Lab Members

Prof. David Karasik

Principal Investigator

Email: David.Karasik@biu.ac.il

Phone Number: +972-54-478-8805

Office: +972-722644958

Lab: +972-722644914

Dr. Dafna Perry

Lab Manager

Email: dafna.elia@biu.ac.il

Phone number: +972-507429929

Office: +972-722644963

PhD in Medical Sciences at The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Under the supervision of Prof. David Karasik and Prof. Jamal Zidan, 2021.

M.Sc in Biology and Agriculture from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Under the supervision of Prof. Orna Halevi at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.

Biotechnology Engineering degree at Ort Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel.

Rajashekar Donaka

Ph.D. Student

shekar.donaka@gmail.com

5 year Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology at Kakatiya University, Warangal, India.

Currently, I am very fascinated to explore the metabolic pathways of human muscle GWAS genes and study their role in Muscle development and function in Zebrafish.

Inbar Ben-Zvi Eisler

Ph.D student

inbar.benzvi@gmail.com

M.Sc in Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Lab in Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poria and The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Under the supervision of Prof. Offer Amir, 2020.

B.Sc in Medical Sciences and Biology at Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, 2016.

Research area:

My current interest is to research genes regulating the development and function of bone and muscle tissues. My research fucuses on validating and studying the function of genes identified by bivariate GWAS of sarcopenia- and osteoporosis-related phenotypes in human, using a zebrafish model.

Aviv Mesika

MD-Ph.D student

avivmasika@gmail.com

M.Sc in Medical Sciences, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya and The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Under the supervision of Prof. Tzipora C. Falik-Zaccai and prof. David Karasik, 2022.

B.Med.Lab.Sc, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Ilham Atrash Morani

Ph.D student

ilhammorani@gmail.com

M.Sc in Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Diabetes Disease Research Lab in Oranim Academic College, Tivon, Israel. Under the supervision of Dr. Mirsky Nitsa, 2006.

B.A in Medical Laboratory Sciences at Technion, Israel Institute Of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 2004.

Ph.D. Research: Integrated Genetic-Epidemiological predictive risk scoring for susceptibility and severity of respiratory viral infections.

Lital Ashtamkar Matok

Research assistant

lmatokk@gmail.com

M.Sc in Medical Sciences, Lab of microbiology in Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poria and The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Under the supervision of Dr. Avi Peretz, 2021.

B.Sc in PreMed, Tel-Hai Academic College.

Alumni

Iryna Khrystoforova, Ph.D. - Presently, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center For Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Kilpelainen Group.

Bodhisattwa Banerjee, Ph.D [postdoctoral] - Presently, University of Vermont, VT, USA.

Deepak Kumar Khajuria Ph.D. [postdoc] – Presently, Penn State U., PA, USA

Dalia David, Ph.D. candidate – Presently, Migal Research Inst.

Nili Wasserman, M.Sc. – Presently, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

Ram Harari, M.Sc. – Presently, Ph.D. student (Azriely faculty of medicine, BIU, Safed)

Maria Raygorodskaya, M.Sc. – Presently, Moscow, Russia

Dana Gigi, D.M.D – M.Sc candidate – presently, dental practice.

Lihi Grinberg, M.Sc. – presently, Ph.D. student (Azriely faculty of medicine, BIU, Safed)

Fadwa Dabbah, M.Sc. – presently, Ph.D. Bioforum

Yael Govezensky, M.Sc – presently, Tel Aviv

Atara Uzan, M.Sc. – presently, Ph.D. candidate (Azriely faculty of medicine, BIU, Safed)

Updated: May 2023

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