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Yinon Shafrir, PhD
OTA ID#: 103846
| Education Experience: |
BA, Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 1995 MSc, Physics, Clarkson University, NY, 1998 PhD, Physics, Clarkson University, NY, 2001 |
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| Focus of Study: | Computational Biological Physics. |
| Awards: | Cancer Reseach Training Award - National Cancer Institute. |
| Publications: | Ph.D. Thesis:
The Cytoskeleton and Signaling: Computer Modeling Based on Percolation. ¡¤ Shafrir Y, Forgacs G. Mechanotransduction through the cytoskeleton. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2002 Mar;282(3):C479-86. ¡¤ Shafrir Y, ben-Avraham D. Large Scale Simulations of Two-Species Annihilation, A + B ¡ú 0, with Drift. Physics letters A. 2001 Jan 278;(4) 184-190. ¡¤ Shafrir Y, ben-Avraham D, Forgacs G. Trafficking and signaling through the cytoskeleton: a specific mechanism. J. Cell Sci. 2000 Aug;113 ( Pt 15):2747-57. |
| Work Experience: | Research fellow at the National Cancer Institute. |
| Skills & Achievements: | Have worked as a research assistant throughout my academic studies.
My research experience ranges from optics to biophysical studies of tissues. |
Outside Interests: | Music, Cooking and Hiking. |
| Postings Answered: | 2602 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 5/5 What is OTA Rating? |
- Average steady state concentration of 222Rn - Radioactive radon gas (222Rn) enters an average building at a rate of 5 picocuries per second per square meter of foundation area. Consider a house with a foundation of 400 square meters and a vol ...
- Surface Area and Volume - You are part of a panel of parents, teachers, and administrators working to revise the geometry curriculum for the local high school. On tonight's agenda, you will be brainstorming creative ways to te ...
- Why do astronomers infer that the Sun's energy comes from nuclear fusion reactions... - c. Why do astronomers infer that the Sun's energy comes from nuclear fusion reactions? How do we know it does not come from chemical burning? d. Explain how the Sun produces energy by nuclear fusion ...
- The Apparent Molecular Weight of Air - 1. Record your data table of temperature vs. volume here. 2. Construct a graph by hand or using a spreadsheet program, plotting the values of temperature on the x-axis and air volume on the y-axis. ...
- pH, ionization, acid dissociation. - 29. The pH of a sample of rain is found to be 3.3. Calculate the percentage of HSO4- that is ionized in this sample, given that the acid dissociation constant for the second stage of ionization of H2S ...
- Discussion questions - f. Which is hotter, Mercury or Venus? Why? h. Explain why there are two general families of planets, rocky terrestrial and gaseous jovian. j. What knowledge do comets and asteroids provide to studi ...
- Several Geometry problems - (See attached file for full problem description and diagrams) --- Geometry has many practical applications in everyday life. Estimating heights of objects, finding distances, and calculating areas ...
- Qualitative and quantitative variables - Refer to the Wage Data that is in the attachment, which reports information on annual wages for a sample of 100 workers. Also included are variables relating to industry, years of education, and gend ...
- Combinatorics of phone numbers - 1. A telephone number consists of seven digits, the first three representing the exchange. How many different telephone numbers are possible within the 537 exchange?
- Equation graphs - The question ask - in the real world, what might be a situation where it is preferable for the data to form a relation but not a function? Also, if the variables in an equation were reversed, what ...
- Mass/Wieght density - A girl floats in a lake with 97% of her body beneath the water. What are: a) her mass density b) her weight density
- Energy Consumption - In 2000, the US accounted for one-fourth of the total world energy consumption and both the US and world rates were growing at a 3.5 percent annual rate. Suppose the US cut its growth rate to 1.1 perc ...
- Another work-backwards-to-get-the-answer problem? - **Assume that a waste contains 340.0 mg/L of biodegradable CH2O and is processed through a 200000.0 L/day sewage treatment plant which converts 40% of the waste to CO2 and H2O. Calculate the volume of ...
- Photosynthesis related question - a) Photosynthesis is estimated to produce 340.0 g (dry weight) of plant matter per square meter, 50% of which is carbon. Calculate the total number of grams of carbon "fixed" each year by 1000 square ...
- Simple 2-part question - heating water - 14a) Should you install a solar water heater? The average home has a 200 liter hot-water tank, which is effectively drained and replenished three times per day. Assume that the entering tap water is 1 ...
- The half-life of tritium is approximately 12 years. - I have been stuck on this problem for ever! I am not good with ratios and I have no idea what equation I need to solve this problem. Please help, thank you. The half-life of tritium is approximatel ...
- Isotopes - Animals obtain energy through a series of chemical reactions in which sugar - Please see attached problem. Animals obtain energy through a series of chemical reactions in which sugar ( ) and oxygen gas ( ) are reactants. This process produces water and carbon as waste p ...
- Nonlinear Functions - An open-top box is to be constructed from a 4 foot by 6 foot rectangular cardboard by cutting out equal squares at each corner and the folding up the flaps. Let x denote the length of each side of the ...
- Bond energy - (5) The lowest energy photon which is able to split an oxygen molecule has a wavelength of 280.0 nm. Based on this, what is the bond energy of the oxygen molecule in kJ/mol?
- Volume of sulfuric acid produced from coal - One metric ton (1000 kg) of coal is required to produce 7.3 MW-hr of electrical energy. In 1993, the Thomas Hill power plant (a small, coal-fired plant supplying rural electric cooperatives) produced ...
