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Dr. Revital Lavy

 

 

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Title : D.Sc. in Medical sciences.

 

B.Sc. in Biology (1985), the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

1982-1985   

M.Sc. in Basic Medical Sciences (1988), Neurobiology, with distinction, The Hebrew university, and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Thesis subject: Integration of sensory information in reconstructed, type identified alpha-motoneurons (computer model), under the supervision of Prof. Aharon Lev-Tov.

 

1985-1986

Research assistant of prof. Aharon Lev-Tov, the head of Motor Control laboratory, the department of Anatomy and cell Biology, Hadassah medical school, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

1988-1990   

D.Sc. in Medical Sciences (1994), The Technion  -Israel institute of technology, Haifa, Israel. The faculty of medicine, the department of Biophysics and physiology. Thesis subject: Mechanism by which cytotoxic T lymphocyte kill tumor target cells (EL4) - electrophysiological findings Under the supervision of Prof. Ido Perlman and Prof. Ofer Binah.

 

1990-1994    

1988- now  working at The Open University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

 

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1988- now  working at The Open University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

 

Teaching coordinator of the courses:

Nerve Cells - Introduction to Neurobiology (since 1994)

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General Biology (since 2001)

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·         Symmetry in biology (since 2003)

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·         Biology of aging (since 2004)

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·         Ionic channels (since 2004)

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Participating in the developing and rewriting of courses:

o        Human Physiology (1994-1999)

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·         General Biology (1999-2001)

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·         Cell Biology: Structure and Function (2003-2004)

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Multimedia products:

·           Nerve Cells (Design, writing and production 1996-1997)

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·         The Biological Foundations of Behavior (Scientific consultant1997-1998)

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·           Synaptic quantal release (at work)

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Papers and articles:

1)       Lev-Tov, A., Tal, M., Lavy, R., Diverse firing properties of single motor units in the inner and outer portions of the guinea pig anterior digastric muscle. Arch. Oral. Biol. 38(2):169-178, 1993

 

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2)       Lavy, R., Mika, Y.H., Rosen, D., Berke, G., Binah, O.: The lytic reaction of in-vivo primed peritoneal exudate CTL: Induction of high-conductance single channels in the target cell membrane.   J. Immunol.   154: 5039-5048, 1995.

 

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3)       Felzen, B., Lavy, R., Berke, G., Gardner, P., Binah, O.,: The cytocidal interaction between cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and Guinea pig ventricular myocytes: pharmacological modulation by blocking K current in the CTL.

Circulation research, 78: 253-261, 1996.

 

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1)       Lavy, R. Hasson, U. Multimedia Presentations in Neuroscience teaching. ITHET-2000 papers book.

 

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2)       Sarah Weissenberg and Revital Lavy :Pressure-Volume Curve and Compliance of a Balloon: a Simulation Advan. Physiol. Edu. 27: 244-245, 2003; 10.1152/advan.00021.2003

 

 

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Abstracts:

1)       Lavy, R., Lev-Tov, A., A conductance to voltage relation in Ia synapses of type-identified ·-motoneurons, Soc. of Neurosci. Abs.12:386,1986.

 

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2)       Lev-Tov, A., Tal, M., Lavy, R., Single unit activity during rhythmical jaw movements, Soc. of Neurosci. Abs. 14:1237, 1988.

 

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3)       Lev-Tov, A., Pinco, M., Lavy, R., Long term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission in the neonatal rat spinal cord, Soc. of Neurotics. Abs. 16:1015, 1990.

 

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4)       Lavy, R., Berke, G., Rosen, D., Binah, O.,: Electrophysiological studies of cytocidal mechanisms whereby cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) destroy target cells. EMBO workshop on cell-mediated cytotoxicity, abstract book, p.55, 1993.

 

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5)       Binah, O., Lavy R., Berke, G., : Induction of high-conductance channels in the course of FAS-based perforin-independent lymphocytotoxicity. 9th International congress of immunology abstracts book, p. 452,  1995.

 

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Lavy, R., Wengier, N., Kimchi, B., Ben-Yaacov, R.: Multimedia presentation in teaching Biology, AACE association for the advancement of computing in education, Ed-Media conference, Session #320, 1997.

 

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6)       Lavy R.: Multimedia Presentations in neuroscience Teaching,  TELE, Technology in Learning Environments, Euro-Med Conference in Israel, p. 36.

 

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CD- rom (educational software):

Lavy R., Multimedia presentation “nerve cells”. The Open University of Israel, 1997.

 

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