{"id":3792,"date":"2017-06-07T08:52:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T08:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?page_id=3792"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:07:17","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<h2>Algorithms in<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ron-Shamir-A.png\" alt=\"Algorithms in\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<h2>Computational<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ron-Shamir-C.png\" alt=\"Computational\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<h2>Genomics<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ron-Shamir-G.png\" alt=\"Genomics\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<h2>at TAU<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ron-Shamir-T.png\" alt=\"at TAU\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<h3>We develop algorithms and tools for analysis of<\/br>genomic and systems biology data. Areas include:<\/h3>\t\t\t\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=977\">High-throughput genomics<\/a> <a href=\"\/?page_id=977#research-interests-1\">Human disease<\/a> <a href=\"\/?page_id=977#research-interests-2\">Biological networks\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"\/?page_id=977#research-interests-3\">Transcription regulation<\/a> <a href=\"\/?page_id=977#research-interests-4\">Genome rearrangements<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=43MPLcR2LQE\"><button style=\"background: url('https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/71px-YouTube_full-color_icon_2017-e1511079910105.png') no-repeat center left; text-align: left; padding-left: 45px;\">Kadar research award<\/button><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%9C+%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A1+%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1+%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%90%D7%95+%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F+%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8&amp;sca_esv=599122292&amp;rlz=1C1EODB_enIL513IL513&amp;biw=2162&amp;bih=1137&amp;tbm=vid&amp;sxsrf=ACQVn0-ZYKh1p3K76ObnMKwPYW7abdcM_Q%3A1705496043168&amp;ei=682nZbvtCYK9xc8P-Y-nsAs&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7jsbuu-SDAxWCXvEDHfnHCbYQ4dUDCA0&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%9C+%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A1+%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1+%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%90%D7%95+%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F+%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8&amp;gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LXZpZGVvIjPXntek16LXnCDXlNek15nXoSDXpNeo16Eg15zXoNeT15DXlSDXqNeV158g16nXnteZ16gyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIEECEYFUiEFFDjA1juEnAAeACQAQCYAcoBoAGVDKoBBTAuOC4xuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIEECMYJ8ICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIHECEYChigAYgGAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-video#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:04f7b78a,vid:rvRlOAi2BHk,st:0\"><button style=\"background: url('https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/71px-YouTube_full-color_icon_2017-e1511079910105.png') no-repeat center left; text-align: left; padding-left: 45px;\">Landau Prize<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/add-news\/\">Add news<\/a><\/p>\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5880\" title=\"September 2026: Tal wins EACR travel grant\" tabindex=\"0\">September 2026: Tal wins EACR travel grant<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Congratulations to Tal, who won an EACR travel grant to present his work at the Chromosomes in Crisis meeting in Berlin in November 2026.<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5875\" title=\"September 2026: Welcome to Altar\" tabindex=\"0\">September 2026: Welcome to Altar<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>We welcome Altar Horowitz, who is joining the group as an MSc student. Altar graduated from TAU with a BSc in bioinformatics. She will be co-supervised by Prof. Carmit Levy (Medicine).<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5872\" title=\"August 2026: Tal wins the Weinstat Award\" tabindex=\"0\">August 2026: Tal wins the Weinstat Award<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Congratulations to Tal for winning the 8th Esther and Zvi Weinstat Memorial Graduate Award in Cancer Research!<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5867\" title=\"July 2026: Adapting PRS to underrepresented populations\" tabindex=\"0\">July 2026: Adapting PRS to underrepresented populations<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Hagai&#8217;s new deep learning method for adapting\u00a0a polygenic risk score developed on one population to anther ethnic group has been posted in medRxiv (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64898\/2026.07.12.26357860\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64898\/2026.07.12.26357860\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5859\" title=\"June 2026: Welcome to Yael\" tabindex=\"0\">June 2026: Welcome to Yael<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Welcome to Yael Kaplinsky who is joining the group as a BSc project student.<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5854\" title=\"May 2026: from GWAS signals to cellular contexts\" tabindex=\"0\">May 2026: from GWAS signals to cellular contexts<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Thomy&#8217;s paper\u00a0on using deep learning to summarize GWAS signals into cellular contexts is out in BioRxiv (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.64898\/2026.05.25.726449v1\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5851\" title=\"May 2026: Thomy and Tal win poster prizes in the Safra retreat\" tabindex=\"0\">May 2026: Thomy and Tal win poster prizes in the Safra retreat<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Congrats to Thomy (1st place) and Tal (3rd place), who both won poster prizes in the Safra retreat. See here (<a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?page_id=2616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a>) for details.<a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5682\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5848\" title=\"April 26: PD study attracts media interest\" tabindex=\"0\">April 26: PD study attracts media interest<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41531-026-01259-1\" target=\"_blank\">paper<\/a>\u00a0by Assaf Benesh on Parkinson&#8217;s Disease scale has been described in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scienmag.com\/enhancing-parkinsons-progression-scales-with-computation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Magazine<\/a>, the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/themovementdisorderjournal.com\/2026\/01\/31\/is-it-time-for-changes-to-the-mds-updrs-some-think-so\/\" target=\"_blank\">Movement Disorder Journal and News<\/a>\u00a0and in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clearskyscience.com\/en\/10.1038\/s41531-026-01259-1\/?utm_source=postmark&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=standard_notification\" target=\"_blank\">Clear Sky Science<\/a>. 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Anat Mirelman and Roy Alcalay from Ichilov Hospital.<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5840\" title=\"March 2026: CKD study is published\" tabindex=\"0\">March 2026: CKD study is published<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>Tammy&#8217;s paper on the impact of nephrology referral on CKD outcomes has been published in CJASN (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/cjasn\/abstract\/9900\/the_impact_of_nephrology_referral_on_chronic.888.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/acgt.cs.tau.ac.il\/?p=5834\" title=\"April 2026: welcome\u00a0to Adi\" tabindex=\"0\">April 2026: welcome\u00a0to Adi<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                    \n<p>We welcome Adi Stiassnie, who will be doing her bioinformatics undergrad project in the lab under Assaf&#8217;s supervision, on optimizing neurodegenerative disease scales.<\/p>\n\n\t<a 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