Lab Memebers
Ashwini Gopala Krishna
Ph.D. student
Structure and Dynamics in Reconstituted Contracting Actin Networks
Olivier Mesdjian
Postdoc
Relations between actin fibers organization and calcium activity in hydra morphogenesis
Ariel Westfried
Undergraduate
Application of local and tissue-wide forces during Hydra morphogenesis
Yoad Goldfaden
Undergraduate
Creating 3D movies of regenerating hydras using flourescence light sheet microscopy from multiple an
Yonit Maroudas-Sacks
Ph.D. student
The Role of Nematic Actin Organization and the Influence of Mechanical Constraints on Morphogenesis
Ashwini Gopala Krishna
Ph.D. student
Brief Bio
- 2019 M.Phil. in Biology National Centre for Biological Sciences – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore.
- 2015 M.Sc. in Physics Bangalore University, Bangalore.
- 2011 B.Sc. in Physics Bangalore University, Bangalore.
Olivier Mesdjian
Postdoc
Brief Bio
2022 - present - Postdoc
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2019 - 2021 - Postdoc on hydrodynamics between mucus and cilia
Aix-Marseille University
2015 - 2018 - PhD on microfluidics and B cell monitoring
Sorbonne University Paris
Ariel Westfried
Undergraduate
2019 - present B.Sc. student in Physics and Mathematics
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Iris Pasvinter
Undergraduate
2020 - now B.Sc. in Physics
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Kinneret Keren
Principal Investigator
Brief bio
- 2014 – present Associate Professor (tenured) Department of Physics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- 2015 – 2016 Visiting Professor Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- 2008 – 2014 Assistant Professor Department of Physics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- 2003 – 2008 Postdoctoral fellow Julie Theriot’s lab, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA.
- 2003 Ph.D. in Physics Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- 1998 M.Sc. in Physics Weizmann Institute of Science.
- 1996 B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Liora Garion
Research Scientist and Lab Manager
Brief Bio
- 2017 – present Research Scientist and Lab Manager Department of Physics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- 2012 – 2016 Research Scientist Department of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- 2012 Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (direct track) Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- 2005 B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Yonit Maroudas-Sacks
Ph.D. student
Brief Bio
- 2016 – Present Direct Ph.D. track Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
- 2015 – 2016 Researcher in theoretical Biophysics under the supervision of Dr. Assaf Zemel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 2012-2015 Bsc. in Physics and Biology Hebrew University of Jerusalem.