Prof. Orna Almog

Prof. Orna Almog Profile

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1994

Department : Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Room : 203-204
בנין פתולוגיה
Phone : 972-8-6479930
972-8-6472371
Email : almogo@bgu.ac.il
Office Hours :  
crystal structure, crystallization

Education

  • B.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel 1984-1987
  • M.Sc. Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel Thesis Topic - Molecular Aspects in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS); Supervisor - Prof. Shlomo Efrima, Chemistry Department, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  • Ph.D., Department of Inorganic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 1988-1993 Thesis Topic- Preliminary Structural Characterization of Complex Protein System; Supervisor- Prof. Gil Shoham, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1994-1997 Guest Researcher Fellowship, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Rockville MD, USA

Research Projects

  • Protein structure and function
  • Protein crystallography and structure determination
  • Protein overexpression and purification
  • Protein crystallization

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

  • Overexpression of proteins
  • Protein Crystallography
  • Crystal structure determination

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • de Leeuw M., Gonzalez A., Lanir A., Roiz., Smirnoff P., Schwartz B., Shoseyov O. and Almog O. The 1.A crystal structure of ACTIBID suggests a mode of action as an antitumorgenic agent. J. Med. Chem. 2012 55(3): 1013-20.

Existing collaborations

  • Prof. Galila Agam
  • Prof. Oded Shoseyor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Structure function study of proteins
  • Crystallization and structure determinaion of proteins

Looking for expertise / project

  • Project