The Division for Development and Public Relations     EYAL  BANIN,    Status : ACTIVE Birth place : REHOVOT Office Phone: Fax: E-Mail: U.R.L:   Department Faculty   OPHTHALMOLOGY FACULTY OF MEDICINE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year M.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1991 Ph.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1991   Academic Position   Year SENIOR LECTURER 2003 LECTURER 1999   Research Interests Hereditary retinal and macular degenerations: Visual function assessment in patients; patterns of disease progression; mechanisms of disease; experimental therapeutic modalities (clinical trials and basic research). Reducing free radical-induced ocular injury using novel metal-chelate complexes: protection of the retina against ischemia-reperfusion injury; reducing ocular damage following exposure to mustard compounds. Human embryonic stem cells as a potential source for retina and RPE regeneration: in-vivo and in-vitro studies attempting to direct stem cells towards adopting a retinal fate.   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year A homozygous frameshift mutation in BEST1 causes the classical 2011 Exome sequencing and cis-regulatory mapping identify mutations 2011 A missense mutation in DHDDS, encoding dehydrodolichyl 2011 A novel day blindness in sheep: Epidemiological, behavioural, 2010 Homozygosity mapping reveals null mutations in FAM161A as a 2010 Molecular anthropology meets genetic medicine to treat blindness 2010 Mutations in IMPG2, encoding interphotoreceptor matrix 2010 An ancient autosomal haplotype bearing a rare 2010 Novel null mutations in the EYS gene are a frequent cause of 2010 Variable retinal phenotypes caused by mutations in the x-linked 2010 Loss of the metalloprotease ADAM9 leads to cone-rod dystrophy in 2009 The spectrum of retinal diseases caused by NR2E3 mutations in 2009 Four USH2A founder mutations underlie the majority of Usher 2008 A novel de novo PAX6 mutation in an Ashkenazi-Jewish family with 2008 A common founder mutation of CERKL underlies autosomal recessive 2007 Novel USH2A mutations in Israeli patients with retinitis 2007 A non-ancestral missense mutation in families with either 2007 Homozygosity for a novel ABCA4 founder splicing mutation is 2007 A complex expression pattern of PAX6 in the pigeon retina. 2007 Retinal incorporation and differentiation of neural precursors 2006 Phenotypic variability among adult siblings with Sjogren-Larsson 2006 Treatment of ocular tissues exposed to nitrogen mustard: 2005 Three-dimensional in vivo imaging of the mouse intraocular 2005 Does postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy affect 2005 Susac syndrome. 2004 A two-compartment model of the human retina. 2004 Rescue of retinal degeneration by intravitreally injected adult 2004 Experimental therapeutic modalities for retinitis pigmentosa. 2004 The effect of hormone therapy on the risk for age-related 2004 Injury induced by chemical warfare agents: Characterization and 2003 Gene delivery by viral vectors in primary cultures of lacrimal 2003 Retinal function abnormalities in patients treated with 2003 Gene transfer by viral vectors into blood vessels in a rat model 2001 Long-term assessment of combined vitamin A and E treatment for 2001 Visual impairment in children with epilepsy treated with 2000 Gallium-desferrioxamine protects the cat retina against injury 2000 Blunt trauma in Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy. 2000 Retinitis pigmentosa associated with Fuchs' heterochromatic 2000 Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) abnormalities in rhodopsin 2000 Toxic effect of aluminum on nerve cells and synaptic 1993 Toxic effects of aluminosilicates on nerve cells. 1990 Differentiated neuroblastoma cells are more susceptible to 1989   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem