Group Member

Prof. Yossi Mandel, MD, PhD, MHA

Head of Lab

Email: yossi.mandel@biu.ac.il

2019 - Present Associate Professor

2013 – 2019 Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Life Science, Bar Ilan University

2011 – 2013 Post Doctoral fellowship and research associate - Stanford University

2006 – 2011 Ph.D. Bioengineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1998 – 2004 Residency in Ophthalmology - Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Israel

2002 – 2003 M.H.A Ben Gurion University, Israel

1984 – 1992 M.D. Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Nairouz Farah, PhD

Lab Manager

Email: nairouz.farah@biu.ac.il

2012 – 2014 Post Doc (Neural Engineering Interfaces Laboratory, Biomedical

Engineering Faculty, Technion, Israel)

2006 – 2012 PhD Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel

2002 – 2004 MSC Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London

(UCL), London

1998 – 2002 B.Sc Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel

My research is focused on numerical moedling of electrical stimulation of the retina and developing novel approaches for retinal prostheses for restoration of sight in retinal degeneration.

Amos Markus, PhD

Researcher

Email: amosmarkus@gmail.com

2010-2015 Ph.D in Molecular Neuro-virology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

2009-2010 M.Sc in Molecular Neuro-virology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

2006-2008 B.Sc in Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hebrew University

My research is focused on studying the application of nano-particles and human embryonic stem cell derived photoreceptors for the treatment of retinal degradation disease

Erel Lasnoy

Researcher

Email: erellasnoy@gmail.com

2015-2017 M.Sc in Physical chemistry, Bar Ilan University

2012-2015 B.Sc in Chemistry expanded, Bar Ilan University

Tamar Azrad-Leibovitch

PhD student

Email: ttaazr@gmail.com

2014-2016 M.Sc in Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

2010-2013 B.Sc in Molecular Biology, Ariel University, Israel

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Gal Shpun, Eng.

PhD. Student

Co-Advisor: Prof. Zeev Zalevski, Bar Ilan University

Email: galshpun@gmail.com

2015-2018 M.Sc Electrical engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

2010-2014 B.Sc Bio-Medical engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

My research focuses on developing optical and electrical methods for neuromodulation at a single cell resolution through advanced nanotechnology, which is applied at a subretinal implant prosthesis aiming to

restore sight for the blinds.

Aviad Slotky

PhD student

Email: aviad.slotky@gmail.com

2018-2020 M.Sc in Molecular neurobiology, Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science,
Bar-Ilan, Israel

2015-2018 Bs.c in Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science, Bar-Ilan, Israel

My research is focused on the development of synaptogenesis in the outer plexiform layer at photoreceptors precursors.

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Itay Shekel

PhD student

Email: shekelitay@gmail.com

2021-2023 M.Sc in Computational Neuroscience, Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center,
Bar-Ilan University, Israel

2017-2020 B.Sc in the cognitive and Brain sciences, The Inter-Faculty Brain Sciences
School, Ben Gurion University, Israel

Tamar Yaniv

McS student

Email: tamar1406@gmail.com

2020-2023 B.Sc in Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University

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Samuel Leeman

Medical Student

Email: samleeman95@gmail.com

2021- Current MD, Ben-Gurion University Medical School, Beersheva, Israel
2013-2017 BA in Economics, Minor in Computer Science, University of Rochester, New York

Sam’s passion for ophthalmology led him to the lab, where his research is focused on understanding the cortical responses in natural and prosthetic visual stimuli with the aim of improving retinal prostheses and restoring vision.