Publications

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  • Nissan I., Schori H., Kumar VB., Antman Passig M., Shefi O.*, and Gedanken H.* Topographical Impact of Silver Nanolines on the Morphology of Neuronal SH-SY5Y Cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, - in press.
  • Ofer N., Shefi O., and Yaari G. Branching morphology determines signal propagation dynamics in neurons, Scientific Reports, 7, 2017. pdf
  • Marcus M., Baranes K., Park M., Choi I. S., Kang K.,Shefi O. Interactions of Neurons with Physical Environments. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2017.
  • Nissan I., Kumar VB., Porat Z., Makovec D., Shefi O., and Gedanken A.,  The Sonochemically-Fabricated Ga@C-dots@Ga Nanoparticle-Aided Neural Growth, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, doi: 10.1039/C6TB02508K, 2017.
  • Antman-Passig M., Levy S., Gartenberg C., Schori H. and Shefi O. Mechanically Oriented 3D Collagen Hydrogel for Directing Neurite Growth, Tissue Engineering, Part A, 23(9-10), 403-414, 2017.
  • Zilony N., Rosenberg M., Holzman L., Schori H., Shefi O., Segal E. Prolonged Controlled Delivery of Nerve Growth Factor Using Porous Silicon Nanostructures, Journal of Controlled Release, 257, 51-59, 2017.
  • Ilovitsh A., Polak P., Zalevsky Z., Shefi O. Selective inactivation of enzymes conjugated to nanoparticles using tuned laser illumination, Cytometry: Part A, doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.23005, 2016. pdf
  • Nissan I., Schori H., Lipovsky A., Alon N., Gedanken A., Shefi O. Effect of different densities of silver nanoparticles on neuronal growth, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 18: 221, doi: 10.1007/s11051-016-3532-9, 2016. pdf
  • Marcus M., Karni M., Levy I., Baranes K., Alon N., Margel S., Shefi O. Iron oxide nanoparticles for neuronal cell applications: uptake study and magnetic manipulations, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, doi: 10.1186/s12951-016-0190-0, 2016. pdf
  • Antman-Passig M., Shefi O. Remote magnetic orientation of 3D collagen hydrogels for directed neuronal regeneration, Nano Letters , doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00131 2016. pdf
  • Even D. Y., Kedmi A., Basch-Barzilay S., Ideses D., Tikotzki R., Shir-Shapira H., Shefi O. and Juven-Gershon T. Engineered promoters for potent transient overexpression, Plos One, 2016. pdf
  • Baranes K., Shevach M., Shefi O.*, and Dvir T.* Gold nanoparticle-decorated scaffolds promote neuronal differentiation and maturation, Nano Letters, doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04033. *corresponding author pdf
  • Ofer N. and Shefi O. Axonal geometry as a tool for modulating firing patterns, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(4): 3175–3184, doi:10.1016/j.apm.2015.10.017 2016.  pdf
  • Alon N., Havdala T., Skaat H., Baranes K., Marcus M., Levy I., Margel S., Sharoni A. and Shefi O. Magnetic micro-device for manipulating PC12 cells migration and organization, Lab on a Chip, doi: 10.1039/C5LC00035A 2015. pdf
  • Hibsh D., Schori H., Efroni S. and Shefi O. De novo transcriptome assembly databases for the central nervous system of the medicinal leech, Scientific Data – 2015. pdf
  • Polak P. and Shefi O. Nanometric agents in the service of neuroscience: manipulation of neuronal growth and activity using nanoparticles, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine doi:10.1016/j.nano.2015.03.005 2015. pdf
  • Schwartz S., Fixler D., Popovtzer R. and Shefi O. Fluorescence life-time imaging and steady state polarization for examining binding of fluorophores to gold nanoparticles, Journal of Biophotonics, 8(11–12): 944–951, doi: 10.1002/jbio.201400136 2015. pdf
