developing the use of stable isotopes (in particular, 13C, 18O, 15N, 2H) as tracers of biogeochemical cycles on land.
    Environmental and climatic influence on the exchange of trace gases and energy between plants, soil and the atmosphere.
    Climatic influence on the natural abundance of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in CO2, O2, H2O and organic matter.

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  • Picture of Prof. Uzy Smilansky

    Prof. Uzy Smilansky

    Mathematical methods for Archaeological research.
    Semi-classical quantization.
    Chaotic scattering.
    Quantum chaos.

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  • Picture of Prof. Gideon Schechtman

    Prof. Gideon Schechtman

    Convex geometry
    Functional analysis and geometry of Banach spaces
    Probability

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  • Picture of Prof. Jonathan Gressel

    Prof. Jonathan Gressel

    Analysis of transgene flow from wheat to related species
    Collaboration with:  Sarit Weissman, Prof. Moshe Feldman
    Developing slow release herbicide formulations as seed dressings for Striga control in Africa
    Collaboration with:  Fred Kanampiu, Michael Burnet
    Transgenically enhancing the virulence of fungi used as biocontrol agents
    Collaboration with:  Ziva Amsellem, Einat Safran, Olubukola Babalola
    Designing and use of failsafe mechanisms to prevent spread and introgression
    Enhancing of virulence of Fusarium spp against Orobanche
    Enhancing Colletotrichum against Abutilon
    Enhancing Alternaria cassae against Cassia obtusifolia
    Tandem constructs to mitigate gene flow from transgenic crops to weeds
    Collaboration with:  Hani Al-Ahmad

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