The Team
The Perlson lab is committed to educating the next generation of researchers with a focus on scientific excellence.
We are proud of our research team and their scientific achievements.
Join our team!
Want to be part of a dedicated team driven by
curiosity and pure passion for science?
You might be exactly whom we are looking for!
We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated graduate students and Post-docs. Interested candidates, please send a mail with cv to Eran Perlson, eranpe@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Eran Perlson
Principle Investigator
Eran did his Ph.D in Prof. Mike Faiezilber's lab at the Weizmann institute working on retrograde injury signalling in neurons and completed his postdoctoral training in Prof. Erika Holzbaur's lab at University of Pennsylvania working on axonal transport and neurodegeneration.
Mrs. Tal Gradus-Pery
Associate researcher and lab manager
Tal did her B.Sc in biotechnology engineering in Ort braude, and worked for 6 years in laboratories at the Weizmann institute and Tel-Hashomer Hospital.Tal is now incharge of lab administration as is an active research associate.
Dr. Topaz Altman
Ph.D. and MD candidate
Topaz completed his Ph.D. focusing on the impact of mitochondrial function on NMJs and their involvement in the specific susceptibility of motor neurons in ALS disease. Now, Topaz serves as a lab consultant, offering assistance to students and lab projects on molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
Mrs. Lior Ankol
Ph.D. candidate
Lior is studying the role of miRNA-126-5p in motor neurons degeneration and regeneration process in ALS disease.
Ms. Ruilei Cheng
Ph.D. candidate
Ruilei is investigating retrograde stress signals in ALS disease.
Ms. Mira Assad
Ph.D. candidate
Mira is using humanized iPSC-derived motor neuron-muscle co-culture to study the mechanisms of axon and NMJ degeneration.
Mr. Anand Ganapathy Subramaniam
Ph.D. candidate
Anand is Ph.D. student working on molecular mechanisms of local protein synthesis in ALS disease.
Ms. Ori Bar-Avi
MSc candidate
Ori is studying mechanisms of axonal transport in ALS
Mr. Yoav Niv
M.Sc. candidate
Yoav is studying the role of mir126 in ALS disease
Mr. Daniel Segal
PhD candidate
Daniel is a Ph.D. student working on mechanisms of RNA axonal transport and localization
Mr. Elias Elias
MD Student
Elias is a project student studying the role of axonal condensates in ALS disease
Mr. Daniel Hagendorf
Undergraduate Student
Daniel is a project student studying the role of mir126 on axonal degeneration in ALS disease
Dor Hashpia
MD Student
Dor is a project student studying the role of TDP-43 in ALS disease
Amjd Ibraheem
PhD Student
Amjd is a PhD student studying the role of retrograde signaling and TDP-43 in ALS disease