Scholar Spotlight

April, 2023
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Ido Goldstein awarded 2023 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research
March, 2023
Harvard University
Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholar (alum) Dana Rubi Levy publishes paper in Current Biology
Mouse spontaneous behavior reflects individual variation rather than estrous state
March, 2023
Tel Aviv University
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Dekel Rosenfeld awarded research grant from Israel’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology
March, 2023
Princeton University
Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholar (alum) Evgeniy Boyko publishes paper in The Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
Non-Newtonian fluid–structure interaction: Flow of a viscoelastic Oldroyd-B fluid in a deformable channel
March, 2023
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar (alum) Laura McCaslin publishes paper in ChemPhysChem
Effects of Microhydration on the Mechanisms of Hydrolysis and Cl− Substitution in Reactions of N2O5 and Seawater – studied reactions at the surface of sea spray aerosols that affect global levels of ozone, methane, and NOx compound
February, 2023
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar (alum) Julie Shapiro publishes paper in The ISME Journal
Multilayer networks of plasmid genetic similarity reveal potential pathways of gene transmission.
February, 2023
Weizmann Institute of Science
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Dahlia Klein publishes new research in Nature Nanotechnology
Electrical switching of a bistable moiré superconductor
February, 2023
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Glioma PerMed team, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Limor Freifeld, awarded three-year grant for prevention in personalized medicine by EU medical group
ERA PerMed Results of the Joint Transnational Call 2022
February, 2023
Bar-Ilan University
Maya Yablonski, Zuckerman-CHE Israeli Woman Postdoc (alum), publishes new Research in MIT’s Neurobiology of Language
Manifold reconstruction and denoising from scattered data in high dimension
February, 2023
Tel Aviv University
Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin, Zuckerman-CHE Israeli Woman Postdoc (alum), Publishes New Research in The Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
A few-layer covalent network of fullerenes
February, 2023
University of Haifa
Daniel Killam, Zuckerman Postdoc Scholar (alum), Published New Research in PLOS ONE
Giant clams as open-source, scalable reef environmental biomonitors.
February, 2023
Princeton University (was)
Former Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Nadav Cohen, keynote speaker at Tel Aviv University’s AI Week, interviewed in the Jerusalem Post
Has Generative AI peaked? Expert talks the future of AI breakthroughs: AI applications have gained massive popularity in the public eye thanks to applications like ChatGPT and DALL-E — but what’s next for generative AI and Artificial Intelligence technology as a whole?
February, 2023
Bar-Ilan University
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Shehzad Ahmed (alum) publishes new research in Geoenergy Science and Engineering
Experimental investigation of flow diversion and dynamic retention during polymer flooding in high salinity fractured carbonates using CT imaging
February, 2023
Weizmann Institute of Science
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Shai Chester (alum) Published ew Research in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bootstrapping N = 4 super-Yang-Mills on the conformal manifold
February, 2023
Weizmann Institute of Science
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Yisroel Mirsky Publishes New Research in Computers & Security
The Threat of Offensive AI to Organizations
February, 2023
University of Haifa
Zuckerman Postdoc Alumni Scholar Jeana Drake publishes paper in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Early diagenetic processes in an iron-dominated marine depositional system
January, 2023
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Adam Zvanut Hasik publishes paper in Ecology Letters
Resetting our expectations for parasites and their effects on species interactions: a meta-analysis
January, 2023
Ben-Gurion Institute of the Negev
New discovery of a polymer that emits heat when exposed to LED light
January, 2023
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Zuckerman Faculty scholar will be chairing an International meeting in Israel for the first time
January, 2023
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
New research published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Inseparable companions: Fungal viruses as regulators of fungal fitness and host adaptation
January, 2023
Bar Ilan University
New research published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
Identifying Women with Post-Delivery Posttraumatic Stress Disorder using Natural Language Processing of Personal Childbirth Narratives
January, 2023
Harvard University
Three Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholars were awarded the Women’s Postdoctoral Career Development Award in Science by the Weizmann Institute of Science.
December, 2022
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
New research published in Nature Methods: The turquoise killifish column
A naturally short-lived fish opens the gates for rapid exploration of vertebrate aging.
