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Dr. Lior Nissim
Dr. Lior Nissim
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​Lab Members

Tal Bauer

Tal Bauer

Lab Manager
Mail: Tal.stern4@mail.huji.ac.il
Tal studied her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biochemistry and food science at the Agriculture faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her Ph.D research was about antimicrobial peptides and biosensord for bacteria detection. A mother of 3 sweet children, living at Jerusalem.
Tali Lanton

Tali Lanton

Associate researcher
Mail: Tali.lanton@mail.huji.ac.il
Born in Montreal, Canada. Studied Biology at McGill University. Made Aliya to Israel to pursue Masters and Doctorate studies at the Hebrew University in Genetics and Cancer research. A mother of 3 children, and working in the Nissim Lab of Synthetic Biology on novel synthetic RNA vaccine designs and grant writing.
"Favorite sports include swimming and skiing."
Odelia Mouhadeb

Odelia Mouhadeb

Associate researcher
Mail: odelia.mouhadeb@mail.huji.ac.il
Shira Shalev

Shira Shalev

Abisch-Frenkel direct Ph.D. student
Mail: shira.shalev1@mail.huji.ac.il
Shira received her B.sc in Biomedical Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Currently in the Abisch-Frenkel direct Ph/D. Program. Her project focuses on implementing synthetic biology to generate practical solutions to cancer immunotherapy.
"In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and traveling"
Masha Zaitsev

Masha Zaitsev

Abisch-Frenkel direct Ph.D. student
Mail: Masha.zaitsev@mail.huji.ac.il
Masha received her B.Sc in Biomedical Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Currently in the Abisch-Frenkel direct Ph.D. Program. She is developing synthetic logical gene circuits that execute complex functions in mammalian cells.
"In her free time, she enjoys cooking and traveling"
Chaja Katzman

Chaja Katzman

Abisch-Frenkel direct Ph.D. student
Mail: chaja.katzman@mail.huji.ac.il
Chaja received her B.Sc. in biomedical sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is developing a high-throughput screening platform for Synthetic Promoters with Enhanced Cancer Specificity (SPECS).
"Interested in photographing, reading and listening to music"
Keren Roas

Keren Roas

Ph.D. student in the Bio-Engineering program
Mail: keren.roas@mail.huji.ac.il
Keren received her B.Sc. in Mind/Brain Sciences from Bar-Ilan University and her M.Sc. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is developing synthetic gene circuits for cancer immunotherapy.
"In my spare time, I enjoy painting, drawing, writing, traveling, and most of all I love spending time with my family and friends"
Chen Weiss

Chen Weiss

Ph.D. student in the Bio-Engineering program
Mail: chen.weiss@mail.huji.ac.il
Chen received a B.Sc and M.Sc in Bioinformatics from Bar Ilan University. Her research focuses on developing new antiviral vaccines and delivering the via lipid nanoparticles (LNPs).
"In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family"
Chen Samuelov

Chen Samuelov

M.Sc. Student
Mail: chen.samuelov@mail.huji.ac.il
Chen is a medical student the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Her master's project focuses on immune therapies of mucosal melanoma.
“Enjoy to watch sunset, to do Pilates and travel with my friends and family.”
Tamar Aminov

Tamar Aminov

M.Sc student
Mail: tamar.aminov@mail.huji.ac.il
Tamar received her B.Sc in Medical sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She works on a high-throughput screening platform for Synthetic Promoters with Enhanced Cancer Specificity (SPECS).
"She loves books, music, marine biology, and archaeology"
Adar Morag

Adar Morag

M.Sc student
Mail: adar.morag@mail.huji.ac.il
Adar received her B.Sc. in Life Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She is currently working on developing synthetic genes for various applications.
"In her free time, she enjoys nurturing her plants, ride horses, reading books and laughing"
Ido De Vries

Ido De Vries

B.Sc student
Mail: ido.devries@mail.huji.ac.il
Originally from Revadim, I'm currently doing my bachelors in bio-medical sciences, with a minor in genetics in the Hebrew university. In the future I would like to create novel synthetic systems for various purposes.
"In my spare time I like to wear sandals with socks, drink Amba and read books"
Avi Schulman

Avi Schulman

B.Sc student
Mail: avi.schulman@mail.huji.ac.il
Avi, from Jerusalem, is pursuing a B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"In my free time, I train in Karate, engage in Safrut Stam, and enjoy quality time with my wife and young son"
Renana Yulis

Renana Yulis

Bridging year student
Mail: renana.yulis@mail.huji.ac.il
Renana received her bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tal Institute, and is currently in a bridging year towards a master's degree in Biomedical Sciences.
"I enjoy practicing karate and spending time with friends"
Ilanit Kovalski

