1. Dr. Yoram Bonneh Ph.D, Misha Tsodyks Ph.D
Neurobiology
Weizmann Institute
Investigation of the cause and consequence of sensory hyper-sensitiviy in autism

2. Ariel Knafo Ph.D
Psychology
Hebrew University
The molecular genetic architecture of prosocial behavior: Polymorphisms and individual differnces, using a multimethod apprach including laboratory games.

3. Ilan Lampl Ph.D
Neurobiology
Weizmann Institute
Membrane potential up and down states: mechanisms of generation and their role in shaping neuronal response to sensory stimulation

4. Shai Shoham Ph.D
Research Department
Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem
Dietary lithium supplementation for delaying brain aging processes

5. Drorit Saar Ph. D
Brain and Behavior
Haifa University
Mechanisms underlying learning induced enhancement of synaptic transmission: quantal analysis study

6. Miki Bloch MD
Psychiatry
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Gonadal steroid manipulation and personality characteristics: association with mood flucuations and in vitro fertilizaiton outcomes

7. Yossi Chalamish MD
Neurobiology
Weizmann Institute
The control of visual imagery and attention under hypnotic suggestion: an fMR1 study of the human visual cortex

8. Michal Taler Ph. D, Irit Gil-Ad Ph.D
Biological Psychiatry
Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson
Evaluation of the effect of various antidepressants on brain IGF-1 and IGF11 and their receptors expression in normal and stressed rats. Relevance to antidepressants- induced neurotrophic activity

9. Mark Weiser MD
Psychiatry
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
Studying the prodrome of psychosis using a military setting

10. Uri Polat Ph.D
Faculty of Medicine
Tel Aviv University
Relationships between information processing, decisions and cognitive reward in major depression

11. Marina Pavlovskaya Ph.D
Neurophysiology
Loewenstein Hospital, Raanana
Low level visual processing in unilateral neglect syndrome: contrast detection and contrast matching study

12. Netta Levin MD, Ehud Zohary Ph.D
Neurobiology
Hebrew University
Activation patterns in the visual cortex following optic neuritis - An fMRI study

13. Michal Hershfinkel Ph.D
Morphology
Ben Gurion University
The molecular mechanism linking zinc deficiency to learning and memory disorders

14. Avraham Zangen Ph.D
Neurobiology
Weizman Institute
Neurochemical characterizations of a genetic and an environmental rat model for depressive behavior

15. Rami Yaka Ph.D
Pharmacology
School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University
Regulation of GABAa receptor function by ethanol

16. Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory Ph.D
Psychology
Haifa University
Characterization of theory of mind and empathy deficits in Schizophrenia: a neurosychological examination of affective vs. cognitive aspects of social cognition

17. Adi Mizrahi
Neurobiology
Hebrew University
The role of newborn inhibitory neurons in memory formation of the olfactory system in the mouse

Second Year

2. Dr. Claude Brodski
Morphology
Ben Gurion University of Negev
Molecular and behavioural 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 behavioural 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 seotonergic system in a rat model of obsessive compulsive disorder

9. Dr. Rachel Maayan
Psychobiology
Tel Aviv University
Brain DHEA as a neuroprotector 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 the Negev
Self-criticism as a default set: integrating research on exectuive 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. Kobi Rosenblum
Brain and Behavior
Haifa University
The role of neuronal translation regulation in taste memory consolidation

15. Dr. Guy Bloch
Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
Hebrew University
Social regulation of chronobiological plasticity in the honey bee

First Year

Second Year

1. Dr. Malka Cohen-Armon
Cardiac research Institute
Tel-Aviv University
PolyADP-ribosylation of chromatin-bound proteins and memory formation

2. Dr. Merav Ahissar
Psychology
Hebrew University
Between perceptual and working memory: the case of dyslexia