Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases

Prof. Ella Sklan

Prof. Ella Sklan, PhD, is at the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology. Sklan obtained her Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and trained as a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford.

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Novel anti-viral drugs

RNA viruses are major pathogens affecting the lives of millions worldwide. Our primary goal is to better understand the interactions of these pathogens with their host cells using RNA viruses from different families as models. We employ genome-wide genetic screens to identify mechanisms underlying innate host defenses and understand how some of these viruses overcome them We hope that a better understanding of these molecular mechanisms will contribute to the identification of novel antiviral drugs

Hepatocyte-expressing hepatitis C protein NS5A.