Faculty
Prof. Ittai Ben-Porath
The roles of cellular senescence in diabetes.
Dr. Ayal Ben-Zvi
We study the integrity of the neuro-vascular unit (NVU) and the function of the BBB in genetic mouse models of diabetes.
Dr. Danny Ben-Zvi
The Ben-Zvi lab studies the effects of bariatric surgeries on metabolic diseases to find leads to new treatments and discover novel biology.
Prof. Tal Burstyn-Cohen
Our lab is interested in understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie tissue homeostasis in health and in disease.
Prof. Yuval Dor
We are studying pancreas development and dynamics with a focus on mechanisms that are relevant for development, progression and recovery from diabetes.
Prof. Rivka Dresner Pollak
Bone fragility in type 1 diabetes.
Prof. Michael Elkin
Role of heparanase enzyme in diabetes and diabetic complications
Prof. Oren Froy
Circadian rhythms, metabolism and diabetes
Prof. Benjamin Glaser
Hadassah Medical Center
My group focuses on the effect of glucose on beta cell proliferation and dysfunction and on mechanisms of islet cell maturation and dysmaturation in Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Ido Goldstein
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Dysregulation of hepatic fuel production in diabetes
Prof. Raphael Gorodetsky
Hadassah Medical Center
Use of selected potent mesenchymal stromal cells indirectly induce pancreas repair and reversal of diabetic condition.
Prof. Menachem Hanani
Hadassah Medical Center
We use diabetes models in mice to investigate diabetic neuropathy and pain.
Prof. Asaf Hellman
Methylation of T2D enhancers as predisposing marks in human and mice.