Dr. Or Shahar : Molecular Neurodynamics

We study molecular dynamics in the brain and mechanisms of mRNA translation control.

Our interests include:

  1. To elucidate molecular mechanisms of memory formation.To define molecular pathways of brain development in health and disease.
  2. To better understand the mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration, focusing on genomic-instability-related disorders.
  3. To reveal molecular networks affecting aging.

Our model systems include cell cultures and zebrafish which are well suited for our aims.

We use state of the art microscopy, cell-type-specific proteomics and sequencing combined with computational analysis.

Check out our recent publication in which we developed a transgenic zebrafish line allowing for the labeling of newly-synthesized-proteins in a cell-type-specific manner in neurons.

Join us for exciting, fun science!

We are looking for enthusiastic graduate students, a lab technician and postdocs. If you are interested, please email Or Shahar.

Shira Falk - Research assistant

Tomer Gutman – Research assistant

Nitsan Lahav – Undergrad guided project

Elian Tafesh – Undergrad guided project

Kitty Reemst – PostDoc

Alon Kedem – Undergrad guided project