Ilanit Kovalski

Lab technician
Mail: ilanit.kovalski@mail.huji.ac.il
Ilanit received her B.sc in Biology and Chemistry sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Currently works as a lab technician under Lior Nissim. Her work involves cloning plasmids for different synthetic biology projects.
"I enjoy writing and drawing fantasy and supernatural, listening to different kinds of music, and travelling around Israel and abroad"

Alumni

Gillian Kay

Dr. Gillian Kay

Lab Manager
Mail: gilliank@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Gillian received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of London and did her post-doctoral research at the Hebrew University. She has worked as a lab manager in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for 26 years. She lives in Aderet, a moshav near Bet Shemesh, with her husband, two of their four adult kids, a cat, and 5 hens in the back garden.
"I love acting - most summers I can be found in Blumfield Park in Jerusalem performing Shakespeare - and traveling, in particular, sailing with my husband and friends"
Sharon Matusevich

Sharon Matusevich

M.Sc. student.
Mail: Sharon.matusevich@mail.huji.ac.il
Sharon received her B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Hadassah academic college in Jerusalem. Her master's project focuses on enhanced immune therapies.
"In my spare time, I enjoy cooking and traveling abroad"
Tzlil Yair

Tzlil Yair

M.Sc. Student
Mail: Tzlil.yair@mail.huji.ac.il
Tzlil received her B.sc in Biomedical Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Her master's project is about finding and optimizing synthetic promoters, with cancer specificity in melanoma cells. Her additional role is to develop computational methodologies for the research group's various projects.
"I like to play tennis, listen to music, and travel with my family"
Adham Slameh

Adham Slameh

M.Sc. Student
Mail: adham.salama@mail.huji.ac.il
Adham received his B.Sc. in brain science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his undergraduate studies, he researched the relations between iron accumulation in the brain and schizophrenia under the guidance of Dr. Amit Lotan. His Master's degree focuses on developing synthetic biology multifunctional platforms for cancer immunotherapy.
Tehila Ernst

Tehila Ernst

M.Sc. Student
Mail: tehila.ernst@mail.huji.ac.il
Tehila received her B.sc in Biomedical Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Currently in the excellence M.Sc. Program. She is developing synthetic gene circuits that enable rapid and efficient discovery of anti-viral drugs.
Yakov Krelin

Yakov Krelin

Senior Scientist
Yakov was a senior scientist in our lab. He got his Ph.D. from Ben-Gurion University. He has previous experience as a postdoc at the Weizmann Institute. Yakov also has experience as a senior researcher at the Sourasky Medical Center and the National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev. His interests are cancer biology, tumor immunology, the tumor microenvironment, tumor histopathology, cancer stem cells, cancer metabolism, and metabolic diseases.
"I like to spend my free time listening to classical music, lectures in physics, and movies with Jason Statham".
Alexander Botvinnik

Dr. Alexander Botvinnik

Alex lives in Jerusalem. He received his Ph.D .degree in neurobiology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and performed postdoctoral research in an immunology lab. His scientific interests are practical solutions for human therapeutics using synthetic biology. Currently working on developing a synthetic biology platform that would enable focused, rapid and simple screening for antiviral drugs with high therapeutic potential.
"Love traveling and good movies"
Inbal Gazy

Dr. Inbal Gazy

Senior researcher
Inbal earned her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She did a short postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tel Aviv after which she joined the National Institutes of Health as a postdoctoral fellow. Before joining the Nissim lab she moved to Durban, South Africa, and worked at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP).
Hind Adem

Hind Adem

M.Sc. Student
Hind lives in Beit Safafa, a small quiet village right next to Jerusalem. She received her B.Med.Lab.Sc. degree from the Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem. Her scientific interests are bioengineering and biomedical applications of synthetic biology. Currently working on developing advanced technologies for the construction of tumor-targeting synthetic gene circuits.
"Love culinary tasting experiences" 
Natella Buketov

Natella Buketov

M.Sc. Student
Natella received her B.Med.Lab.Sc degree from the Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem. In her M.Sc. studies, she works on "A high-throughput screening platform for Synthetic Promoters with Enhanced Cancer Specificity (SPECS)". Her additional scientific interests are genetic engineering, the evolution of species, aging (mostly telomeres), and fertility.
"Can't live without music, books, and rain. In my free time, I like cooking, pastry baking, and traveling with my family. I also collect postcards from all over the World, you are welcome to send me one. "
Shlomi Edri

Shlomi Edri

M.Sc. Student
Shlomi received his B.Med.Lab.Sc. from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His M.Sc. project focused on developing synthetic genetic circuits for cancer immunotherapy and synthetic gene circuits that enable rapid and efficient screening for effective anti SARS-CoV-2 drugs.
"Addicted to coffee, love music and slee
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