December 2016:

• Farewells are never easy but this time is was twice as difficult.
  
  Dr. Keren Baraness-Bachar has left an impressive legacy of hard work and excellence in research behind her. Throughout her years in the lab she worked tirelessly to analyze multitudes of results, set up complex assays, and stay on top of the latest methods in our field. Her talented baking and constant smile will be sorely missed around here.
  
  Dr. Ron Jachimowicz? spent only two and a half years in our lab but managed to make an immense impact, both as a researcher and as a friend. His family very quickly became a part of the Shiloh lab wider family and we wish them all much success in their next chapter of their life back in Germany.
  
  Photos from the farewell party.
  
  
• To end 2016 with a bang, Ayelet Klartag, our lab administrator, received an award for excellence by the Vice Dean of the Faculty. Photo here.

August 2016:

• We bade farewell to two interns who spent the Summer with us - Tomer Tur-Kaspa and Sonya Oshchepkova from the US. We enjoyed having you with us! Here are some photos highlighting their visit. 
  
  
• Prof. Ron Prywes who was a visiting professor in our lab, completed his Sabbatical term and returned to Columbia University in New York. 
  
  
• Our graduate student Marina Alfo presented a poster at the Benzon Symposium on Genome Instability in the Nervous System in Copenhagen, Denmark. 
  
  
• In August Yossi left the lab (physically, but not in spirit!) to spend a short Sabbatical in New York. 

July 2016:

• Ayelet Star completed her PhD studies and we wish her much success in her future position in a high tech company. 

• Congratulations to Sapir on her acceptance to the prestigious Roche Continents program. Sapir will spend a week in Salzburg, Austria at the time of the Salzburg Festival, together with many other young scientists interested in science and art, who were selected for this unique program.
  
  
• Congratulations to Efrat and Amos, on the birth of their firstborn son, Yuval. He is truly Mr. Marvelous!

June 2016:

• On 6.6.16 we attended the inauguration of the new Myers Neuro-Behavioral Core Facility. The ribbon-cutting was performed by Mr. Lee Korman, head of the David and Inez Myers Research Foundation. View the event's photo album and visit the Core Facility website.
  

May 2016:

• Congratulations to our newest lab member Sharone Naor and his wife Lital on the birth of Eden, their first born son. Mazal Tov!
  

January 2016:

• Hagit Benyamini-Bigger submitted her outstanding PhD thesis on ATM's role in the neurodegeneration of the Nbs1-deficient cerebellum, which was approved with flying colours. Hagit has moved on to work as a Medical Science Liaison at Sanofi-Aventis and we wish her much success in her future career. Here are photos from Hagit's tasty farewell party.
  
  
• We are pleased to welcome Prof. Ron Prywes, who has joined our group as a visiting professor from Columbia University. Ron is investigating the oncogenic potential of genes encoding DNA damage response players.
  
  
• We warmly welcome Bhavana Velpula who has joined us as a Ph.D. student from Hyderabad, India.
  
  
• Another exciting birth announcement: Mazal Tov to Keren and Sharon on the newest addition to the Baranes-Bachar family: Tamar Ruthi is the beautiful younger sister of Alon and Shachar.
  

December 2015:

• Warm congratulations (Herzliche Glückwünsche) to Ron and Anja on the birth of their firstborn daughter, Luisa Maya. Welcome to the world!
  

November 2015:

• Congratulations to Michal and Oded Meir on the birth of their daughter Maya, beautiful sister to Ido and Neta.
  
  
• Lea Shochat left us in November, being the first member of our group to retire! Lea contributed much of her knowledge and skills to various mouse projects in the lab and will be greatly missed on a both professional and social level. We all celebrated together at Herbert Samuel restaurant in Herzeliya and the photos are in this album.

October 2015:

• In October we celebrated with Michal Meir upon finishing her Ph.D. studies, a moment before she begins another exciting chapter in Motherhood. We wish Michal all the best! Photos from the party are here.

August 2015:

• In August Michal Gavish-Isaacson moved on to continue her MD-PhD studies after completing her PhD research in our lab. Michali studied the role of a new player in the interface between genome stability and RNA metabolism. We wish her much success and satisfaction in her career as a medical doctor. Here are photos from the farewell party.
  

