Professor
Ph.D. 1992
Head of Department
imaging, membrane protein, cell imaging, protein |
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- B.Sc. 1981-1984 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Physiology. M.Sc. 1984-1986 Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Immunology, supervised by Prof. Zvi Fishelzon. "Identification of the Regulatory Site of the Complement Protein Factor-H". Ph.D. 1987-1992 Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biochemistry, supervised by Prof. Uri Pick. "Structure Function and Regulation of The Plasma Membrane Proton Pump From the Acidophylic Alga- Dunaliella-Acidophila".
- Zinc role in neuronal diseases
- Zinc homeonstatic proteins
- Molecular identity of mitochondrial Ca2+ shuttling proteins
- Mitochondrial role in neurological processses and hormone secretion
Major expertise and techniques in the lab
- Cellular and tissue imaging
- Structure functional analysis of membrane protein
Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants
- Palty R, Silverman WF, Hershfinkel M, Caporale T, Sensi SL, Parnis J, Nolte, C, Fishman D, Shoshan-Barmatz V, Hermann D, Khananshvili D, Sekler I. NCLX is an essential component of mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchange, PNAS 107: 436-441.
- Grants: ISF and BSF
- Michal Hershfinkel - Zinc homeostasis and signaling
- Eli Lewis - Role of mitochondrial signaling in insulin secretion
- Dimitri Fishman and Michael Danilenko - Mitochondrial signaling and cancer
Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics
- Zinc and health
- Mitochondria in health and disease