Dr Ziv Porat
"Recent advances in Imaging Flow Cytomtery"
Biography:
Dr. Ziv Porat, Ph.D., serves as an Assistant Staff Scientist in the Flow Cytometry Unit at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. He completed his B.Sc. degree with Honors on clinical nutrition at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and undertook M.Sc. studies at Weizmann Institute of Science in Prof. Michal Schwartz’s lab, in the field of Neuroimmunology. He worked toward his Ph.D. degree, also at the Weizmann Institute, in Prof. Chaim Kahana’s lab, where he investigated cancer related effects of polyamines. His postdoctoral studies at the Weizmann Institute, on the effect of flow on cell physiology, with a focus on microscopy and image analysis methods, were performed in Prof. Benjamin Geiger’s lab.
Dr. Porat’s diverse background in biology and image analysis is put to good use in the Flow Cytomtery Unit, where, in addition to conventional flow cytometry, he specializes in imaging flow cytometry using the Amnis ImageStreamX. He is co-author on over 14 peer-reviewed publications, and is currently involved in many diverse, ongoing research projects.