Prof Anat Barnea Dept of Natural Life Sciences
Prof. Anat Barnea Dept. of Natural & Life Sciences, The Open University Behavioral neurobiology: relations between brain & behavior Effect of behaviors and environmental conditions (social change, reproductive cycle, migration) on brain plasticity (i. e. recruitment and survival of new neurons) in the adult brain Understanding how these phenomena relate to the life of animals Hopefully - a better understanding that will lead to medical applications Birds as a model Supported by: The Israel Science foundation The Open University Research Fund
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The Open University in Israel’s higher education system – not just “another university” Unique in: Open admission, Distance learning, flexibility
The OUI & the other universities: The Inter-Accreditation tracks • The OUI is a gate to the research universities in Israel. Agreements guarantee a-priori accreditation of OUI courses. • In particular, it enables students to take Introductory Level courses at the Open University and after accumulating credits in a cluster of courses, decide whether they would like to complete their degree at the Open University, or transfer to a research university.
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The OUI Method • The basic unit: a course • A student registers to each course independently • For a B. A. /B. Sc. Degree one should successfully complete 18 -26 courses (at least 108 credits) + 2 seminar-papers • Each course has been developed and is operated independently
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Einat Hazkani-Covo Department of Natural and Life Sciences The Open University of Israel My research interests lie generally in the area of Evolutionary Genomics. Using computational tools I am interested in the following: – Evolutionary signatures of genome instability – Dynamic and mechanism of mitochondrial DNA transposition into the nucleus – Mitochondrial evolution einatco@openu. ac. il
Voltage sensitivity of G- protein coupled receptors: The lab of Yair Ben Chaim v G-protein coupled receptors are involved in most signal transduction processes in the body. v Recently it was found that, similar to ion channels, also these receptors are modulated be voltage. v We are interested in the molecular mechanism and physiological role of that phenomenon.
The Ronit Weisman research group Our work has focused on a cellular network called the TOR pathway, a critical regulator of growth in many species and a target for the drug rapamycin. We utilize the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Figure 1) which is a powerful genetic amenable model system. We have identified many of the protein components of the TOR pathway in fission yeast and uncovered a novel role for TOR in genome stability. We are working towards a comprehensive understanding of the cellular functions of TOR in cellular growth, proliferation, genome stability and aging. OUR RESEARCH IS SUPPORTED BY: igure 1: Fission yeast S. pombe For further information contact: ronitwe@openu. ac. il
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