June 2015:

• Congratulations to Ayelet Klartag on the birth of her daughter, Eleanor - sister to Itamar and Maayan.

March 2015:

• Our work on the COP9 signalosome was accepted for publication in Nucleic Acids Research. Hearty congratulations to the first author, Michal Meir, whose thesis constitutes a major portion of this paper, and to Yael, who led this project for many years, persistently and with extreme dedication, by mentoring several generations of students and fellows, through cellular, molecular and mouse work.
    
• Yossi was awarded the first Olav Thon Prize in the Natural Sciences and Medicine. The Prize ceremony took place in Oslo, Norway. Photos from the ceremony can be viewed here | Link to TAU announcement.
  
  
• This month we held a very successful joint lab meeting with the lab of Prof. Nabieh Ayoub from the Technion. Students from both labs presented their work and fruitful discussions ensued, further strengthening our interaction. See photo album here.

January 2015:

• Yossi was announced as the 2015 recipient of the Olav Thon Prize in Natural Sciences and Medicine, together with Prof. Judith Campisi of the Buck Institute for Aging Research in California. The distinguished honor will be awarded in Oslo this coming March.

• Our lab was paid a visit by the medical and social team from the National A-T Clinic at the Edmond Safra Children's Hospital, and the volunteers of the Israeli A-T Society. Prof. Shiloh shared with the guests the latest insights about A-T research from our lab and around the world. See photo album here

December 2014:

• The Shiloh family had a new addition: Yossi’s first grandson, Ido (son of Ruthy and Ziv), was born. Ido is not sure yet whether he will pursue a career in science, as his grandfather and mother have done.

 August 2014:

• We welcomed Dr. Ron Jachimowicz to our lab, a new arrival from Cologne, Germany. Ron will be joining the ubiquitin branch of our lab for his post-doctoral training. We say in Hebrew - Baruch Haba u’Behatzlacha!
  
  

• After 8 years of tireless dedication, Dr. Adva Levy-Barda is leaving our lab and moving on to a position at the Sheba Medical Center. Adva's can do attitude and positive nature will be sorely missed among our ranks. Her willingness to lend a helping hand and her trademark pearls of wisdom have left a huge mark. For photos from the farewell party, click here.

April 2014:

• We warmly congratulate Keren Baranes-Bachar upon receiving her Doctoral Degree, which was accepted without any comments from the reviewers!

March 2014:

• Our lab has acquired two new additions to the family! We welcome Michal's new baby girl - Nelly, and Hagit's new baby girl - Naomi, both born in March.

• A hearty Mazal Tov goes out to Adva Levy-Barda on the birth of Yael - sister to Noa and Nadav. Welcome to the world!
  

February 2014:

• Upon Yossi's return from his Sabbatical year in New York, we set off for 3 days away in magical Zikhron Ya'akov for a Lab Retreat. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, it is best to view the gorgeous photos in the album to get an idea of what it was like. 
  
  
• We also welcomed Nelly Levinton to our team as a new graduate student. We wish her lots of enjoyable and productive research with us! 

November 2013:

• This month we bid farewell to Daniel Baumel who completed his Master's studies with us and is moving to live the Galilee. We wish him and his wife, Naama, all the best in their future endeavors!

• We recently welcomed three new project students: Rotem Granit, Timna Cohen and Ben Vardi. They will join our team studying the neurodegenerative aspects of A-T and work in the animal facility.

• We thank Gali Zach who has just left us, for devoting her project time to helping in the same project. Good luck to all!

June 2013:

• This year's graduation ceremony was well-represented by graduates from our lab. A hearty Mazal Tov goes out to Drs. Aya-Tzur-Gilat, Adva Levy-Barda, Hava Segal-Raz & Yaniv Lerenthal. Congratulations, and best wishes for a successful career! Here is a photo of Dr. Yael Ziv, our senior scientist, with three of the happy graduates.  
  
  
• Congratulations to Sapir, our PhD student, upon receiving the Tel Aviv University Training Fellowship Abroad (TFA). Sapir will spend 3 months in ETH Zurich, Switzerland working in the laboratory of Prof. Ruedi Aebersold on her project on phosphoproteomic dynamics following DNA damage.

