Aviv Mezer, PhD

Aviv Mezer
Post Doctoral Fellow
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Education

Ph.D. Biochemistry, Tel-Aviv University
B.Sc. Biology and Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University
B.A.  History,Tel-Aviv University

Research Interests

Developing new quantitative brain MRI measurements.
Developing biophysical interpretations of MRI measurements.
Combining multiple MRI methods to study brain tissue development and brain diseases.

Publications

Bound pool fractions complement diffusion measures to describe white matter micro and macrostructure.
Stikov N, Perry LM, Mezer A, Rykhlevskaia E, Wandell BA, Pauly JM, Dougherty RF.Neuroimage. 2011 Jan 15;54(2):1112-21. Epub 2010 Sep 7.

Evaluation of the heterogeneous reactivity of the syntaxin molecules on the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane.
Bar-On D, Gutman M, Mezer A, Ashery U, Lang T, Nachliel E.J Neurosci. 2009 Sep 30;29(39):12292-301.

Cluster analysis of resting-state fMRI time series.
Mezer A, Yovel Y, Pasternak O, Gorfine T, Assaf Y. Neuroimage. 2009 May 1;45(4):1117-25. Epub 2008 Dec 25.

Vesicle priming and recruitment by ubMunc13-2 are differentially regulated by calcium and calmodulin.
Zikich D*, Mezer A*, Varoqueaux F, Sheinin A, Junge HJ, Nachliel E, Melamed R, Brose N, Gutman M, Ashery U. J Neurosci. 2008 Feb 20;28(8):1949-60.

A Comprehensive Kinetic Model Of The Exocytotic Process: Evaluation Of The Reaction Mechanism.
Mezer A., Bosis E., Ashery U., Nachliel E., Gutman M., RECOMB 2005 Workshop on Regulatory Genomics, LNBI 4023 proceedings, 249-259, 2007


The mechanism of proton transfer between adjacent sites exposed to water.

Mezer A, Friedman R, Noivirt O, Nachliel E, Gutman M. J Phys Chem B. 2005 Jun 9;109(22):11379-88.

Kinetic model of the exocytotic process and evaluation of the reaction mechanism.
Mezer A. Bosis E. Ashery U. Nachliel E. Gutman M. Annals of the European Academy of Sciences, 2005

Systematic search for the rate constants that control the exocytotic process from chromaffin cells by a genetic algorithm.
Mezer A, Ashery U, Gutman M, Project E, Bosis E, Fibich G, Nachliel E. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Apr;1763(4):345-55.

A new platform to study the molecular mechanisms of exocytosis.

Mezer A, Nachliel E, Gutman M, Ashery U. J Neurosci. 2004 Oct 6;24(40):8838-46.

Determination of a unique solution to parallel proton transfer reactions using the genetic algorithm.
Moscovitch D, Noivirt O, Mezer A, Nachliel E, Mark T, Gutman M, Fibich G. Biophys J. 2004 Jul;87(1):47-57.

Gauging of local micro-environment and protein water interface by time-resolved signal-proton transfer reactions.
Gutman M. Nachliel E. Mezer A. and Noivirt O. Annals of the European Academy of Sciences 1, 79-110, 2003.