New Faculty Scholars Choose to Return to Israel @AssafRamot @TelAvivUni Although stress is widely known to influence learning, Assaf Ramot has long been interested in how stress reshapes neural circuits—the patterns of activity and interaction between networks of neurons. His PhD research in neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science identified the cellular mechanisms by which chronic stress alters the circuits that regulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the brain’s central stress-response system. For his postdoctoral training, two years of which were funded by a Zuckerman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dr. Ramot sought to develop the tools to study behavior, learning, and adaptive plasticity at the level of neural populations and circuit dynamics. He therefore moved to the Department of Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego. He was part of a lab known for pioneering in vivo imaging of neural circuits in awake, behaving animals. There, he studied the neural circuit mechanisms that allow practice to transform variable movements into skilled actions. He showed that during learned movements, the motor thalamus provides the strongest input to the primary motor cortex. zuckermanstem.org/scholars/d…

A new treatment that significantly reduces nerve cell damage after spinal cord injury, and helps injured animals recover up to 80% of their motor function! The breakthrough was led by a TAU team headed by Dr. Angela Ruban from TAU’s Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions and other researchers from Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences and Sagol School of Neuroscience. It may also open new possibilities for treating traumatic brain injuries and stroke. Read more: english.tau.ac.il/research/s…

EXCELLENCE earned. U.S. News & World Report ranks TAU #2 top university in Israel and #199 top university globally. lnkd.in/dqZd6Z2v @Telavivuni @usnews

Delayed by a month due to the war with Iran, the Spring semester opened Sunday IN PERSON at Tel Aviv University. We continue to make every effort to ensure that no students, including thousands of reservists, are left behind academically, psychologically, or financially. It is not an easy time in Israel, but no matter what the future holds, for now WE'RE BACK ( and we never left, really).

Join us on March 5 at 12 PM EST for a strategic briefing on Operation Lion and its regional impact. tau-ac-il.zoom.us/webinar/re…

Congratulation to the well deserved election! @TelAvivUni

Congratulations to Prof. Carmit Levy, recipient of the Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research at Tel Aviv University! @telavivuni

Strength training ‘most effective, healthiest weight-loss strategy for adults,' study finds @Telavivuni jpost.com/health-and-wellnes… @Jerusalem_Post

Yeah, we're continuously proud of our achievements

Noninvasive brain treatment reduces traumatic memories @Telavivuni research says: aftau.org/news_item/noninvas… #PTSD #Research #Science #TelAviv

Open Day at TAU! Last Thursday, we welcomed thousands of prospective students to campus, offering lectures, workshops, sessions and hands-on trials! Across all nine faculties, visitors met faculty and current students, joined workshops and panels, explored labs and programs, and discovered student-led projects - from tech to social initiatives. A live campus podcast ran throughout the day, putting real student voices front and center. Throughout the day, hundreds of new students chose to register and secure their place for the upcoming academic year! More about the event here: english.tau.ac.il/news/open-…

TAU documents sea urchin mass mortality event in the Canary Islands aftau.org/news_item/tau-docu… @TelAvivUni

The third cohort of the Bloomberg–Sagol Leadership Program has officially launched at Tel Aviv University. jpost.com/israel-news/cultur…

Breast Cancer to Brain Metastases For the first time, scientists have uncovered how breast cancer cells manage to reach and grow in the brain - one of the deadliest and hardest places to treat. The study identified a genetic and metabolic mechanism that helps cancer cells adapt to the brain’s environment, and showed that blocking this process can significantly slow the growth of brain metastases in experimental models. The international research was led by TAU researchers Prof. Uri Ben-David and Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, together with Dr. Kathrin Laue and Dr. Sabina Pozzi, in collaboration with teams from around the world. Beyond pointing to new treatment directions, the findings could also help doctors identify patients at higher risk earlier, and tailor monitoring and care accordingly. english.tau.ac.il/research/b…

@KahanaMichael Thank you to Prof. Michael Kahana (University of Pennsylvania) for a fascinating and insightful talk at the Sagol School of Neuroscience special seminar. We truly appreciate your visit and the engaging discussion!

Tel Aviv University has launched the Global Young Leadership Community, an innovative initiative designed to connect emerging leaders from Israel and around the world. @TelAvivUni @Jerusalem_Post jpost.com/israel-news/articl…

BIG news from TAU! Butcher’s Stain, a powerful short film by Meyer Levinson-Blount from TAU’s Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, has been officially shortlisted for the Academy Awards in the category of Best Live Action Short Film! @TelAvivUni

Proud to announce that @TelAvivUni will honor @missmayim with an Honorary Doctorate degree in recognition of her contributions and impact on science, education, culture and for her unwavering advocacy in support of Israel.

Two TAU engineering projects made it to the "Top Optics Research of 2025" list by Optics & Photonics News The magazine chose the two studies for its annual list of "30 groundbreaking optics papers" published over the past year, which outline research that pushes the field forward and contributes significantly to the global optics community. The selected studies are: 🔹 “Photonic Origami” – Led by Prof. Tal Carmon and MS student Maniya Malhotra. Their innovation enables folding ultrathin glass sheets into microscopic 3D photonic devices directly on a chip in what they call photonic origami. This method allows, for the first time, the creation of highly transparent 3D micro-optical devices. 🔹 "Coherence Engineering in Nonlinear Optics" – Led by Prof. Adi Arie, Marco & Lucie Chaoul Chair in Nanophotonics at the School of Electrical Engineering, together with PhD student Zihehao Fang. Their study introduces an unexpected breakthrough in nonlinear optics, a field where light’s wavelength is changed using nonlinear crystals. This breakthrough may open the door to generating custom-designed light for applications in microscopy, imaging, and beyond. The study was supported by the Israel Science Foundation and TAU’s Center for Light–Matter Interaction. Prof. Noam Eliaz, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering: “I’m delighted and proud to see our researchers at the forefront of global science. The recognition by the Optical Society of America for these groundbreaking optics studies is a tremendous honor for Tel Aviv University.”