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Open-access articles published by Bar-Ilan university researchers since 2024, supported by selected competitive funding agencies.

ISF

Supported by the Israel Science Foundation

Awarded in 2024:

Awarded in 2023:

  • Burstein, O., Teshale Zevin, Z., & Geva, R. (2025). Integrative mindfulness-based infant parenting program: theoretical foundations and a novel intervention protocol. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1524008.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1524008‏
  • Dolev, Y. (2024). Temporal Direction, Intuitionism and Physics. Entropy, 26(7), 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/e26070594
  • Karin, E., Zviely, N. B., Estrugo, Y., Sabag, M., & Geva, R. (2025). Paths to Common Ground in ASD. Autism Research, 18(4), 845-856. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70006‏
  • Lipschits, O., & Geva, R. (2024). An integrative model of parent‐infant communication development. Child Development Perspectives, 18(3), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12507‏
  • Uziel, L., & Seemann, M. (2025). The alone team: How an alone mindset affects group processes. British Journal of Psychology, 116, 553–574. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12777‏
  • Schlosser, A., & Shanan, Y. (2025). Fostering Soft Skills in Active Labor Market Programs: Evidence from a Large-Scale RCT. Journal of Human Resources.  https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0723-13013R1‏

Awarded in 2022:

  • Benjamin-Zukerman, T., Pane, V., Safadi-Safa, R., Solomon, M., Lev-Ram, V., Aboraya, M., Dakwar, A., Bertinetti, D., Hoy, A., Mol, M. O., van Swieten, J., Maillard, R., Herberg, F. W., & Ilouz, R. (2025). Allosteric modulation of protein kinase A in individuals affected by NLPD-PKA, a neurodegenerative disease in which the PRKAR1B L50R variant is expressed. The FEBS journal, 292(18), 4808–4832. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.70098
  • Benjamin-Zukerman, T., Shimon, G., Gaine, M. E., Dakwar, A., Peled, N., Aboraya, M., Masri-Ismail, A., Safadi-Safa, R., Solomon, M., Lev-Ram, V., Rissman, R. A., Mayrhofer, J. E., Raffeiner, A., Mol, M. O., Argue, B. M. R., McCool, S., Doan, B., van Swieten, J., Stefan, E., Abel, T., … Ilouz, R. (2024). A mutation in the PRKAR1B gene drives pathological mechanisms of neurodegeneration across species. Brain : a journal of neurology, 147(11), 3890–3905. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae154
  • Blumberg, I. M. (2025). “Reading- With”: The Ethics of Vulnerability, Equality, and Contrition in Michelle Kuo’s Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, A Student, and a Life- Changing Friendship. A/b: Auto/Biography Studies, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989575.2025.2460848
  • Edhan, O., & Hellman, Z. (2025) Game Changing Mutation, R. Soc. Open Sci,. 12: 241951. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241951
  • Poór, M., & Rinot, A. (2025). A Shelah group in ZFC. Forum of Mathematics, Pi, 13, e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/fmp.2025.5
  • Rinot, A., Yadai, S., & You, Z. (2024). Full Souslin trees at small cardinals. Journal of the London Mathematical Society, 110(1), e12957. https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.12957‏
  • Rotem-Mindali, O. (2025). Gender differences in pedestrian safety perceptions: the physical and digital spheres. Travel Behaviour and Society, 41, 101103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101103

Awarded in 2021:

  • Lavi, I., Bhattacharya, S., Awase, A., Orgil, O., Avital, N., Journo, G., ... & Shamay, M. (2025). Unidirectional recruitment between MeCP2 and KSHV-encoded LANA revealed by CRISPR/Cas9 recruitment assay. PLoS pathogens, 21(3), e1012972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012972.
  • Turjeman, S., & Koren, O. (2025). Bridging the bench-to-bedside divide in microbiome research. Clinical and translational medicine, 15(5), e70358. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.70358

Awarded in 2020:

  • Israeli, S., & Louzoun, Y. (2024). Single-residue linear and conformational B cell epitopes prediction using random and ESM-2 based projections. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 25(2), bbae084. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbae084
  • Rajan, K. S., Aryal, S., Hiregange, D. G., Bashan, A., Madmoni, H., Olami, M., Doniger, T., Cohen-Chalamish, S., Pescher, P., Taoka, M., Nobe, Y., Fedorenko, A., Bose, T., Zimermann, E., Prina, E., Aharon-Hefetz, N., Pilpel, Y., Isobe, T., Unger, R., Späth, G. F., … Michaeli, S. (2024). Structural and mechanistic insights into the function of Leishmania ribosome lacking a single pseudouridine modification. Cell reports, 43(5), 114203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114203
  • Shtossel, O., Koren, O., Shai, I., Rinott, E., & Louzoun, Y. (2024). Gut microbiome-metabolome interactions predict host condition. Microbiome, 12(1), 24.‏ https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01737-1‏