December, 2022
Weizmann Institute of Science
New research published in ArXiv (Cornell University)
From axion quality and naturalness problems to a high-quality Z4N QCD relaxion
December, 2022
MIT
New research published in Fuel Communications
On the use of ammonia as a fuel – A perspective
December, 2022
Harvard University
New research published in Environmental Health Perspectives
The Impact of Exposure Measurement Error on the Estimated Concentration–Response Relationship between Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5PM2.5 and Mortality
December, 2022
Weizmann Institute of Science
New research published in Chemosphere
Electronic waste as a source of rare earth element pollution: Leaching, transport in porous media, and the effects of nanoparticles
October, 2022
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Plasma reforming for enhanced ammonia-air ignition: A numerical study
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Joseph Lefkowitz publishes paper in ScienceDirect
October, 2022
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
New Research published in Cell Reports
Systems approach to define humoral correlates of immunity to Shigella
October, 2022
MIT
New Research published in J|A|C|S – Journal of the American Chemical Society
Photoenzymatic Catalysis in a New Light: Gluconobacter “Ene”-Reductase Conjugates Possessing High-Energy Reactivity with Tunable Low-Energy Excitation
October, 2022
Tel Aviv University
New Research published in Analytical Chemistry
Monitoring the Activity and Inhibition of Cholinesterase Enzymes using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fluorescent Sensors
August, 2022
University of Haifa
Managing bipolar disorder - understanding the genetic signatures that lead to variability in lithium treatment
Immunoglobulin genes expressed in lymphoblast cell lines discern and predict lithium response in bipolar disorder patients
August, 2022
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Overcoming Language Barriers in Academia: Machine Translation Tools and a Vision for a Multilingual Future
August, 2022
Princeton
Congratulations to Zuckerman Israeli Postdoc Evgeniy Boyko on his new position as Assistant Professor at the Technion
August, 2022
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels
August, 2022
Stanford
Zuckerman Israeli Postdoc Eran Lustig Publishes Two New Papers
July, 2022
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Alumnus Nathan Cermak publishes new findings in Science Magazine
Learning and Remembering Movement
July, 2022
University of Haifa
Congratulations to Gustavo Ramirez on his new position as Assistant Professor at California State University, Los Angeles
July, 2022
Tel Aviv University
Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Alumna Adi Ashkenazi receives Guido Altarelli Award in Physics from Tel Aviv University
July, 2022
Weizmann Institute of Science
Congratulations to Lucia Myongwon Lee on her appointment as Assistant Professor at Canada’s Queen's University
July, 2022
University of Haifa
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Geffen Kleinstern publishes paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases
Kinetics of maternally-derived anti- SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in infants in relation to the timing of antenatal vaccination
June, 2022
Tel Aviv University
New Paper Published in Nature Nanotechnology
“A wavelength-induced frequency filtering method for fluorescent nanosensors in vivo.”
June, 2022
Caltech
Paper Accepted for Publication at CVPR 2022
"Gravitationally Lensed Black Hole Emission Tomography"
June, 2022
Harvard University
Paper Published in Assessment
Retest Reliability of Integrated Speed–Accuracy Measures
June, 2022
From the Technion to Saint Louis University
May, 2022
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
New study published: How to do a one-anastomosis gastric bypass in obese mice
April, 2022
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Two new papers published by Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Monica Mowery
March, 2022
Tel Aviv University
Gili Bisker recognized as Outstanding Faculty member by Tel Aviv University
March, 2022
Tel Aviv University
Amanda Lounsbury named AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
March, 2022
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New study by Anat Rotstein suggests proper levels of folate will lower elderly’s Alzheimer's risk
Serum folate deficiency and the risks of dementia and all-cause mortality: a national study of old age
March, 2022
A look under the tunnelling barrier via attosecond-gated interferometry: Study by Ayelet Julie Uzan published in Nature Photonics
February, 2022
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Congratulations to Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Alumnus Yaniv Romano on his appointment as Senior Lecturer at the Technion
February, 2022
New York University
February, 2022
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Groundbreaking Study by Former Zuckerman PD Scholar Avital Fischer Links Antidepressant Use to Rise in Breast Cancer Deaths
February, 2022
Tel Aviv University
The Ecological Tradeoffs of Desalination
February, 2022
Bar-Ilan University
“Musical preferences could be used to bridge social division – study”
February, 2022
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar, Monica Mowery, publishes research in Biological Invasions
Behavioural, morphological, and life history shifts during invasive spread
February, 2022
University of Haifa
