Research Members

 

The researchers below serve as a hub for collaboration between biomedical researchers from different departments within TAU's George S. Wise Faculy of Life SciencesSackler Faculty of Medicine and TAU-affiliated hospitals and research centers.

 

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Director

Elhanan Borenstein, Ph.D.

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Faculty of Life Sciences

Prof. Amir Sharon

Dept. of Molecular Biology & Ecology of Plants, Faculty of Life Sciences

Institute of Cereal Crop Improvement

 

Research: fungal development

Prof. Amir Sharon

 

Prof. Uri Gophna

Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Host-microbe interactions

Prof. Uri Gophna

 

Prof. Guido Sessa

Dept. of Molecular Biology & Ecology of Plants, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Plant immunity 

Prof. Guido Sessa

 

Prof. Tal Pupko

Dept. of Cell Research & Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Pathogenomics

Prof. Tal Pupko
 

Dr. Yariv Wine

Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Antibody repertoire anaylsis

Dr. Yariv Wine

Prof. Adi Avni

Dept. of Molecular Biology & Ecology of Plants, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Induction of plant innate immunity

Prof. Adi Avni

Prof. Marcelo Ehrlich

Dept. of Cell Research & Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Dynamic aspects of the cell's trafficking machinery

Prof. Marcelo Ehrlich

Prof. Eran Bacharach

Dept. of Cell Research & Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Virus-host interactions

Prof. Eran Bacharach

Dr. Irit Gat-Viks

Dept. of Cell Research & Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Map and quantitatively characterize complex cellular immune response

Dr. Irit Gat-Viks

Dr. Adi Stern

Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Rapid evolution of viruses and their hosts

Dr. Adi Stern

Dr. Tsaffrir Zor

Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Immune manipulation

Dr. Tsaffrir Zor

Prof. Itai Benhar

Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Antibody engineering

Prof. Itai Benhar

Prof. Anat Herskovits

Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

 

Research: Interactions between the human bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes and mammalian cells

Prof. Anat Herskovits

 

Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Nir Osherov

Dept. of Human Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

Director, Ella Kodesz Institute of Host Defense against Infectious Diseases

 

Research: Human mold infections

Prof. Nir Osherov

 

Dr. Oren Kobiler

Dept. of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Genetic diversity of viruses

Dr. Oren Kobiler

 

Dr. Mordechay Gerlic

Dept. of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Cell death and immune response

Dr. Mordechay Gerlic

Prof. Fuad Iraqi

Dept. of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Genetic bases of host response to infections and chronic diseases

Prof. Fuad Iraqi

Prof. Daniel Cohen

Head, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Epidemiology of infectious diseases

Prof. Daniel Cohen

Dr. Khitam Muhsen

School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Enteric infections and their role in health and disease

Dr. Khitam Muhsen

Dr. Dor Salomon

Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Bacterial protein secretion systems and toxins

Dr. Dor Salomon

Prof. Udi Qimron

Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

 

Research:  Host-virus interactions in bacterial systems

Prof. Udi Qimron
Affiliated Hospitals

Dr. Galia Gat-Yablonski

Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Schneider Children's Medical Center

 

Research:  Moledcular endocrinology

Dr. Galia Gat-Yablonski 

 

Dr. Timna Naftali

Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Meir Hospital

 

Research:  Gastroenterology

 Dr. Timna Naftali

Dr. Ruty Shai

Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center

 

Research:  Brain cancer and molecular medicine

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