Gali (Galit) Fichman
Bioinspired materials, Self-assembly, Peptides, Hydrogels, Food-gels, Gel scaffolds, Bacteria-materials interactions, Antibacterial materials, Nutrient/bacteria/drug delivery
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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
Fichman, G., Andrews, C., Patel, N.L; Schneider, J.P, Antibacterial Gel Coatings Inspired by the Cryptic Function of a Mussel Byssal Peptide. Advanced Materials, 33 (40), 2103677, 2021.
Fichman, G. and Schneider, J.P, Dopamine Self-Polymerization is a Simple and Powerful Tool to Modulate the Viscoelastic Mechanical Properties of Peptide-Based Gels. Molecules, 26 (5), 1363, 2021.
Yamada, Y.; Fichman, G.; Schneider, J.P, Serum Protein Adsorption Modulates the Toxicity of Highly Positively Charged Hydrogel Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 7, 8006–8014, 2021.
Fichman, G. and Schneider, J.P, Utilizing Frémy's Salt to Increase the Mechanical Rigidity of Supramolecular Peptide-Based Gel Networks. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 2021.
Nagarkar, R.P.; Fichman, G.; Schneider, J.P, Engineering and Characterization of a pH Sensitive Homodimeric Anti-Parallel Coiled Coil, Peptide Science, e24180, 2020.
Shi, J.; Fichman, G.; Schneider, J.P, Enzymatic Control of the Conformational Landscape of Supramolecular Assembling Peptides, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57,11188–1119, 2018.
Ben-Nun, Y.; Fichman, G.; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Turk B.; Gazit, E.; Blum, G; Cathepsin Nanofiber Substrates as Potential Agents for Targeted Drug Delivery, Journal of Controlled Release, 257, 60-67, 2017.
Fichman, G.; Guterman, T.; Damron, J.; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Schmidt, J.; Shimon, L.J.W.; Ramamoorthy, A.; Talmon, Y.; Gazit, E., Spontaneous Structural Transition and Crystal Formation in Minimal Supramolecular Polymer Model.Science Advances, 2, e1500827, 2016.
Fichman, G.; Guterman, T.; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Gazit, E., Synergetic Functional Properties in Two-Component Single Amino Acid-Based Hydrogels, CrystEngComm, 17, 8105-8112, 2015.
Ostrov, N.*; Fichman, G.*; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Gazit, E., FtsZ Cytoskeletal Filaments as a Template for Metallic Nanowire Fabrication. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15(1), 556-561, 2015.
Fichman, G.; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Manohar, S.; Mironi-Harpaz, I., Guterman, T.; Seliktar D.; Messersmith, P.B.; Gazit, E., Seamless Metallic Coating and Surface Adhesion of Self-Assembled Bioinspired Nanostructures Based on Di-(3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine) Peptide Motif. ACS Nano, 8(7), 7220-7228, 2014. Selected for the journal cover.
Fichman, G.; Guterman, T.; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Gazit, E., The Use of the Calcitonin Minimal Recognition Module for the Design of DOPA-Containing Fibrillar Assemblies. Nanomaterials, 4(3), 726-740, 2014.
Yaniv, O.; Fichman, G.; Borovok, I.; Shoham, Y.; Bayer, E.A.; Lamed, R.; Shimon, L.J.W.; Frolow, F., Fine-Structural Variance of Family 3 Carbohydrate-Binding Modules as Extracellular Biomass-Sensing Components of Clostridium thermocellum Anti-σI Factors. Acta Crystallographica Section D, 70, 522-534, 2014.
Fichman, G.; Gazit, E., Self-Assembly of Short Peptides to Form Hydrogels: Design of Building Blocks, Physical Properties and Technological Applications. Acta Biomaterialia, 10, 1671-1682, 2014.