Congratulations to Dan Killam on his new position as Environmental Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute
December, 2021
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
The future is already here: Researchers at Technion and Sheba Medical Center have successfully engineered an ear
December, 2021
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Two papers published in Physical Review Letters
December, 2021
Weizmann Institute of Science
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Baran Eren edits book published through the American Chemical Society
Ambient Pressure Spectroscopy in Complex Chemical Environments
December, 2021
University of Haifa
Congratulations to Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Jeana Drake for her new position as Assistant Project Scientist at UCLA
November, 2021
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Neurological study led by Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholar, Roey Schurr, developed a new method to analyze samples of the brain’s white matter, something that was previously difficult to do
Hebrew U researchers find new way to explore white matter in brain
November, 2021
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Paper published in Science Advances
Structures of artificially designed discrete RNA nanoarchitectures at near-atomic resolution
November, 2021
Tel Aviv University
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Tyler Kutz, and research team have measured for the first time the EMC effect by tagging spectator neutrons, taking a major step toward solving the mystery.
October, 2021
Tel Aviv University
Study by Zuckerman-CHE Outstanding Israeli Female Postdoc, Dr. Tali Magory Cohen, published in academic journal and Times of Israel online newspaper
Why do women feel the cold more? It’s evolution, so men keep a distance – study
September, 2021
Tel Aviv University
Congratulations to Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Michael Roth on being offered a postdoctoral position at Harvard’s Belfer Center at the Kennedy School
September, 2021
University of Haifa
Congratulations to Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Claudia Ciotir for her new position as Collection Manager for the Canadian Clonal Genebank (CCGB) at the Harrow Research and Development (HRDC) Centre
August, 2021
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Breakthrough in advancement of reconstructive surgery
July, 2021
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Lead-authored paper published
Setting the Terms for Zoonotic Diseases: Effective Communication for Research, Conservation, and Public Policy
July, 2021
Weizmann Institute of Science
Congratulations to Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Moran Shalev-Benami on receiving the prestigious Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research
July, 2021
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Congratulations to Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Yoav Shechtman on receiving the prestigious Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research
July, 2021
Tel Aviv University
Research published in Plants People Planet
Urban park visitor preferences for vegetation – An on-site qualitative research study
July, 2021
Weizmann Institute of Science
Recent developments published in Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Experience-regulated molecular mechanisms in cortical GABAergic interneurons: from cellular functions to control over circuit plasticity
May, 2021
Tel Aviv University
Paper published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Sick bats stay home alone: Fruit bats practice social distancing when faced with an immunological challenge
March, 2021
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Inter-pulse coupling: A recently-discovered phenomenon
March, 2021
Weizmann Institute of Science
Congratulations to Anastasia Yanchilina for her new position as Research Scientist at Impossible Sensing
March, 2021
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Papers published in Physical Review Letters, a collaboration between Hebrew University, Tel-Aviv University, and New York University
Heavy Thermal Dark Matter from a New Collision Mechanism
March, 2021
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Paper published in Aging Cell
Senescent cells and the incidence of age‐related diseases
February, 2021
University of Haifa
New findings published in PLOS Computational Biology
Calcium-vesicles perform active diffusion in the sea urchin embryo during larval biomineralization
January, 2021
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Paper published in “Nature Physics”
Resonant phase-matching between a light wave and a free-electron wave function
January, 2021
University of Haifa
New clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn't work for majority of patients
Salk researchers find decreased activation of gene called LEF1 is more common in neurons of people with bipolar disorder who do not respond to lithium, pointing way to potential new treatment
January, 2021
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Congratulations to Omri Azencot on his appointment as Senior Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University after completing a postdoc at UCLA
January, 2021
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Paper published in Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR)
The Parameterized Complexity of Motion Planning for Snake-Like Robots
January, 2021
MIT and Fermilab
