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NSF-BSF Physics

NSF-BSF: Precision scattering of low-energy muons, electrons, and pions with MUSE

Prof. Ron Guy The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Kohl Michael Hampton University USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: Muon scattering, lepton scattering, proton radius

2023 | 2023774 | $238854

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NSF-BSF in Chemistry (CHE)

Nanoelectrochemistry in Well-Defined Nanocavities

Prof. Mandler Daniel The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Mirkin Michael Research Foundation of CUNY USA

Area of Research: Exact and Physical Sciences | Chemistry

Keywords: Electrochemistry, Imprinting, Nanoconfinement, Scanning electrochemical Microscopy

2023 | 2023758 | $265273

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NSF-BSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

NSF-BSF: Elucidating RNA-RNA interaction networks during interbacterial interactions

Dr. Melamed Sahar The Hebrew University Israel

Dr. Dove Simon Boston Children`s Hospital USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: regulatory RNA, RNA biology, Microbiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacteria, small RNA, RIL-seq

2023 | 2023755 | $262948

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NSF-BSF Materials (DMR)

NSF-BSF: Emergent Rheology of Blends Containing Supramolecular Polymers

Prof. Shenhar Roy The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Craig Stephen Duke University USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: Supramolecular Polymers, Rheology, Polymer Blends

2023 | 2023749 | $277700

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NSF-BSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

REDOX REGULATION OF DROSOPHILA PHOTOTRANSDUCTION

Prof. Minke Baruch The Hebrew University Israel

Dr. Weake Vikki Purdue University USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: Drosophila visual transduction, Redox regulation, Cryptochrome, INAC oxidation, INAD oxidation, RDGB

2023 | 2023743 | $362438

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NSF-BSF Astronomy and Astrophysics

NSF-BSF: The Origin of the Excess of Bright Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn

Prof. Dekel Avishai The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Teyssier Romain Princeton University USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: galaxy formation, JWST

2023 | 2023730 | $232496

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NSF-BSF Astronomy and Astrophysics

NSF-BSF: Getting to the Core of Core Formation and Core Dynamics

Prof. Dekel Avishai The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Van den Bosch Frank Yale University USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: galaxy formation, galaxy dynamics

2023 | 2023723 | $237965

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NSF-BSF Physics

Identifying Elusive Particles and Interactions with Cosmology and Colliders

Prof. Kuflik Eric The Hebrew University Israel

Dr. Geller Michael Tel Aviv University Israel

Prof. Tsai Yuhsin University of Notre Dame USA

Area of Research: Physics | Elementary particles, Quantum fields; Strings

Keywords: dark matter, standard model, cosmology, large hadron collider

2023 | 2023711 | $319149

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NSF-BSF Economics and Decision Sciences

NSF-BSF: Mechanism Design for All

Prof. Heffetz Ori The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Gonczarowski Yannai A. Harvard University USA

Area of Research: Social Sciences | Economics

Keywords: deferred acceptance, strategyproofness, experiments, menu descriptions, cognitive tests, diverse samples

2023 | 2023676 | $322407

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NSF-BSF Computer Networks and Systems (CNS)

Making BGP work for interactive real-time applications

Prof. Schapira Michael The Hebrew University Israel

Dr. Katz-Bassett Ethan Columbia University USA

Area of Research: Computer sciences | Networks & Systems; Distributed and parallel processing

Keywords: BGP; Internet measurement; Interactive real-time applications; Internet routing; performance and availability; content serving infrastructure

2023 | 2023663 | $166351

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NSF-BSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

Macromolecular crowding in vitro and in cells

Prof. Harries Daniel The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Pielak Gary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: crowding, thermodynamics, proteins

2023 | 2023649 | $170362

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NSF-BSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

The role of protein phosphorylation in the mitochondrial matrix in determining mitophagic selectivity

Prof. Abeliovich Hagai The Hebrew University Israel

Dr. Niemi Natalie Washington University; Medicine USA

Area of Research: Life Science - Cell and Developmental Biology | Membrane Trafficking

Keywords: mitochondria, mitophagy, protein phosphorylation, kinase, phosphatase, Aup1, Pkp1, Pkp2, Ptc7, mitochondria, mitochondrial quality control, signaling

2023 | 2023622 | $296576

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NSF-BSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

Collaborative Research: NSF/MCB-BSF: The effect of transcription factor binding on UV lesion accumulation

Dr. Adar Sheera The Hebrew University Israel

Dr. Gordan Raluca Duke University - Medical Ctr USA

Prof. Pufall Miles University of Iowa; Medicine USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: Transcription factors, DNA damage, DNA repair, Ultraviolet radiation, Nucleotide excision repair.

2023 | 2023615 | $221595

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NSF-BSF Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)

AF: Small: Algorithmic and Information-Theoretic Challenges in Causal Inference

Prof. Rabani Yuval The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Schulman Leonard California Institute of Technology USA

Area of Research: | NSF-BSF Program

Keywords: Algorithms; Causal Identification; Causal Discovery; Unsupervised Learning; Strong Data Processing Inequalities; Condition Number

2023 | 2023607 | $167804

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Regular

Signalling in bacterial chemosensory receptor arrays

Prof. Vaknin Ady The Hebrew University Israel

Prof. Parkinson John Sandy University of Utah USA

Area of Research: Life Science - Microbiology | Bacteriology

Keywords: Bacterial chemotaxis; sensory receptors; Receptor clustering; Sensory transduction

2023 | 2023346 | $300000

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