May 2013:

• We have two newlyweds in the lab! A big "Mazal Tov" to both Hagit Benyamini and Daniel Baumel on their recent weddings. Wishing you much happiness on the joyous occasion. 

• Our lab participated in the DNA@60 conference in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Discovery of the DNA Double Helix. The conference took place at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and included a tour of the beautiful Bahá'í Gardens. Photos here.

March 2013:

• We had many reasons to celebrate this month, which warranted a special evening gathering at the Shiloh residence. We congratulated Aya, Yaniv, Adva and Hava on the approval of their doctoral theses, as well as Gilad on his new position as head of the Inter-departmental equipment facility at our medical school. This provided the perfect opportunity to farewell Yossi and Shoshi, before they embarked on their third Sabbatical year - this time in New York. May it be a productive and enjoyable journey! Photos of the event can be viewed in this album. 

February 2013:

• Congratulations to Aya Zur-Gilat on the approval of her Doctoral thesis, which contributed to the study of the neurological basis of A-T. We wish Aya all the best for the future!

January 2013:

• The lab is very proud to announce the official completion of three doctoral theses recently. We congratulate Yaniv Lerenthal, Hava Segal-Raz and Adva Levy-Barda and wish them all much success in their future career paths.

December 2012:

• This month we say farewell to Dr. Gilad Mass, who has been a Senior Researcher in our lab for many years. We wish him much success in his new job, as head of the Inter-Departmental Equipment Facility at our medical school.

August 2012:

• We began August with another special lab seminar, this time with guest speakers from outside the lab. We were delighted to hear Hanan Khouri, from Nabieh Ayoub’s lab at the Technion talk to us about her PhD thesis results. Another special guest was Dr. Yaron Galanty who flew in from the UK to share with us his work in the lab of Steve Jackson at The Gurdon Institute. Yaron, a past member of our lab, spent very fruitful two days with us. He and us were catching up on both science and pleasure.

June 2012:

• This month we moved one of our rooms into a new laboratory. It is freshly renovated (thanks mainly to Gilad), newly-equipped, and ready for action.

May 2012:

• This month we held our third very successful Group Study Day, with two in-depth review lectures on the subjects "Ubiquitin and the DDR" (given by Keren Baranes-Bachar) and "Chromatin modifications and the DDR" (given by Ayelet Star). We used this opportunity to get a new group photo.
   

• In May we welcomed a new researcher to our team, Dr. Anat Shriki, who will be investigating the interface between the DDR and the RNA processing arena.

April 2012:

• Adva Levy-Barda! Congratulations to our Adva for winning the Best Poster Award at the Israel Annual Genome Stability Workshop held at the Technion in April.
  

• Congratulations to Dr. Yael Ziv for being awarded a token of appreciation, after 26 years as a Researcher at Tel-Aviv University. We, the Shiloh lab members, also appreciate her constant leadership and tireless guidance throughout the years! 

March 2012:

• Click here to see photos from the Shiloh Lab's Purim colorful festival feast.
  
  

• Congratulations to Adva on being awarded the prestigious FEBS Young  Scientist Program (YSP) Travel Award to attend the 37th FEBS Congress and YSP Meeting in Spain in September 2012. Adva will present her work on the involvement of the PA28gamma protein in the DNA damage.

February 2012:

• We are very proud of Ayelet Star upon her successful transition to the direct Ph.D. program. Well done!
  
  
• Yossi gave a special lecture at the International A-T Workshop, ATW2012, in New Delhi, India. His talk was entitled "On the neurological phenotype of A-T".

• After spending 5 fruitful months in our lab, we farewell Marianna Borecka, who was a visiting international student in our lab, through the WUJS program. Marianna took part in the TRIREME project and worked on the analysis of transcriptome and proteome dynamics following the induction of DNA damage. It was a pleasure having her in the lab, and we wish her good luck in her future adventures!
  

January 2012:

• This month we say goodbye to our fellow researchers Eyal David and Dr. Arnon Paz. Eyal and Arnon were responsible for developing and curating the SPIKE knowledge base, established as a collaboration between our lab and the bioinformatics lab of Prof. Ron Shamir. We wish them both luck in their future endeavors.
  
