Research - Cell and Developmental Biology Department

The research groups in the Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology of the Faculty of Medicine work to discover and characterize in depth the molecular cellular processes that lead to the development of the normal functioning of the body's tissues, to identify changes in these processes that lead to disease and to develop new drugs, on the basis of the new findings.

The research topics include characterization of fetal and adult stem cells, development mechanisms of the egg and fetus, the development of the pancreas gland (pancreas), the creation of red blood cells, pathways that activate mast cells and as a result - the release of factors that cause allergies, identifying the mechanisms that protect cancer cells from death, the contribution of protein modifications (such as ubiquitination) to organ development, as well as the basis for controlling the expression of genes at the RNA level. Alongside the basic research, researchers in the department work to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to a variety of diseases, such as cancer, anemia, allergies, infertility, skeletal and nervous diseases, diabetes and AIDS.

The department faculty is active in the teaching and training of the next generation of physicians and researchers in the fields of biology and medicine and teach basic and advanced courses on various subjects to medical students, as well as graduate and doctoral students in the school of advanced studies.

Among the various subjects: cellular and developmental biology, histology, embryology, molecular mechanisms in cellular movement, stages of RNA processing, and cell death in situations of health and disease, stem cell biology and AIDS, and more.