| 78 | 2024 Annual Report • Melanie Hirsch, Lukas Hofmann, Yulia Shenberger, Lada Gevorkyan-Airapetov, Sharon Ruthstein. “Conformations and Local Dynamics of the CopY Metal Sensor Revealed by EPR Spectroscopy.” Biochemistry, 2023. • Yulia Shenberger, Lada Gevorkyan Aiapetov, Melanie Hirsch, Lukas Hofmann, Sharon Ruthstein. “An in-Cell Spin-Labelling Methodology Provides Structural Information on Cytoplasmic Proteins in Bacteria.” Chemical Communications, 2023. Prof. Salomon Adi Department of Chemistry Light-Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale Research Areas • Synthesis and fabrication of advanced optical materials • Surface characterization by using far-field optics • Light-matter interaction at the nanoscale • Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) • Nanometrology • Nonlinear optics • Fluorescent thin layers Abstract Salomon group combines knowledge and experience in surface chemistry, advanced nanotechnology, and non-linear optics to generate and characterize advanced optical materials with unique optical properties. Examples of achievements include largescale nanoporous metallic networks, tunable one-micrometer size RGB pixels, enhanced SHG from flat surfaces and axial nanometric ruler, and their unique optical characterization. Adi Salomon was chosen as one of Israel's 50 most influential women (2017). She received the Krill Prize (Wolf Foundation) in 2018, was nominated as a Chateaubriand fellow in 2019, and got the Tenne prize for her pioneering works on nanoporous metallic networks and the interaction of light with hybrid nanoscale metalmolecule systems in 2020. Electron-microscope images (top) of plasmonic nano-cavities with special geometrical features for sensing enhancement and its illustrative 3D figures (bottom), showing the “hot-spot” area (red), which is exploited for strong electromagnetic field confinement. Publications 2023 and 2024 • Mohamed R Hamode, Racheli Ron, Alon Krause, Hodaya Klimovsky, Emir Haleva, Tchiya Zar, Adi Salomon. “3D Nanoporous Metallic Networks for SERS-Based Detection of Water Contaminants.” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024. • Ilya Olevsko, Omer Shavit, Moshe Feldberg, Yossi Abulafia, Adi Salomon, Martin Oheim. “A Colour-Encoded Nanometric Ruler for Axial SuperResolution Microscopies.” Optics Communications, 2024. • Mohamed R Hamode, Alon Krause, Tchiya Zar, Iddo Pinkas, David Zitoun, Adi Salomon. “Plasmonic-Based Raman Sensor for Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Pharmaceutical Waste.” Environmental Science: Nano, 2024. • Racheli Ron, Tchiya Zar, Adi Salomon. ”Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Well‐Defined and Disordered Plasmonic Systems: A Review.” Advanced Optical Materials, 2023. • Hodaya Klimovsky, Omer Shavit, Carine Julien, Ilya Olevsko, Mohamed Hamode, Yossi Abulafia, Hervé Suaudeau, Vincent Armand, Martin Oheim, Adi Salomon. “Characterization of Nanometric Thin Films with Far‐Field Light.” Advanced Optical Materials, 2023. • Tchiya Zar, Alon Krause, Omer Shavit, Hannah Aharon, Racheli Ron, Martin Oheim, Adi Salomon. “Second Harmonic Generation from Aluminum Plasmonic Nanocavities: From Scanning to Imaging.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023. Prof. Sarid Ronit The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Virology Research Areas • Herpesviruses • Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus Abstract Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8), is one of the few viruses linked to human cancer. It is causally associated with all forms of Kaposi’s sarcoma and two lymphoproliferative disorders: primary effusion lymphoma and a subset of multicentric Castleman’s disease. Like all other herpesviruses, KSHV establishes lifelong latency after primary infection, with the potential for reactivation, which increases the risk of disease and facilitates viral spread. Prof. Sarid's group studies the cellular and viral pathways regulating the establishment of long-term latent infection and reactivation of KSHV. By studying viralhost protein interactions and the effects of viral proteins on cell proliferation, death, and signaling, the lab aims to characterize key viral genes involved in the pathogenesis of KSHV. This research may clarify the cellular pathways involved in KSHV-related cancers and cancer in general.
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