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Prof. Guy Bloch

Dept. of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, HUJI. Room 114 Berman Bld. Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram 91904
Research Interests:My research interests are the evolution and mechanisms underlying sociality and social behavior, I study bees as a model. The notable ecological success of social insects such as bees is largely attributed to advantages associated with sociality.
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Prof. Marshall Devor

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Institute of Life Sciences and Center for Research on Pain Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
Curriculum Vitae:
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Developmental Biology
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Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum

Room 2-428, Dept. of Genetics, The Alexander Silberman Inst. of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Research Interests: Lamins and their associated proteins in health and disease The roles of the nuclear lamina in development and aging The role of the nuclear envelope in apoptosis Molecular and genetic analysis of matefin/SUN-1 The sensing and responding to high CO2 levels. Research:
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Prof. Binyamin Hochner

Dept. of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Research Interests Motor control of the flexible arms of the octopus - inspiration for robotics. Neurobiology of learning and memory in an advanced invertebrate - the Octopus.
Neurology
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Dr. Sebastian Kadener

Short Bio 1993-1998       The University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. School of Sciences, Department of Biology. Degree: Lic. Cs. Biologicas (equivalent to MSc in Sciences). Major: Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology. Summa cum laude.
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Prof. Eran Meshorer

Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Short Bio:Prof. Eran Meshorer obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Neuroscience at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and performed his postdoctoral studies at the National Cancer Institute (NIH, USA) where he studied epigenetic regulation of embryonic stem cell (ESC) neuronal differentiation.
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Genetics
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Prof. Israel Nelken

Department of Neurobiology, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond J. Safra Campus The Hebrew University Jerusalem 91904, ISRAEL
Curriculum Vitae: Education: 1979-1982  BSc. in Mathematics and Physics (with special distinction), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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