Awarded in 2019:

  • Lipschits, O., & Geva, R. (2024). An integrative model of parent‐infant communication development. Child Development Perspectives, 18(3), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12507‏
  • Gabay‐Egozi, L., & Yaish, M. (2025). The Dynamics of Earnings Inequality between Israel's Sub‐Populations: A Longitudinal Perspective. Sociology Compass, 19(4), e70055. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.70055

Awarded in 2018:

  • Hashoul-Essa, L., & Armon-Lotem, S. (2025). Gender effects in lexical and morphosyntactic acquisition of Arabic: A CDI study. First Language, 45(3), 231-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237251329971 (Original work published 2025)
  • Hashoul-Essa, L., & Armon-Lotem, S. (2025). The emergence and development of Palestinian Arabic lexicon and morphosyntax from 18 to 36 months: A Communicative Development Inventory study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(3S), 1382-1401. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00606‏

Awarded in 2017:

  • Slater, J., Lavidor, M., & Halali, E. (2025). “Rationality” enhancement through anodal tDCS over the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 27361. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12375-y‏

Awarded in 2016:

  • Karin, E., Geva, R., Bar-Yehuda, S., Estrugo, Y., & Bauminger-Zviely, N. (2025). Correction to: Movement Coordination's Link with Common Ground During DyadicPeer Discourse in Typically Developing and Autistic Speakers. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 55(5), 1943. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06793-0

Awarded in 2014:

  • Fox, J., & Zellman, A. (2025). The utility of discrimination: religious discrimination and governmental legitimacy in Christian-majority countries. European Political Science Review, 17(3), 496–513. doi:10.1017/S175577392400033X

MOST

Supported by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology

Awarded in 2022:

Awarded in 2019:

  • Schwartz, R., Zev, S., & Major, D. T. (2024). Differential substrate sensing in terpene synthases from plants and microorganisms Insight from structural, bioinformatic, and EnzyDock analyses Angewandte Chemie, 136(21), e202400743.https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400743

Awarded in 2018:

  • Frishman, S., Nuriel-Ohayon, M., Turjeman, S., Pinto, Y., Yariv, O., Tenenbaum-Gavish, K., Peled, Y., Poran, E., Pardo, J., Chen, R., Muller, E., Borenstein, E., Hod, M., Louzoun, Y., Schwartz, B., Hadar, E., Collado, M. C., & Koren, O. (2024). Positive effects of diet-induced microbiome modification on GDM in mice following human faecal transfer. Gut, 73(10), e17. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331456

NIH

Supported by the National Institutes of Health

Awarded in 2023:

  • Schwartz, R., Zev, S., & Major, D. T. (2024). Differential substrate sensing in terpene synthases from plants and microorganisms Insight from structural, bioinformatic, and EnzyDock analyses Angewandte Chemie, 136(21), e202400743.https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400743

ERC

Supported by the European Research Council‏

Awarded in 2023:

  • Rajan, K. S., Aryal, S., Hiregange, D. G., Bashan, A., Madmoni, H., Olami, M., Doniger, T., Cohen-Chalamish, S., Pescher, P., Taoka, M., Nobe, Y., Fedorenko, A., Bose, T., Zimermann, E., Prina, E., Aharon-Hefetz, N., Pilpel, Y., Isobe, T., Unger, R., Späth, G. F., … Michaeli, S. (2024). Structural and mechanistic insights into the function of Leishmania ribosome lacking a single pseudouridine modification. Cell reports, 43(5), 114203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114203

Awarded in 2021:

  • Hazani, R., Weller, A., Turjeman, S., Sharon, E., Saleev, N., Moadi, L., Elliott, E., Ben-Ami Bartal, I., & Koren, O. (2025). The social microbiome: Eubacterium links gut microbiota to prosocial behavior in stressed and naïve rats, a gut-brain axis study. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 129, 505–520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.06.023
  • Frishman, S., Nuriel-Ohayon, M., Turjeman, S., Pinto, Y., Yariv, O., Tenenbaum-Gavish, K., Peled, Y., Poran, E., Pardo, J., Chen, R., Muller, E., Borenstein, E., Hod, M., Louzoun, Y., Schwartz, B., Hadar, E., Collado, M. C., & Koren, O. (2024). Positive effects of diet-induced microbiome modification on GDM in mice following human faecal transfer. Gut, 73(10), e17. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331456
  • Turjeman, S., Rozera, T., Elinav, E., Ianiro, G., & Koren, O. (2025). From big data and experimental models to clinical trials: Iterative strategies in microbiome research. Cell, 188(5), 1178-1197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.038
  • Turjeman, S., & Koren, O. (2025). Bridging the bench-to-bedside divide in microbiome research. Clinical and translational medicine, 15(5), e70358. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.70358
  • Uzan-Yulzari, A., Turjeman, S., Moadi, L., Getselter, D., Sharon, E., Rautava, S., ... & Koren, O. (2024). A gut reaction? The role of the microbiome in aggression. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 122, 301-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.08.011

