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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: | 2222 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 5/5 What is OTA Rating? |
- I need help with these five algebra problems. - BACKGROUND INFORMATION: A simple pendulum, such as a rock hanging from a piece of string or the inside of a grandfather clock, consists of a mass (the rock) and a support (the piece of string). ...
- Frequency Table - A secretary periodically checks to see how mnay of the three lines into the office are busy. Her findings for one week were the following: No. Lines busy Frequency 0 ...
- Simple half-life question (based on disintegration per minute) - The well-preserved remains of a now extinct woolly mammoth is entombed in the permafrost lands of Siberia. Scientists have conducted carbon dating experiments on plant debris found in the stomachs ...
- Calculating pE values - 20. What is the pE value in an acid mine water sample having [Fe3+] = 6.79E-3 M and [Fe2+] = 4.14E-4 M? ******PLEASE do only if 100% positive you're right. My computer program is very picky and lik ...
- Computing distance - Background Information: A simple pendulum, such as a rock hanging from a piece of string or the inside of a grandfather clock, consists of a mass (the rock) and a support (the piece of string). Wh ...
- Consider the following data that show temperature of a 1,000 g sample of water at normal atmospheric pressure as a function of heat supplied. - Water is the most important substance on Earth. One reason for its usefulness is that it exists as a liquid over a wide range of temperatures. In its liquid range, water absorbs or releases heat direc ...
- Combustion temps; Calc. Concentration of nitric oxide in equilibrium with.... - 124. At combustion temperatures, the equilibrium constant for the reaction N2 + O2 -> 2NO is about 5.0E-14. Calculate the concentration of nitric oxide that is in equilibrium with atmospheric levels o ...
- 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 ...
- Word problem involving yields and pH (I need to SEE this problem worked out...then I can do the rest of them!) - How many metric tons of 5%-S coal would be needed to yield the H2SO4 required to produce a 2.5-cm rainfall of pH 2.00 over an area of 100 square kilometers? This is the second time that this quest ...
- Angular momentum - A hockey stick of mass m_s and length L is at rest on the ice (which is assumed to be frictionless). A puck with mass m_p hits the stick a distance D from the middle of the stick. Before the collisio ...
- Volume of Hyperspheres - Finding formulas for the volume enclosed by a hypersphere in n-dimensional space. d) Use an n-tuple integral to find the volume enclosed by a hypersphere of radius r in n-dimensional space R^n. (H ...
- Discussion questions - 1) Why are only radio and optic telescopes used on the earth's surface? 2) What is nuclear fusion and how does it work in the sun?
- A 1000 newton crate is being pushed across a level floor at a constant speed by a force of 300 newton at an angle of 20 degrees - A 1000 newton crate is being pushed across a level floor at a constant speed by a force of 300 newtons at an angle of 20 degrees below the horizontal A-what is the coeffecient of kinetic friction be ...
- A six passenger plane cruises at 180 mph in calm air. If the plane flies 7 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as it flies 5 miles against the wind, then what is the wind speed? - A six passenger plane cruises at 180 mph in calm air. If the plane flies 7 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as it flies 5 miles against the wind, then what is the wind speed?
- Clearly define the dependent and independent variables of the shortage of teachers in the United States. The dependent variable is the variable whose value is the result or is a function of the control or independent variables - With more then a million teachers set to retire we are seeing a record number of turnovers in the teaching profession. In a time where student enrollments across America are increasing at a rapid pla ...
- The Conservation of Mechanical Energy - A 47.0-g golf ball is driven from the tee with an initial speed of 52.0 m/s and rises to a height of 24.6 m. (a) Neglect air resistance and determine the kinetic energy of the ball at its highest poin ...
- Basic Physics Problems (Force; Acceleration; Friction; Energy: Kinetic, Mechanical, Potential) - I would like for you to show me all of your work/calculations and the correct answer to each problem. 38. In an emergency stop to avoid an accident, a shoulder-strap seat belt holds a 60-kg passeng ...
- Problem 12 - Select the point which is in the feasible region of the system of inequalities: 4x + y < 8 2x + 5y < 18 x > 0, y > 0 A. (2,4) B. (-1,2) C. (1,3) D. (4,1)
- Environmental chemistry question - short - Assume that waste will contain 295.0 mg/L of biodegradable CH2O and will be processed through a 200000.0 L/day sewage treatment plant which converts 40% of the waste to CO2 and H2O. Calculate the volu ...
- Calculate temps; solar irradiance is 1500 W/m2 and total planetary albedo... AAHHH! - 127. Calculate the temperature (K) of the earth if there were no greenhouse effect. Assume the solar irradiance is 1500 W/m2 and the total planetary albedo is 25 percent. (The Stefan Boltzmann consta ...
