
Academic Publications
Students of the Future Scientists Center’s Programs (Alpha, Odyssey & Idea) integrate within the modern scientific research world while still in high school. Within the framework of these programs, they are exposed to high-level scientific research and acquire the tools they need to engage in independent scientific research and experiments on an academic level. They take part in leading science laboratories, alongside the country’s best and foremost researchers.
We are proud to present academic articles written by our programs’ students and Ascola Alumni Network members that appear in the world’s leading publications.
Itai Gil an Alpha student at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Machine Learning Improves Trace Explosive Selectivity: Application to Nitrate Based Explosives
In the laboratory of: Professor Yehuda Zairi
Date of publication: November 2020
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Dor Fabriash Odyssey student graduate at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and current Ascola Network member
Increased cyber-biosecurity for DNA synthesis
In the laboratory of:
Date of publication: November 2020
Published in: Nature Biotechnology
Niv Gronovich and Kerem Ginat Alpha students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Israeli Phage Bank
In the laboratory of: Dr, Ronen Hazan
Date of publication: May 2020
Published in: Antibiotics
Noam Ben-Melech Alpha graduate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current Ascola Network member
Entrapment of enzymes in silica aerogels
In the laboratory of: Professor David Avnir
Date of publication: March 2020
Published in: Materials
Hala Malham an Alpha student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Open Search Strategy for Inferring the Masses of Cross-Link Adducts on Proteins
In the laboratory of: Dr. Nir Kalisman
Date of publication: November 2020
Published in: Analytical Chemistry
Yonatan Choukroun Alpha graduate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a current Ascola Network member
Reconstructing Denisovan Anatomy Using DNA Methylation Maps
In the laboratory of: Professor Liran Carmel
Date of publication: September 2019
Published in: Cell
Idan Rein Alpha graduate at the Weizmann Institute of Science and current Ascola Network member
Fast and precise light curve model for transiting exoplanets with rings
In the laboratory of: Professor Oded Aaronson
Date of publication: September 2019
Published in: Monthly Notices
Nadav Elkabetz an Alpha student at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of n-Type Bi2Te3–xSex Alloys following Melt-Spinning
In the laboratory of: Professor Yaniv Glubstein
Date of publication: December 2019
Published in: ACS Applied Energy Materials
Maya Toibenshlak an Alpha graduate at the Weizmann Institute of Science and current Ascola Network member
Method for In-situ EPR Electrochemistry
In the laboratory of: Ra’anan Carmeli
Date of publication: 2019
Published in: Israel J of Chemistry
Zohar Segal Alpha graduate at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and current Ascola Network member
Cancer recurrence prediction using machine learning
In the laboratory of: Dr. Eitan Rubin
Date of publication: February 2019
Published in: International Conference on Recent Advances in Medical Medicine and Health Science 2019
Roni Solomon an Alpha graduate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current Ascola Network member
Adjacent keto and enol groups in photochemistry of a cyclic molecule Products, mechanisms and dynamics
In the laboratory of: Professor Benny Garber
Date of publication: November 2018
Published in: Chemical Physics
Itai Eden an Alpha graduate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current Ascola Network member
The First Catalog of Archaeomagnetic Directions From Israel With 4,000 Years of Geomagnetic Secular Variations
In the laboratory of: Professor Ron Sha’ar
Date of publication: October 2018
Published in: Monthly Notices
Sarit Sternberg an Alpha graduate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current Ascola Network member
Complete Genome Sequences of Three Bacillus anthracis Bacteriophages
In the laboratory of: Professor Ronen Hazan
Date of publication: October 2018
Published in: Genome Announcements
Rina Sabostianov an Alpha graduate at Tel Aviv University and current Ascola Network member
Molecular co-assembly as a strategy for synergistic improvement of the mechanical properties of hydrogels
In the laboratory of: Professor Ehud Gazit
Date of publication: August 2017
Published in: Chemical Communications