  • Alon N., Duadi H., Cohen O., Samet T., Zilony N., Schori H., Shefi O. and Zalevsky Z. Promotion of Neural Sprouting Using Low Level Green LED Phototherapy, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 20(2):20502. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.2.020502 2015. pdf
  • Marcus M., Skaat H., Alon N., Margel S., Shefi O. NGF-conjugated iron oxide nanoparticles promote differentiation and outgrowth of PC12 cells, Nanoscale 7:1058-1066, 2015.  pdf
  • Baranes K., Moshe H., Alon N., Schwartz S. and Shefi O. Neuronal growth on L- and D- cysteine self-assembled monolayers reveals neuronal chiral sensitivity, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 5(5):370-376, 2014. pdf
  • Hibsh D., Schori H., Efroni S., Shefi, O. Spatial regulation dominates gene function in the ganglia chain, Bioinformatics, 30(3):310-6, 2014. pdf
  • Zilony N., Tzur-Balter A., Segal E., Shefi O. Bombarding Cancer: Biolistic delivery of therapeutics using Porous Si Carriers, Scientific Reports, Reports 3, Article number:2499, 2013. pdf
  • Alon N., Miroshnikov Y., Perkas N., Nissan I., Gedanken A. and Shefi O. Substrates coated with silver nanoparticles as a neuronal regenerative material, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 9: 23-31, 2014. pdf
  • Polak P., Zalevsky Z. and Shefi O. Gold nanoparticles-based biosensing of single nucleotide DNA mutations, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 59:134-137, 2013. pdf
  • Karni M., Zedon D., Polak P., Zalevsky Z. and Shefi O., Thermal Degradation of DNA, DNA and Cell Biology, 32(6): 298-301, 2013. pdf
  • Baranes K., Kollmar D., Chejanovsky N., Sharoni A. and Shefi O. Interactions of neurons with topographic nano cues affect branching morphology mimicking neuron-neuron interactions, Journal of Molecular Histology, 43(4):437-447, 2012. pdf
  • Baranes K., Chejanovsky N., Alon N., Sharoni A. and Shefi O. Topographic cues of nano-scale height direct neuronal growth pattern, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109(7):1791-1797, 2012. pdf
  • Shefi O., Simonnet C., Groisman A. and Macagno E., Localized RNAi and ectopic gene expression in the medicinal leech, Journal of visualized experiments 14,2008,  Video
  • Shefi O., Simonnet C., Baker M.W., Glass J.R., Macagno R.E. and Groisman A., Microtargeted gene silencing and ectopic expression in live embryos using biolistic delivery with a pneumatic capillary gun, Journal of Neuroscience 26(23): 6119-6123, 2006, pdf
  • Shefi O., Golobovitz S., Ben Jacob E. and Ayali A., A two-phase growth strategy in cultured neuronal networks as reflected by the distribution of neurite branching angles, Journal  of Neurobiology 62(3): 361-368, 2004, pdf
  • Ayali A., Fuchs E., Zilberstein Y., Robinson A., Shefi O., Hulata E. , Baruchi I., and Ben-Jacob E.,  Contextual regularity and complexity of neuronal activity: from stand-alone cultures to task-performing animals,  Complexity  9(6): 25-32, 2004
  • Shefi O., Harel A., Chklovskii D.B., Ben-Jacob E. and Ayali A., Biophysical constraints on neuronal branching, Neurocomputing 58-60C: 487-495, 2004, pdf
  • Shefi O., Golding, I. Segev, R. Ben-Jacob, E. and Ayali, A., Morphological characterization of in vitro neuronal networks, Physical Review E 66: 021905.  Also highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Biol. Physics Research, 4(4), 2002, pdf
  • Shefi O., Ben-Jacob E. and Ayali A., Growth morphology of two-dimensional insect neural networks, Neurocomputing 44-46: 635-643, 2002, pdf
  • Shefi O., Davidson S., Maayan A. and Akselrod S., The effect of thermal stimulation on the heart-rate variability in neonates, Early Human Development 52: (1) 49-66, 28, 1998,  pdf
  • Davidson S., Reina N., Shefi O., Hai-Tov U. and Akselrod S. Spectral analysis of heart rate fluctuations and optimum thermal management for low birth weight infants.  Med Biol Eng Comput 35: (6) 619-625, 1997