Hebrew University Bio-Informatics Team

HUBIT Members and their Area of Research

Exact Sciences (Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics)

Nir Friedman Institute of Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Probabilistic Reasoning, Bayesian Networks, Learning Probabilistic Models, Computational Biology, Genetics.

Nati Linial Institute of Computer Science
Computer Science Theory, Combinatorics , Graph Theory, Algorithms, Bioinformatics.

Naftali Tishby Institute of Computer Science
Machine Learning & Computational Learning Theory, Dynamic Systems & Signal Processing, Computational Neuroscience, Bioinformatics, Speech and Language Processing.

Michel Bercovier Institute of Computer Science
numerical simulation of Ca+ diffusion in axons and spines. Machine , drug release simulation .

Benny Yakir Dept. of Statistics, The Faculty of Social Science
Sequential analysis , Change point detection , Computational Biology.

Life Sciences

Michal Linial The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences
Dynamic processes of nerve terminals and the molecular aspects of synapse functioning, plasticity and maturation.Control of exocytosis in regulated secretory system of the parotid gland. Differentiation and early development in neuronal cell-line, in term of synapse formation and synapse stability.

Joseph Hirschberg , Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences.
Plant molecular biology; photosynthesis; biotechnology; biosynthesis of carotenoids; use of DNA microarrays for gene discovery.

Medical School

Hana Margalit Department of Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
Molecular control and recognition mechanisms (transcription regulatory sites, DNA-protein interaction, peptide-MHC interaction). Sequence structure relationship. Genome organisation.

Ofer Mandelboim The Lautenberg Center for Tumor Immunology, Hebrew University - Faculty of Medicine.

Amiram Goldblum School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
Computational chemistry methods and applications, protein structure, mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis, quantum chemistry, quantitative structure-activity relationships, molecular modeling drug design.

Agriculture