Prof. Ron Goldstein
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Education
1974-1978, BA, Biology, Columbia College (NY)
1978-1981, MA, Neurobiology, Columbia University
1981-1984, PhD, Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University
Thesis adviser: James H. Schwartz
1983-1984, Lady Davis Postdoctoral fellow
Neurobiology& Behavio, Dept. of Zoology, Hebrew University
1984-1991, Postdoctoral Fellow
Developmental Neurobiology, Depts. of Anatomy and Embryology/Zoology Hebrew University
Academic Positions
1991-2003, SENIOR LECTURER
Dept. Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University
2003-2011, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University
2011-present PROFESSOR
The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University
Research Group
Marina Filatov Safrigin, MSc. Student
Linoy Golani-Zaidie, PhD Student
Dr. Punam Bisht, post-doctoral fellow
Dr. Biswajit Das, post-doctoral fellow
Dr.Tatiana Borodianskiy Shteinberg, Lab manager
Current Funding
IsraelScience Foundation 2016-2020
National Institutes of Health 2015-2020
(with P. Kinchington, Univ. Pittsburgh)
US-Israel Binational Foundation 2018-2022
Research
Neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC) for studying pathogenic viruses
The differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into neural derivatives and applications in biomedicine has been the central focus of our research since 2001.
Our lab was the first to generate primary sensory (DRG-like) neurons and their precursors, neural crest cells, from hESC (Pomp et al Stem Cells, 2005, international patents pending and awarded). Since then, we have steadily improved the yield of this neuronal phenotype in our cultures (Brokhman et al, 2008, Pomp et al, 2008). The efficient generation of human neurons now allows us to use them in two biomedical applications.
The primary research focus in the lab is now using human neurons to study infection by pathogenic neurotropic viruses, i.e. varicella zoster ("chicken pox/shingles"). This project is a close collaboration with Prof. Paul Kinchington from the the Universityof Pittsburgh Medical School.
Courses
80-414 BIOTECHNOLOGY SEMINAR
80-545 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL USES OF STEM CELLS
80-849 IMAGE PROCESSING FOR BIOLOGISTS
INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY B (English for Post-bac Premed program)
80-902 GRADUATE SEMINAR (A)
Last Updated Date : 02/05/2023
