In Israel there are today a large number of developmental biologists engaged in the exploration of different aspects of the cellular and molecular mechanisms which direct the highly coordinated development of multicellular organisms. Among the fields actively pursued are; the elucidation of signal transduction pathways, the analysis of gene regulatory hierarchies resulting in the right spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression, different aspects of cell-cell signaling, novel regulatory mechanisms during development and differentiation, cloning of developmental genes.
The Israel Soceity for Developmental Biology ( TISDB) was established to offer the Israeli scientific community of Developmental Biologists a framework for scientific interactions and the exchange of information within Israel and internationally. TISDB is committed to the encouragement of scientific excelence in the developmental biology research field.
TISDB among its activities focuses on the organization of a yearly meeting to promote the exchange of scientific results, the maintenance of an updated internet site of members of the society and their research, to promote developmental biology related research in Israel, and the representation of the developmental biology community in Israel.
TISDB is presently managed by:
Chairperson
Prof. Talila Volk
Department of Molecular Genetics
Weizmann Institue of Science
Rehovot 76100
ISRAEL
Tel. +972-8-934 2426
Fax. +972-8-934 4108
E-mail: lgvolk@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il
Secretary
Dr. Avihu Klar
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -Hadassah Medical School
P.O.Box 12272
Jerusalem 91120
ISRAEL
Tel. +972-2-675 7133
Fax. +972-2-675 7451
E-mail: avihu@cc.huji.ac.il
Treasurer
Dr. Ze'ev Paroush
Department of Biochemistry
The Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem - Hadassah Medical School
P.O.Box 12272
Jerusalem 91120
ISRAEL
Tel. +972-2-675 8308
Fax. +972-2-675 7379
E-mail: zparoush@cc.huji.ac.il
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