Team
Who are we?
The Tel-Hai - Migal team consists of undergraduate and graduate students from the College’s biotechnology, nutrition sciences, food science, computer science and economics and management programs.The team is led by Dr. Hadas Weinstein-Marom, a faculty member and senior researcher in the Immunology Laboratory at Migal.
Our vision
Improving the treatments offered to cancer patients today by a new genetic tool, with possible applications to other diseases as well.
How will we do this?
Our team focuses on genetic engineering and develops a genetic therapeutic instrument. The new technology will enable selective and safe targeting solely for selected target cells, though a device or computational switch ( Logic AND Gate ) that is able to perform a logical operation on a number of binary components (input) in order to produce a single binary output. This tool has great potential in the field of genetic therapy for cancer and beyond. In the iGEM project we plan to build a prototype of the new genetic tool and examine its ability to allow specific expression of genes in cancer cells as model cells.
What is genetic engineering?
Genetic engineering is the process of introducing or altering genes in the cells of living organisms under laboratory conditions and in a controlled manner by humans. This change affects the properties or function of the cells being treated.
In Conclusion
We believe with all our hearts that with the help of investment, determination and long-term vision, we will succeed in realizing our vision.
