The Division for Development and Public Relations     EMANUEL  HANSKI,  JACOB EPSTEIN PROF. OF BACTERIOLOGY  Status : ACTIVE Birth place : LIGNICE, POLAND Office Phone: Fax: E-Mail: hanski@cc.huji.ac.il U.R.L:   Department Faculty   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS FACULTY OF MEDICINE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year Ph.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1979   Academic Position   Year PROFESSOR 1996 ASSOC. PROFESSOR 1991   Administrative Position   From To Chair, Institute of Microbiology. 1999 2002   Research Interests Molecular and cellular mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis: the structure and function of bacterial protein toxins. The mechanisms of attachment of bacteria to target host cells.   Research Projects Structure, function and the mechanism of penetration of Bordetella Protein F, a fibronectin binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes Study of mechanisms of virulence in highly invasive group A Development of a screen for identification of new antibiotics (with Mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis: Group A streptococcus IL-8 protease that subverts host innate A quorum sensing system mediating positive and negative regulation of   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year EspH, a new cytoskeleton-modulating effector of 2003 Construction of mini-Tn5cyaA' and its utilization for the 2001 De novo formation of focal complex-like structures in host cells 2001 Roles for integrins and fibronectin in entry of 1998 Interaction of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli with host 1998 Agents that inhibit Rho, Rac and Cdc42 do not block formation of 1998 A novel two domain mechanism for streptococal adhesion to 1996 Translocation of adenylate cyclase toxin across target cell 1992 Expression of protein F, the fibronectin-binding protein of 1992 Protein F, a fibronectin-binding protein, is an adhesin of the 1992 Hemolysis and uncontrolled intracellular cAMP generation are 1991 Adenylate cyclase toxin from Bordetella pertussis: The 1991 Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin. 1991 Anti- Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase antibodies 1990 Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin: 1990   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem