Neurobiology

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ResearcherResearch Focus
Prof. Appelbaum Lior
  1. Molecular neuroscience and neuroendocrinology using the zebrafish model
  2. Imaging of single molecules, organelles and cells in live animal
  3. The mechanism of sleep and sleep disorders
  4. The cause and treatments for genetic neurological disorders such as Fragile X syndrome and thyroid hormone-deficiency
Prof. Brodie Chaya
  1. Cancer stem cells from brain tumors for analyzing disease mechanisms and for drug and cell therapy screening
  2. Three dimensional human cultures - novel models of neural rare disorders and muscular dystrophies
  3. Exosomes in intercellular communication and drug delivery in neural and muscle diseases and brain tumors.
  4. Non-coding RNAs in cancer and degenerative disorders
  5. Unique signaling pathways in brain tumors and neurodegenerative diseases
Prof. Korngreen Alon
  1. Synaptic transmission
  2. Parkinson's Disease
  3. Neural computation
  4. Learning and Memory
  5. Computational neurophysiology
Prof. Okun Eitan

  1. The functional role of the immune system in Alzheimer's disease

  2. How fetal development influences maternal cognitive decline
  3. Developing vaccines for Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome
Prof. Opatowsky Yarden
  1. Structural biology - X-ray crystallography
  2. Drug design
  3. Axon guidance - the Slit-Robo signaling system
  4. Molecular basis for human brain evolution
Prof. Shohat-Ophir Galit
  1. Social interaction and pheromone communication
  2. Pheromone binding proteins and social communication
  3. Sex specific behavior
  4. Mechanisms encoding social information within the fly brain
  5. The function of RNA editing events in complex behavior
  6. The function of RNA methylation (m6A) in complex behavior
  7. Natural reward systems as a model to addiction
Prof. Yadid Gal
  1. Reward- related psychiatric disorders (addiction, PTSD, depression).
  2. Combining Big data analysis (specifically whole genome epigenetics and microbiome) to suggest novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments