MEET THE TEAM
Awarded for Outstanding Young Scientist by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization
Four granted patents approved in USA for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Published in an array of scientific journals including the Journal of clinical investigation, Nature Annals of Neurology, the Proceeding National Academy of Science, Nature communication, Neurobiology of Aging and Neurobiology of disease
Prof. Dan Frenkel
Principal Investigator
B.Sc in Molecular Biology from Ariel University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neurobiology focused on targeting the role of elevation in p16 of microglia in neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease.
Reli Levy
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Biology from Tel-Aviv University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neurobiology researching the pathologic effect of metabolic stress in mouse models of both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Omar Biro
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Molecular, Cellular and Medical biology from Bar-Ilan University
M.Sc degree in Neurobiology from Bar-Ilan University
Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Neurobiology researching the role of cellular senescence in glial cells and its effect on brain metabolism and pathology in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease
Elisa Gozlan
Ph.D Candidate
B.Sc in Biotechnology from Tel-Aviv University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neurobiology researching the role of microglia activation in Parkinson's disease
Salomé Sabbah
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Biology from Tel Aviv University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neurobiology focused on classifying the role of insulin activity in neurodegenerative diseases.
Greta Schwartz
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Life Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
M.Sc and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Tel Aviv university
Dr. Shani Kanfi
Lab Manager
B.Sc in Pre Med from Ariel University
Pursuing a Masters Degree, studying the role and therapeutic potential of metabolic changes in astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease mouse models
Yarden Lewit Cohen
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Psychobiology from Ben Gurion University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neuroscience. My master's aim is understanding the role of PS1 mutation in the progression of AD, and the mechanism underlying its pathological phenotype in the disease
Maria Rivkin Natan
M.Sc Candidate
