Congatulations to Prof. Michal Lotem and Ph.D student Rony Shreberk-Hassidim for their new article published in Immunologic Research!
In the article, the researchers aimed to explore the role of Immune Checkpoint Receptors (ICR), which modulate the immune response in T cell malignancies such as cutaneous T cell lymphoma. They show a regulatory role of ICR, mainly PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1, on cutaneous T cell malignancy. To the paper To Prof. Lotem lab
Congratulations to Prof. Dana Wolf and Ph.D student Or Alfi for their article, published in Viruses!
In the article, the researchers investigated the mucosal susceptibility and immune response to Omicron as compared to Delta and earlier SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). They found that the replication of the Omicron variant in lung tissues is highly restricted when compared to other VOC, whereas it remained relatively unchanged in nasal tissues. Omicron also induced […]
The 1st semester of the 2022-2023 academic year began a few weeks ago! Congratulations and good luck to all the Lautenberg Center students and teachers!
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐰𝐞’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 included the awarding of the James Sivartsen Prize – click here for more info and photo gallery https://lautenbergcenter.org/the-lautenberg-center/annual-retreats/ 𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐌𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐢 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐: https://lautenbergcenter.org/the-lautenberg-center/shai-shaknai-award/ 3. We were very honored to have had […]
Congratulations to Prof. Dana Wolf for receiving a Ministry of Science and Technology of Israel research grant!
Prof. Wolf developed a unique method to study viral infection mechanisms of respiratory tracts, which enables the study and further development of new potential anti-viral therapies. To the Wolf lab
Congratulations to Prof. Michal Baniyash and her team for their articles published in Current Protocols in Immunology!
In the three articles, published back-to-back, the researchers specify the need to study chronic inflammation related immune suppression, and show how robust chronic inflammation can be performed in-vivo. They later elaborate on different methodologies to evaluate the related immune suppression using various in-vivo and ex-vivo immunological assays. Figure 4: Immunofluorescence images showing the distribution of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) stained with […]
Congratulations to Prof. Rami Aqeilan and his former Ph.D. student Dr. Hussam Husanie for their article published in Cell Death and Disease!
In the article, the researchers found that the protein WWOX may play a key role in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer. When WWOX was deleted in mice, it led to the formation of precancerous lesions and pancreatic cancer. Overexpression of WWOX in human pancreatic cancer cells reduced their aggressiveness in both lab and […]
Congratulations to Professor Nir Friedman for receiving the prestigious Landau Prize from the Mifal HaPais Council for Culture and the Arts!
This award recognizes Professor Friedman’s exceptional contributions to the field of computational biology, particularly in the development of machine-learning techniques for analyzing human genomes in the medical field. His pioneering work, which has allowed for highly sensitive measurements of DNA fragments in blood samples and has been widely cited in scientific research, has helped pave […]
The 2023 Rappaport Prize is given to Prof. Eli Pikarsky!
We are thrilled to extend our warmest congratulations to Prof. Eli Pikarsky for being awarded the highly esteemed 2023 Rappaport Prize. This award is a testament to Prof. Pikarsky’s outstanding contributions to the research of inflammation and hepatocellular carcinoma, which have garnered worldwide recognition. The Rappaport Prize, awarded biennially by the Rappaport Family Institute for […]
Congratulations to Prof. Moshe Kotler for his 2 studies published in The FEBS Journal!
In the first study, the researchers found that the protein APOBEC3G (A3G) helps repair DNA double-strand breaks and can even rescue mice from lethal doses of radiation. This protein is also involved in nucleotide excision repair and homologous recombination DNA repair pathways. These findings suggest that inhibiting A3G could increase the sensitivity of tumor cells […]
The 2023 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research is given to Dr. Yotam Drier!
Congratulations to Dr. Yotam Drier on receiving the prestigious Krill Prize for his outstanding contributions to scientific research. The Krill Prize is awarded to outstanding academic faculty members and promising researchers from research universities in Israel who have demonstrated significant research breakthroughs and who are expected to lead research and academia in Israel in the […]