New research grants for young scientists
First year
1. Dr. Amir Ayali
Zoology
Tel Aviv University
The development of information processing capabilities in the nervous system
2. Dr. Claude Brodski
Morphology
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Molecular and behavioral analysis of a mouse model for the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
3. Dr. Miri Carmel
Biochemical Genetics
Tel Aviv University
Pharmacogenetics of citalopram treatment in children and adolescent outpatients
4. Dr. Leon Deouell
Psychology
Hebrew University
Electrophysiological investigation of interactions between background auditory change detection and auditory and visual processing at the focus of attention
5. Dr. Gadi Goelman
Medical Biophysics
Hebrew University
The Habenular nucleus and its role in coupling serotonergic and dopaminergic systems
6. Dr. Abraham Goldstein
Brain Research
Bar-Ilan University
Electrophysiological correlates of the adult attachment behavioral system
7. Dr. Pnina Green
Tel Aviv University
Membrane Fatty Acids laboratory
Brain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Depression: Exploration of the "Phospholipid Theory" of Depression in an Animal Model
8. Dr. Daphna Joel
Psychology
Tel-Aviv University
Studying the interplay between the orbital cortex and the striatal serotonergic system in a rat model of obsessive compulsive disorder
9. Dr. Rachel Maayan
Psychobiology
Tel Aviv University
Brain DHEA as a neuroprotecter in behavioral disorders
10. Dr. Mouna Maroun
Brain and Behavior
Haifa University
Mechanisms of long-term extinction in the amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuit
11. Dr. Shula Parush
Occupational Therapy
Hebrew University
Psychophysiological and behavioral correlates of children with and without Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD) and their parents
12. Dr. Golan Shahar
Behavioral Sciences
Ben Gurion University of Negev
Self-criticism as a default set: integrating research on executive functions and task-switching with research on cognitive vulnerability to suicidal depression
13. Dr. Michael Wagner
Industrial Engineering
College of Judea and Samaria
Eye dominance, stereo vision and spatial exploration: A binocular eye-movement measurement approach
14. Dr. Guy Bloch
Department of Evolution, Systematics, and Ecology,
Hebrew University
Social regulation of chronobiological plasticity in the honey bee
15. Dr. Kobi Rosenblum
Brain and Behavior
Haifa University
The role of neuronal translation regulation in taste memory consolidation
16. Dr. Herman Wolosker
Department of Biochemistry
Technion
Characterization of a Transgenic Mice Model with Reduced Levels of D-serine
