Faculty and Staff - Biotechnology (B.Sc.)

Dr.  Saleh Abu-Raya Obtained his B.Sc. degree (in Biology), M.Sc. (Endocrinology), and PhD (Pharmacology), from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dr. Abu-Raya teaches several courses at Hadassah Academic college since 2000  as part of the graduate programs, in the Department of Optometry: ( General Pharmacology, Ocular Pharmacology), Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences: (Pharmacology, Endocrinology, Seminar), Department of Biotechnology: (Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism, Physiology of the Endocrine System).

Other Activities of Dr. Abu-Raya at Hadassah Academic College: 

• Member of the Teaching Committee of the Medical Laboratory Sciences Department
• Academic advisor for third year students in the Medical Laboratory Sciences Department
• Academic advisor for students from Arab society

Dr. Abu-Raya has published many papers in the international scientific journals on the fields of: 

1)Phospholipase A2 and their involvement in exocytosis in PC12 cells.

2)Synthesis and release of prostaglandis under ischemic conditions.

3)  the neuroprotective effect of  Rasagiline, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, on 

NGF-differentiated PC12 cells against oxygen-glucose deprivation.

Contact: saleh@jmc.ac.il

Zohar Shpilt Mayer was born in northern Israel in 1991, and raised in Mazkeret Batya. She is married to Guy and a mother to Romi. She moved to Jerusalem in 2012 to pursue three consecutive degrees in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biology, completed in 2015; an M.Sc. in Chemistry in the group of Prof. Itamar Willner, in the field of nano-biotechnology, completed in 2017; and a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the group of Prof. Edit Y. Tshuva, which specializes in Titanium-based chemotherapeutics, scheduled to be completed in 2023. During her M.Sc. and Ph.D., she worked as a teaching assistant in several courses in the university, among which are “Organic Chemistry A” for B.Sc. chemistry students, “General Chemistry for Bio-Medical Students”, “General Chemistry Lab for Biology Students”, and “Material Chemistry Lab”. Her research interests include working on the interface between chemistry and biology, in the hopes that better understanding the biological mechanisms of different diseases, and specifically cancer, will enable to improve the treatment options we can provide humanity as chemists.