Computational Biomedical Research

Prof. Ran Elkon

Prof. Elkon , Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the School of Medicine, has his training in Physics and Bioinformatics. He is a member of the Safra Center for Bioinformatics. He completed his Ph.D. at TAU and his postdoctoral research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute.

http://www.elkonlab.tau.ac.il /

Computational tools for prevention of disease

Our genomes are 99 .9 % identical The 0 1 % variation determines not only the uniqueness of each one of us, but also our predisposition to common diseases such as cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s Disease . Understanding how genetic variants affect the risk for developing these diseases is a major challenge of current human genetic research, and Prof Elkon’s lab develops and applies novel computational tools to decipher such links . Gaining better understanding of genetic risk factors to common diseases will allow the identification of individuals who are at high risk before the onset of the disease and subject them to preventive regimens .