Dr. Sigal Matza Porges (Ph.D)

Dr. Sigal Matza Porges (Ph.D)

Senior Lecturer and Second-degree student educational counselor, Bio

Dr. Sigal Matza Porges holds a B.A. in Biology, M.A. in Immunology and PhD in Virology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition holds a Master's degree in Genetic Counseling from the Health school of the Hebrew University and have a teaching certificate from the Hebrew University.


During the years she has participated in researches in the field of Virology and led a research which developed a new antiviral screening method that simultaneously detects viral replication, cell viability, and cell toxicity. This research was done within the Bio-Xplore program of Hadassah Academic College.


Sigal works in Hadassah Academic College as a senior lecturer in Immunology and also teach Immunology laboratory courses. She serves as a second degree student's counselor and also works as a genetic counselor in the department of genetic at Hadassah University hospital Ein Kerem.
Participate in teaching committee and excellence committee lecturers at Hadassah Academic College.

Contact

+972-2-6291917
Sigalpo@jmc.ac.il

Sigal led a research which developed a new antiviral screening method that simultaneously detects viral replication, cell viability, and cell toxicity. This research was done within the Bio-Xplore program of Hadassah Academic College.

Matza-Porges S, Tavor E, Panet A. and Honigman A. (2003). Intracellular expression of a functional short peptide confers resistance to apoptosis. Experimental Cell Research. 290: 60-67. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5663694_Intracellular_expression_of_a_functional_short_peptide_confers_resistance_to_apoptosis

Matza-Porges S, Horresh I, Tavor E, Panet A, and Honigman A. Expression of an Anti Apoptotic Recombinant Short Peptide in Mammalian Cells. (2005). Apoptosis10(5): 987-96. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7610315_Expression_of_an_anti_apoptotic_recombinant_short_peptide_in_mammalian_cells

Matzs Porges S, Eisen Kobi, Hadeel Ibrahim, Haberman Adva. Antiviral Detection Assay. Method developed Hadassah Academic collage. May 2013. GIBEX Screens to Nature.

Matza-Porges S, Eisen K, Ibrahim H, Haberman A, Fridlander B Joseph G. A new antiviral screening method that simultaneously detects viral replication, cell viability, and cell toxicity (2015). Journal of Virological Methods 208: 138-143.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265018492_A_new_antiviral_screening_method_that_simultaneously_detects_viral_replication_cell_viability_and_cell_toxicity

Matza-Poeges S, Nathan Dafna. A Biosafety Level 2 Virology Lab for Biotechnology Undergraduates(2017).  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 45(6):537-543.

Scientific Seminars:

  1. Poster display at the Microbiology Society of Hebrew University in Tel Aviv, February 2004.
  2. Poster display at “Programmed Cell Death” Science Seminar, At Cold Spring Harbor, New York, U.S.A., 17-21.9.2003
  3. Poster display at "Antiviral research" Science seminar of ISAR, Roma, Italy, 2015.