Prof. Ohad Birk Profile

Prof. Ohad Birk

Professor
MD, PhD

Department :	Genetic Institute Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics Soroka Medical Center
Room :	-126 בנין המכון למחקר ישומי במדעי החיים ע"ש דה 39-פיצ'וטו
Phone :	972-8-6477412 972-8-6479003 972-8-6477486 972-8-6479082
Email :	obirk@bgu.ac.il
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genetics, cancer, bio informatics, bio chemistry, brain

Education

MD: Tel-Aviv University PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science Residency in Pediatrics: Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Clinical Genetics and Post-doctorate: NIH Board ceritified in Pediatrics and in Clinical Genetics

Research Interests

Identification and characterization of the molecular basis of human diseases prevalent in inbred conanguineous societies, mainly in the Bedouin population of the Negev.
From linkage analysis to carrier testing and prenatal diagnosis – to generation and analysis of mouse models.

Research Topics

Identification of the molecular basis of monogenic human diseases
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and of eye diseases
Neural tube defects: from genes to molecular mechanisms male vs. female brain: molecular studies

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

Human genetics – clinical phenotyping
Whole exome sequencing analysis, linkage analysis
Bioinformatics: generation of our own tools (S2G, PLINKe) as well as using many existing tools.
Gene silencing in vitro (cell lines) and generation and analysis of mutant mice v.Biochemistry, molecular biology (protein, RNA, protein

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

Publications: http://publicationslist.org/ohad.birk
Publications: in Nature, Nature Genetics, Am J Hum Genet, PNAS.
Funding sources: Kahn Foundation, ISF, BSF, Legacy Heritage ( Morasha ), CF Foundation, Wolfson Foundation

Existing collaborations

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