Prof. Rimona Margalit
 Email: rimona@post.tau.ac.il
http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/biochem/

 Research Interests:
- Membrane biophysics
- Carrier-mediated targeted drug delivery
- Modulation of multidrug resistance in cancer therapy

 Keywords: MDR transporters; MDR inhibition;  Chemosensitizers: liposomes; bioadhesive liposomes; hyaluronan-liposomes; gagomers (lipidated hyaluronan carriers); collagomers (lipidated collagen carriers); active carrier-mediated tumor targeting; fibrillar insulin formulations for oral administration

 

  Dr. Dan Peer
Email: peer@post.tau.ac.il
http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/cell_r/members/peer/peer.html

   Research Interests:    

• Novel methods to target cancer stem cells
• Manipulation of gene expression in vivo using RNAi nanoparticles.
• Novel approach to target leukocytes in blood cancer, inflammation and viral infection.
• Harnessing RNAi as novel tools for drug discovery and therapeutic interventions.
• Developing targeted nanomedicines.

 Keywords: bio-nanomedicines, hyaluronan, mucosal delivery, IBD, blood cancers (AML, MCL, CLL) Viral infection (HIV, Ebola), colon cancer, siRNAs, miRNAs, drug discovery, liposomes, immune response, cytokine induction, lymphocyte activation.  

  

Prof. Meital Zilberman
Email: meitalz@eng.tau.ac.il
http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~meitalz/   

 Research Interests:  

         Antibiotic-eluting implants for various biomedical applications.
         Process-structure-property effects in polymeric biomaterials.                                              
         Active scaffolds for bone regeneration.
         Drug-eluting stent coatings.
         Soy protein structures for tissue regeneration.
        Active bioadhesives for soft and hard tissues.  

 

Keywords: Polymeric biomaterials, bioresorbable polymers, controlled drug release, protein release, active implants, tissue engineering

Headings for the pictures

 CRYSTALS revised:
Drug crystals on the surface of a biodegradable film

 FIBER revised:
microspheres attached to a biodegradable fiber.

 Microsphere revised:
A multi-reservoir microsphere

 Microspheres revised:
Multi-reservoir microspheres

 Microstructure revised:
Highly porous scaffold for tissue regeneration applications.