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The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science
Simchen Giora
Prof. (Emeritus) Giora Simchen
Molecular Genetics of Budding Yeast
Genetics
Personal Information
Research Interests
Molecular genetics in yeast: meiosis, cell cycle, chromosome pairing, segregation and recombination in meiosis. Instability in the human, mouse and yeast genomes. DNA repair.
Dissertation Topics
1. Repair of DNA breaks during meiosis in yeast as a source of new mutations.
2. Involvement of error-prone DNA polymerases in mutagenicity during meiosis.
3. Evolutionary impact of enhanced mutagenicity during meiosis.
In collaboration with: Dr. Ayelet Arbel-Eden, Senior Lecturer at Hadassah Medical College (ayeletar@hadassah.ac.il).
