Shelly Tzlil
Shelly
Tzlil
PhD: Physical Chemistry, Hebrew university, Jerusalem, 2007
BSc: Chemistry and Computer science, Hebrew university, Jerusalem 1999
Nano Main Field:
Cell mechanics and cell mechanosensing. Mechanical communication in neuronal networks, Mechanosensing in nerve regeneration, cardiac cell mechanosensing, Development of mechano-sensitive protein engineered biomaterials from basic molecular design principles.
Research Interests
Cell mechanics and cell mechanosensing
Nerve regeneration using mechanical signals
Substrate-induced synchronization of cardiac cell beating and neuronal firing.
Development of mechano-sensitive protein-engineered biomaterials
Development of novel methods to quantify and manipulate cell-generated forces at the single molecule level.