Adi Ashkenazi wins 2020 URA Tollestrup Award
January, 2021
University of Haifa
New research published in Scientific Reports
First sequencing of ancient coral skeletal proteins
December, 2020
Cornell Tech
New paper released to ArXiv
Learning Gradient Fields for Shape Generation
December, 2020
Weizmann Institute of Science
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Baran Eren publishes paper in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Journal
Identifying the catalyst chemical state and adsorbed species during methanol conversion on copper using ambient pressure X-ray spectroscopies
December, 2020
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Inspiring article in Ynet about Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Arielle Fischer’s research
"Private Investigators": Leaving the lab with wearable technologies
December, 2020
Weizmann Institute of Science
Research published in Atmospheric Pollution Research Journal
Chemical speciation of PM2.5 in Tehran: Quantification of dust contribution and model validation
November, 2020
Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa
Study on age separation and COVID-19 mortality published in Open Biology Journal
October, 2020
Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
Joint first-author research paper accepted to the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)
Improving Fatigue Resistance of Dihydropyrene by Encapsulation within a Coordination Cage
September, 2020
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A Second Quantum Revolution: Changing Technology As We Know It
Real-Time Shaping of Entangled Photons by Classical Control and Feedback
September, 2020
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Ido Goldstein Awarded Prestigious ERC Research Grant
August, 2020
Department of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University
Recent findings highlight potential solution to urgent issue of sustainable urban water system transformations
Strategic design and finance of rainwater harvesting to cost-effectively meet large-scale urban water infrastructure needs
August, 2020
Department of Marine Geosciences, University of Haifa
New article published in Quaternary Science Reviews
Insolation and greenhouse gases drove Holocene winter and spring warming in Arctic Alaska
August, 2020
Whitehead Institute
New research published in Science Magazine
Partitioning of cancer therapeutics in nuclear condensates
July, 2020
The Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences and Department of Music at Bar-Ilan University
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar David Greenberg Rocks
David Greenberg has had an incredibly productive year
July, 2020
Yael Kiro Lab, Weizmann Institute of Science
Meet the Zuckerman’s Emerging New Scientist
Dr. Yael Kiro, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar at Weizmann Institute of Science, 2020-2021
July, 2020
Zuckerman Postdoc Scholar at Tel Aviv University
Understanding the bacterial ribosome composition
Speed Limit for Cell Growth
July, 2020
School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
Breakthrough discoveries about fruit bats
Sick fruit bats exhibit social distancing / Fruit bats use cognitive maps to navigate
June, 2020
Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science
New paper published in Journal of High Energy Physics
Carving out OPE space and precise O(2) model critical exponents
June, 2020
School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
New breakthrough on the SENSEI experiment!
SENSEI Gets Quiet
May, 2020
Sabeti Lab, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Shira’s contribution to the COVID-19 fight! New paper released to bioRxiv
The coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2
May, 2020
The Bisker Lab at Tel Aviv University
Nonequilibrium self assembly
The breakthrough was published in Nature Physics
May, 2020
Department of Chemistry, MIT
Comparing Energy Transfer Rates in Photosynthetic Proteins of Purple Bacteria
Research published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry
May, 2020
School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
Implicit Regularization in Deep Learning May Not be Explainable by Norms
New paper released to arXiv, gaining significant attention
May, 2020
The Wyss Institute, Harvard University
At the Forefront of COVID-19 Research
April, 2020
Nano-Bio Optics Lab at Technion
Go With The Flow: High Throughput 3D Localization in Cells by Depth-Encoding Imaging Flow Cytometry
Paper published in Nature
April, 2020
Nano-Bio Optics Lab, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Congratulations! Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Yoav Shechtman awarded the first Edition of the IUPAB Young Investigator Medal and Prize
April, 2020
Nano-Bio Optics Lab, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Developing Techniques for Rapid Detection of COVID-19
March, 2020
Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar Update
Research presentation and accepted publications
March, 2020
Weizmann Institute of Science
Coordination Cages as Permanently Porous Ionic Liquids
Paper published in Nature, featured in C&EN News and Chemistry World
March, 2020
Developed Expertise in Brain Sciences. Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Alumna, Dr. Merav Stern, developed her expertise in applied mathematics in brain sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle
March, 2020
Congratulations! Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Itay Tirosh awarded the NET Research Foundation (NETRF) grant