  
• We send our warmest wishes to Keren who had a new baby girl, named Shachar Laura! We wish Keren, Sharon and Alon a big Mazal Tov on this sweet addition to the family. Enjoy!
  
  
• Congratulations to Dr. Lilach Moyal on the acceptance of her doctoral thesis! Since completing the work on her Ph.D. in our lab, Lilach has moved on to be a senior scientist in a research lab at the Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital.

May 2011

• We are very proud of Yossi for receiving this year's honourable Israel Prize from the Prime Minister and President of Israel, on Israel's Independence Day. The entire lab along with many friends and family, attended the prestigious ceremony in Jerusalem and the photos and videos can be viewed here. Congratulations!

April 2011

• Yossi Shiloh won the American Association for Cancer Research G.H.A. Clowes Award. Click here for more information about the Clowes award. Photo here

• Congratulations to Hava Segal-Raz on the acceptance of her paper on the functional link between ATM and PNKP for publication in EMBO Reports.

March 2011

• Congratulations to Hagit Benyamini upon her acceptance to the Jackson Laboratories Summer School in Bar Harbor, Maine, which will take place during June-August 2011.

February 2011

• Congratulations to Lilach Moyal, our recent graduate, on the publication of her paper on Histone H2B Monoubiquitylation in Molecular Cell.
  
  
• In February our lab joined 2000 Israeli researchers at the 6th FISEB Ilanit conference in Eilat. Our poster presenters were Hagit, Hava (represented by Gilad) and Arnon.

2009-2010

• Yulia Karzov joined us in October for a Master's position. Good luck!

• In September, two dear students – Rami Khosravi and Maayan Salton-Morgenstern – both completed their PhD studies in our lab. Rami is now senior researcher in Compugen Co. and Maayan began postdoctoral training with Dr. Tom Misteli at NIH. We wish them both much success.

• In August we welcomed two new students to the lab, Ayelet Star, and Michal Meir.

• In August, another addition to the younger generation was born. Mazal Tov to Keren on the birth of little Alon!

• Hava's abstract was selected for oral presentation in the A-T Workshop ATW2010 in Redondo Beach, CA. 

• Hava also gave an oral presentation of her work at the FEBS Young Scientists Forum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

• Maayan's work on Matrin 3 and SFPQ/NONO was published in Cell Cycle. 

• In March, two new additions to the lab’s younger generation were born on the same day! We congratulate Ayelet K. and Michal, and welcome Maayan and Neta, respectively.

•  In February, members of our lab presented 10 abstracts in the recent meeting of the Israeli Genome Stability and DNA repair Forum at Ben Gurion university.
   
  

• In April the lab went on a field trip to the ancient city of Tzippori, located in the central Galilee region. We saw the "Mona Lisa of the Galilee", had good food and great time, and took many photos, some of which can be seen here.
  
  

• Best wishes from everybody to Lilach Moyal on finishing her Ph.D. thesis and accepting a new job as Researcher in the Felsenstein Research institute. Lilach did both her M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses in our lab and is now starting a new stage in her career. Photos from Lilach's farewell party can be found here.
  
  

• Gilad, Maayan, Hava, Sharon , Rami, Lilach and Ariel presented posters at the 1st Meeting of the Israel Society for Cancer Research and the Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
  
  

• Congratulations to Hava on receiving the second best poster award at the 1st Meeting of the Israel Society for Cancer Research!
  
  

• Congratulations to Maayan on the selection of her abstract for platform presentation at the meeting of the FEBS Forum of Young Scientists that took take place in Prague in July in conjunction with the annual FEBS meeting. Maayan was also awarded a travel fellowship to attend the meeting.

  
  

• Maayan's work was also selected for presentation at the International Meeting on Protein Complexes in DNA Metabolism that was held in Trieste , Italy, in May. The Joan and Jaime Constantiner Institute of Molecular Genetics of Tel Aviv University granted her a Constantiner Travel Fellowship to attend this meeting.
  
  

• Congratulations to Keren on receiving an EMBO Short-Term Fellowship for several months of collaborative work in Dr. Tom Misteli 's laboratory at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland .