Talila Volk
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Biography
Talila Volk gained a BSc in Biology at Tel Aviv University. She continued her scientific training at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, where she completed her MSc and PhD degrees in the laboratory of Benjamin Geiger. She then moved to the laboratory of John Fessler at UCLA for her postdoctoral studies. In 1990, Talila returned to Israel and, during the years that followed, she became a faculty member in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the Weizmann Institute, where she currently works.
Abstract
Abstract : The mechanobiology of muscle nuclei: Mechanism and functional significance