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Head of Institute: Prof. Ido Braslavsky

Administrative manager: Rakefet Kalev

Office Address:
Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition,
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, ISRAEL

Tel: +972 - (0)8-9489385
Fax: +972 - (0)8-9363208
Email Address: rakefetk@savion.huji.ac.il

Lab members

Ofer Gover Lab Manager 

ofer.gover@mail.huji.ac.il
Kislev Dayan Amirim student 

The effect of Omega-3 fatty acids on mice colon. 

kislevd@gmail.com
Erez Israeli MSc student 

Understanding the cellular mechanisms involved in adipocyte differentiation with administration of Ostreolysin (Oly), a protein found in the mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus. 

israeli.erez01@gmail.com
Adi Levy Ben-Shabat MSc student. 

Understanding the effect of Glucans from the mushroom Pleurotus eryngii on Nitric Oxide production and immune response in macrophages. 

adilevy212@gmail.com
Nastasia Adler Berke PhD candidate 

Studying the interaction of Ostreolysin (Oly), a protein found in the mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus with the lipid rafts in adipocytes and its relation to differentiation. 

nastaciast@gmail.com
Elena Simonovsky MSc student 

Studying the effect of Glucans from the mushroom Pleurotus eryngii on activation of Nfkβ transcription factor in mice colon cells using inflammation assays. 

elena.fishman@mail.huji.ac.il
Meital Boim MSc student 

Effects of ostreolysin on an in vitro model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. 

meital.boim@gmail.com
Eike Waechtersha MSc exchange student, Germany 

Understanding the cellular mechanisms involved in adipocyte differentiation with administration of Ostreolysin (Oly), a protein found in the mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus. 

eike.waechtersha@mail.huji.ac.il
Hila Haybe MSc student 

Studying the effect of Glucans from the mushroom Pleurotus eryngii on inflammation on an IBD model in mice. 

hillahay4@gmail.com