MEET THE TEAM
Awarded for Outstanding Young Scientist by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization
Four granted patents approved in USA for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Published in an array of scientific journals including the Journal of clinical investigation, Nature Annals of Neurology, the Proceeding National Academy of Science, Nature communication, Neurobiology of Aging and Neurobiology of disease
Prof. Dan Frenkel
Principal Investigator
B.Sc in Molecular, Cellular and Medical biology from Bar-Ilan University
M.Sc degree in Neurobiology from Bar-Ilan University
Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Neurobiology researching the role of cellular senescence in glial cells and its effect on brain metabolism and pathology in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease
Elisa Gozlan
Ph.D Candidate
B.Sc in Life Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
M.Sc and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Tel Aviv university
Dr. Shani Kanfi
Lab Manager
B.Sc in Pre Med from Ariel University
Pursuing a Ph.D, studying the role and therapeutic potential of metabolic changes in astrocytes in Parkinson's disease
Yarden Lewit Cohen
Ph.D Candidate
B.A in behavioral science from Ariel university
Currently pursuing a Masters degree focusing on developing therapeutic tools to improve metabolic impairments in neurodegenerative diseases
Kira Kossowsky
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Molecular Biology from Tel-Aviv University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neuroscience. Researching the role of PS1 mutation in the progression of AD, and the mechanism underlying its pathological phenotype in the disease
David Kaminsky
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Biology from Tel Aviv University
Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Neurobiology researching the effects of metabolic stress on Parkinson's disease
Dana Frenkel
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Biochemistry from Technion
Currently pursuing a Ph.D degree in Neuroscience. Researching changes in microglia and astrocytes that correlates with the development of multiple sclerosis
Tamar Shalet
Ph.D Candidate
B.Sc and MS.c in biotechnology engineering from Ben-Gurion University
Currently pursuing a Ph.D degree in Neuroscience using iPSCs to investigate impaired neuron–glia communication in neurodegenerative diseases.
Raz Ofan
Ph.D Candidate
