Dr. Hanan Herzig Sheinfux of the Bar-Ilan University Department of Physics held groundbreaking research in Quantum Photonics with Prof. Frank Koppens and a group of European and Israeli researchers at ICFO – the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona. In a significant leap forward for quantum nanophotonics, the researchers introduced a new type of polaritonic cavities and redefined the limits of light confinement.
The enigmatic Philistine culture, which flourished during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-604 BCE), profoundly affected the southern cultural history, agronomy, and dietary customs. More than a quarter century of excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath in central Israel, identified as the biblical Gath of the Philistines and the home of Goliath, has provided a unique window into the world of this ancient civilization.
Prof. Oren Levy, Director of the Laboratory for Molecular Marine Ecology at the Bar-Ilan University Goodman Faculty of Life Science, is participating in a new EU project to improve the comprehension of how biodiversity is being impacted by Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) in aquatic environments such as rivers, lakes, coastal and offshore waters.
Dr. Moran Yadid, a researcher and senior lecturer at the Bar-Ilan University Azrieli Faculty of Medicine won an award, together with her colleagues, for a prestigious research grant from the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. The grant will support a study that will harness 3D biological printing to restore soft tissues in the mouth cavity, for head and neck cancer patients undergoing rehabilitation. It is a fruit of the collaboration between researchers from the Galilee Medical Center and the Bar-Ilan University Azrieli Faculty of Medicine.
In the laboratories of Bar-Ilan University, a tiny creation is generating immense excitement in the world of medical research. Dr. Nitzan Gonen and her team have successfully developed artificial testicles—an innovation that could transform fertility treatments and improve outcomes for individuals with sexual development disorders.
Bar-Ilan University will award an honorary doctorate to Haim Jelin, a resident of Kibbutz Beeri, former head of the Eshkol Regional Council, and a public activist strongly identified with the rehabilitation of the Gaza Envelope. This year, the university will award honorary doctorates to men, women and organizations whose work has had a profound effect on Israel during the war and in anticipation of the day after.
Following the atrocities of October 7th and surge in global antisemitism, the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar-Ilan University has released a new issue of its journal, the Jewish Educational Leadership.
