Dr. Lilach Soreq

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Biography: I have a BSc in computer science (with a division in mathematics and in cognitive sciences). MSc in Bioinformatics and Ph.D. in neurobiology from the faculty of medicine at Hadassah Jerusalem Hospital, Israel. I did all my degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I was supervised by Dr. Nissim Ben Arie in my MSc (published a paper on Math1 developmental transcription factor in mice) and my Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Hagai Bergman (that developed DBS). During my Ph.D., I studied Parkinson’s disease RNA expression changes in PD patients’ blood leukocytes in my Ph.D. prior to and following deep brain stimulation (DBS) on and off stimulus. Published 21 papers a book chapter and 2 patents. I did my postdoc at UCL Institute of Neurology (London UK) and Francis Crick Institute studying aging (published in Cell-Reports). I had a Marie-Curie 2-year fellowship and 3 years Alzheimer’s Society fellowship.