Senior lecturer
Ph.D, 2001
immunology, genetics, signal transduction, confocal microscopy, imaging, calcium, senescence, cancer |
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- T cell activation, calcium signaling
- fluorescent microscopy
- imaging, high-resolution optical microscopy
- Signal transduction in lymphocytes
- Protein-protein interactions
- Intercellular signaling between senescent and cancer cells
Major expertise and techniques in the lab
- Confocal microscopy and advanced microscopy techniques
- Calcium signaling
Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants
- Knyazhitsky M, Moas I, Shaginov E., Luria A, Braiman A . The oncogenic mutation of Vav1 inhibits the T cell receptor induced calcium mobilization through inhibition of phospholipase C g 1 activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry , 287(3): 19725-35, 2012.
- Prof. A. Porgador – NK receptors and immunological synapses
- Prof. V. Fraifeld and Prof. M. Wolfson – interactions between senescent and malignant cells
Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics
- Cellular physiology, biophysics
- Inter- and intracellular communication