Outreach
At the Zinger Lab, we are dedicated to empowering others to explore their passions and realize their ambitions. We are proud to collaborate with programs that focus on increasing the representation of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. If you're interested in partnering with the Zinger Lab to organize a demonstration, webinar, tutorial, or Q&A session covering our research topics, please reach out to us at assafzinger@technion.ac.il
We are excited to inspire the next generation of scientists and innovators!
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Alpha- Future Scientists
Alpha is a program for talented and gifted high school students (9th grade graduates) that enables its participants to integrate within the world of modern scientific research. The Program was formulated in order to meet the unique needs of talented and gifted students, while enriching their knowledge base, exposing them to high-level scientific research, and providing them with the tools they need to put together and engage in independent scientific research on an academic level.
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First International Chemical Engineering Department Conference
Our talented Ph.D. student, Ms. Si Naftaly, was part of this conference organizing committee, that brought to Israel leading young scientists from all over the world.
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"Nano-Taxis" Shuttle Therapeutics to Neurons
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Assaf Zinger and Dr. Caroline Cvetkovic from the Center for Neuroregeneration at the Houston Methodist Research Institute have created a novel means of delivering medicine to neurons in a targeted manner.
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Technion Magazine
New faculty publication!
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From Drug Delivery to Cellular Communication, Cellular Targeting the Cells Ways
In this Teatime Webinar, Dr. Assaf Zinger, Assistant Professor at Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Israel and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Houston Methodist Academic Institute, TX, USA presents on how using lessons learned from nature and understanding how cells communicate across distant sites, we can develop a better understanding of how to tailor the fundamental features of drug delivery carriers to encapsulate various cargos and target specific sites for biomedicine and bioengineering.
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Humanized Biomimetic Nanovesicles for Neuron Targeting
Researchers from the Technion and the Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed microscopic machines that can deliver drugs to parts of the brain in order to treat injuries and diseases.
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Surgery Without a Single Incision
A short Hebrew Interview regards our Neurosomes technology (52:05-58:40 minutes).
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Nano Taxis
The customizable NVs reported here enable next-generation functionalized theranostics aimed to promote neuroregeneration.
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How Watson Met His Crick
Students, faculty and alumni tell us how they first got interested inthe Technion and how the university changed their lives.
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Surgery Without a Single Incision
Israeli researchers combine a nanotechnology and a biological enzyme to create an enzymatic blade that could replace surgical scalpels.
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Enzymatic Blade
The application spares the pain associated with orthodontic surgeries and significantly reduces tissue recovery time.
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Welcoming the National Board
The ATS Detroit Chapter warmly welcomed the national Board of Directors to Detroit in early November.
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Technion’s global relations
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology President Peretz Lavie and Dr. Assaf Zinger, an up-and-coming chemical engineering and nanotechnology researcher at the Israeli university, gave a joint presentation at a recent event in Bal Harbour.
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The Story Behind the First YICRS
The purpose of the conference was to share and spread knowledge. We encouraged the participants to be involved, to ask questions during the lectures, and to mingle during the breaks.
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Nanotechnology could redefine oral surgery
The team developed liposomal nanoparticles that contained collagenase and performed tests with them in rats. When the liposomes were placed under the gums, the collagenase diffused out of the particles and was activated by calcium naturally found in the mouth.
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Technology Replaces Scalpel
In an article published recently in ACS Nano,researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have outlined a nanotechnology that replaces the surgical scalpel with an "enzymatic blade."
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Postdoc Assaf Zinger Tours US
Postdoctoral Fellow Assaf Zinger, PhD, is touring the U.S. as one of Israel’s rising stars and exemplary scientists.
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Thanks to This Israeli Breakthrough, Orthodontia Could Be a Matter of Mere Months
People have been using knives to cut tissue for 4,000 years, says Assaf Zinger of the Technion - and thought of replacing the scalpel in gum surgery with enzymes.
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בדרך לפוסט
כ-100 סטודנטים לתארים מתקדמים מאוניברסיטאות שונות השתתפו בכנס מדעי-הנדסי שנערך בטכניון במסגרת פעילות האגודה הישראלית למתן מבוקר של ביו-חומרים. המטרה: לייצר מפגש וחילופי ידע בין סטודנטים לתארים מתקדמים העוסקים בתחום זה
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חידוש בחדר הניתוח: ללא חיתוך, ללא כאב וללא פחד
חוקרים בפקולטה להנדסה כימית ע"ש וולפסון בטכניון פיתחו טכנולוגיה המחליפה את סכין המנתחים בחומרים ביולוגיים טבעיים.