Awarded in 2018:

Minerva

Supported by Minerva

Awarded in 2022:

  • Weissberger, G. H., Bensimon, M., & Shrira, A. (2024). Financial exploitation and mental health among Holocaust survivors: the moderating role of posttraumatic symptoms. International psychogeriatrics, 36(9), 772-784. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000625
  • Bensimon, M., Weissberger, G. H., & Shrira, A. (2024). A Qualitative Inquiry of Holocaust Survivors in the Face of Financial Exploitation. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 30(2), 264–286. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2024.2362698

BSF

Supported by the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF)

Awarded in 2024:

  • Benjamin-Zukerman, T., Pane, V., Safadi-Safa, R., Solomon, M., Lev-Ram, V., Aboraya, M., Dakwar, A., Bertinetti, D., Hoy, A., Mol, M. O., van Swieten, J., Maillard, R., Herberg, F. W., & Ilouz, R. (2025). Allosteric modulation of protein kinase A in individuals affected by NLPD-PKA, a neurodegenerative disease in which the PRKAR1B L50R variant is expressed. The FEBS journal, 292(18), 4808–4832. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.70098
  • Benjamin-Zukerman, T., Shimon, G., Gaine, M. E., Dakwar, A., Peled, N., Aboraya, M., Masri-Ismail, A., Safadi-Safa, R., Solomon, M., Lev-Ram, V., Rissman, R. A., Mayrhofer, J. E., Raffeiner, A., Mol, M. O., Argue, B. M. R., McCool, S., Doan, B., van Swieten, J., Stefan, E., Abel, T., … Ilouz, R. (2024). A mutation in the PRKAR1B gene drives pathological mechanisms of neurodegeneration across species. Brain : a journal of neurology, 147(11), 3890–3905. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae154

Awarded in 2023:

Awarded in 2022:

  • Galili-Kostin, B., Rajan, K. S., Ida Ashkenazi, Y., Freedman, A., Doniger, T., Cohen-Chalamish, S., Waldman Ben-Asher, H., Unger, R., Roditi, I., Tschudi, C., & Michaeli, S. (2025). TblncRNA-23, a long non-coding RNA transcribed by RNA polymerase I, regulates developmental changes in Trypanosoma brucei. Nature communications, 16(1), 3697. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58979-w‏

ICRF

Supported by Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF)

Awarded in 2023:

  • Lavi, I., Bhattacharya, S., Awase, A., Orgil, O., Avital, N., Journo, G., ... & Shamay, M. (2025). Unidirectional recruitment between MeCP2 and KSHV-encoded LANA revealed by CRISPR/Cas9 recruitment assay. PLoS pathogens, 21(3), e1012972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012972

Awarded in 2022:

  • Benjamin-Zukerman, T., Pane, V., Safadi-Safa, R., Solomon, M., Lev-Ram, V., Aboraya, M., Dakwar, A., Bertinetti, D., Hoy, A., Mol, M. O., van Swieten, J., Maillard, R., Herberg, F. W., & Ilouz, R. (2025). Allosteric modulation of protein kinase A in individuals affected by NLPD-PKA, a neurodegenerative disease in which the PRKAR1B L50R variant is expressed. The FEBS journal, 292(18), 4808–4832. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.70098
  • Benjamin-Zukerman, T., Shimon, G., Gaine, M. E., Dakwar, A., Peled, N., Aboraya, M., Masri-Ismail, A., Safadi-Safa, R., Solomon, M., Lev-Ram, V., Rissman, R. A., Mayrhofer, J. E., Raffeiner, A., Mol, M. O., Argue, B. M. R., McCool, S., Doan, B., van Swieten, J., Stefan, E., Abel, T., … Ilouz, R. (2024). A mutation in the PRKAR1B gene drives pathological mechanisms of neurodegeneration across species. Brain : a journal of neurology, 147(11), 3890–3905. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae154

GIF

Supported by German-Israel Fund (GIF)

Awarded in 2015:

  • Fox, J., & Zellman, A. (2025). The utility of discrimination: religious discrimination and governmental legitimacy in Christian-majority countries. European Political Science Review, 17(3), 496–513. doi:10.1017/S175577392400033X