BiotechMashup

A new mathematical tool from a computer scientist in Israel aims to protect genetic privacy while giving genomic data to researchers.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Dr. Julia Kempe of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School of Computer Science is working to prevent quantum computers from compromising today's online security.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Dr. Eran Toch of Tel Aviv University has developed a GPS application, Locacino, based on better security design. It provides users with a higher degree of control over their privacy settings, as well as a glimpse into how people really share information between friends over the Internet.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) In a recent article for Science, Dr. David Gurwitz of Tel Aviv University calls for a frank discussion of the privacy and security issues inherent in the use of genetic material from children.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University now has its own deep sequencer -- one of the first in Israel -- a Genome Analyzer housed in a new Genome Facility. The tool will add an important new capability to Tel Aviv University research, including identifying DNA's micro-managers, small micro-RNA that regulate how our genes work.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) On May 14, Nobel Prize laureate Prof. Sir Harold Kroto of Florida State University and bioinformatics innovator Prof. Michael S. Waterman of the University of Southern California were among the recipients of Tel Aviv University Honorary Doctorate degrees awarded at this year's TAU Board of Governors meeting.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Our immediate environment interacts with our genetic programming and can determine if we will succumb to an autoimmune disease, says rheumatologist Prof. Michael Ehrenfeld of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) By cooling glass to a temperature near Absolute Zero (-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit), professor Eran Rabani of Tel Aviv University is demonstrating that, at the quantum level, glass exhibits a very different behavior than might be expected from traditional physics -- in fact, it melts.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) A new tool developed by Tel Aviv University, holographic optical tweezers, use holographic technology to manipulate up to 300 nanoparticles at a time, such as beads of glass or polymer, that are too small and delicate to be handled with traditional laboratory instruments. The technology, also known as "optical tweezers," could form the basis for tomorrow's ultra-fast, light-powered communication devices and quantum computers, says Dr. Yael Roichman of TAU's School of Chemistry.