Hermona Soreq
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Biography
Hermona Soreq was trained at The Weizmann Institute of Science and the Rockefeller University. In 1980, she has joined the Weizmann Institute as a Senior Lecturer and joined the Faculty of The Hebrew University in 1986. She pioneered the application of molecular biology and neurogenomics to the study of cholinergic signaling with a recent focus on the evolutionary and functional aspects of brain microRNA regulation over cholinergic coding genes and pseudogenes under stress and in mental diseases. She has authored over 300 publications and won Advanced ERC Award and Israeli I-Core Center of Excellence Award on Mass Trauma.
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Abstract : Non-coding RNAs: An integrative biology hope for anxiety-related syndromes
