News & Announcements

Unexpectedly, on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Rome, Italy, our dear Viviana passed away at the age of seventy-seven. Beloved

ELSC congratulates Dr. Aviel Sulem for receiving the Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2024. Aviel studied Physics at the Hebrew

For over thirty years, Hagai Bergman has dominated the study of Parkinson’s disease and its brain correlates, both in Israel

We are delighted to congratulate Prof. Inbal Goshen for winning the Prusiner-Abramsky Research Award for 2024. The title of Prof. Goshen’s

From July to December of 2023, ELSC members published 55 peer-reviewed papers. These publications maintained ELSC’s exceptional standards, with one

Photo by: David Salem – Zoog Productions Professor Haim Sompolinsky has been awarded The Brain Prize for 2024 for his

Prof. Idan Segev, together with 5 colleagues from top US universities (MIT, Harvard, NYU, Columbia, and Stanford), was awarded a

ELSC is delighted to announce that Dr. Raunak Basu has received a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. These grants help

During the first half of 2023, ELSC members published 70 peer – reviewed papers. This amounts to almost twice as

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In a groundbreaking development, a new lab animal study conducted by the research group led by Prof. Ami Citri, developed

We are excited to announce a groundbreaking study led by Prof. Hermona Soreq, alongside Dana Shulman and Prof. Yonatan Loewenstein,

ELSC is delighted to announce that Prof. Aviv Mezer has received a Prusiner-Abramsky Research Award in Clinical and Basic Neuroscience

The ELSC community is proud of Prof. Ahissar’s ongoing invaluable contribution in both research and education, serving as a role

ELSC is delighted to announce that Prof. Inbal Goshen has received a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. These grants help scientists with

During the second half of 2022, ELSC members published 52 peer-reviewed papers, exceeding the number of publications (45) for the

ELSC congratulates Dr. David Lipton for receiving the Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2023. Dr. Lipton studied neuroscience at Stanford

Photo Credit: Bruno Charbit ELSC is delighted to announce that Dr. Aya Ben-Yakov has received a European Research Council (ERC) starting grant.

ELSC is proud to share that Dr. Naomi Habib has been named among the world’s most influential researchers in 2022

ELSC congratulates Dr. Indrajeet for receiving the Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2022. Indrajeet earned his doctorate in the field

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences is delighted to announce that Dr. David Omer won the prestigious Synergy

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences is delighted to announce that Prof. Israel (Eli) Nelken has been awarded

During the first half of 2022, ELSC members published 30 peer-reviewed papers. Many were published in leading journals, including PNAS,

July 12, 2022 Dear Governors and Friends,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem community, including our Friends around the world, mourns the

Photo by David Salem – Courtesy of the EMET Prize The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences is

Prof. Sompolinsky was elected “for his seminal work on statistical mechanics of neural networks, and for his leading contribution to

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) is delighted to announce that Prof. Hermona Soreq has been

During the second half of 2021, ELSC members published 45 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, including Science, Neuron, and others.

Prof. Naftali (Tali) Tishby passed away at the age of 68 on August 10, 2021 in Jerusalem. Prof. Tishby was

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Jonathan Kadmon has been selected

On June 30 we celebrated the graduation of our students who earned their M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees during the 2019-20

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) is delighted to announce that Dr. Naomi Habib has been

During the second half of 2020, ELSC members published over 60 peer-reviewed papers in leading neuroscience journals, including Nature Neuroscience, Cell,

ELSC congratulates Dr. Thabat Khatib, for winning the Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Award for 2020-21. Dr. Khatib studied neuroscience at the

As in every other year, ELSC’s faculty and students opened the new academic year with much excitement and anticipation –

ELSC is delighted to announce that Dr. Yoav Adam has received a European Research Council (ERC) starting grant. This grant

ELSC is delighted to announce that Dr. David Omer has received a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant, funded by the Brain

ELSC congratulates our steering committee member Prof. Catherine Dulac from Harvard University for receiving the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) is delighted to announce that Prof. Yoram Burak won the prestigious Synergy

ELSC congratulates Dr. Johannes Niediek for receiving the Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2019-20. Dr. Niediek studied mathematics and physics

Together with the global scientific effort to establish and improve laboratories’ technical ability to perform precise tests on pooled samples,

ELSC is taking the Corona Crisis in stride! On top of the academic efforts to ensure a smooth and productive

Congratulations Dr. Yoav Adam for winning the prestigious Alon Fellowship for outstanding young researchers. ELSC is delighted to announce that

On June 17, 2020, 40 diplomats visited Hebrew University labs and met with researchers to learn about the progress Israeli

“Let us join hands in research”: President Rivlin Visits ELSC. ELSC had the honor of hosting the President of the

What makes us human? The labs of Prof. Eran Meshorer (ELSC) and Prof. Liran Carmel (The Alexander Silberman Institute of

During the first half of 2020, ELSC members published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, with publications in leading journals in the

During the second half of 2019 ELSC members have published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, with publications in leading journals in

The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences warmly congratulates our steering committee member Prof. Catherine Dulac for receiving

Prof. Liran Carmel (Life Sciences), in collaboration with Prof. Eran Meshorer (ELSC and Life Sciences), provide the first anatomical reconstruction of the

Prof. Israel Nelken, Prof. Adi Mizrahi and Prof. Hagai Bergman are a part of the team leading the development of

Dear past and present students, members and administrative staff, The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences invites you

During the first half of 2019 ELSC members have published over 40 papers in scientific journals, among them some of

Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences congratulates Noga Larry and Guy Hacohen from class 25 for their outstanding academic performance. Noga is being honored

The Hebrew University’s 82nd Board of Governors Meeting opening event, which took place on the night of Saturday, June 15,

Congratulations to Dr. Ami Citri for his appointment as a Fellow of the CIFAR program in Child & Brain Development!

For receiving the Azrieli Scholarhip The Azrieli Fellows Program promotes excellence in graduate studies at accredited institutions of higher learning

On Tuesday, June 25 at 12:30, we will be celebrating the graduation of the recent PhD graduates: Galit Agmon from Prof.

For receiving the Casella prize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEiDxti0opE&feature=youtu.be the prize in memory of the italian neurophysiologist Cesare Casella has been awarded to

ELSC Invites excellent undergraduate students (second year and over) to apply for a summer internship in one of the center’s labs.

“The ERC Advanced Grants back outstanding researchers throughout Europe. Their pioneering work has the potential to make a difference in

Prof. Tishby holds the Ruth and Stan Flinkman Chair for Brain Research at the Hebrew University, works at the interface

ELSC congratulates Katarzyna Winek, MD/PhD for being awarded the Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2019. ELSC CONGRATULATES KATARZYNA WINEK, MD/PHD FOR BEING

ELSC warmly congratulates the members who received the special ISF Canada-Israel collaboration grant for 2018-19! The winners are: Prof. Alexander

ELSC Congratulates Dr. Inbal Goshen on being selected as a FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence scholar! The FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence is a network of

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has started teaching its first course in partnership with Coursera, which provides free online courses