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Hila Zak

Bar-Ilan University

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Galit Shohat-OphiriD· 2 shared Alex Glick· 1 shared Allison Chang· 1 shared Chun ChieniD· 1 shared David GorelikiD· 1 shared Dion K. DickmaniD· 1 shared Eyal RozenfeldiD· 1 shared Hadar Eger· 1 shared

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A comprehensive CRISPR screen of the Drosophila glutamate receptome reveals Ekar as a selective regulator of presynaptic homeostatic plasticity

Joshua C. Martinez, Chun Chien, Wanying Dong, Nancy Tran, Allison Chang, Hila Zak, Svara Shah, Galit Shohat-Ophir, Dion K. Dickman

The paper performs a CRISPR screen in Drosophila to identify genes involved in presynaptic homeostatic plasticity, finding Ekar as a critical regulator.

bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Super-resolved spatial transcriptomics reveals early hippocampal RNA localization changes in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Yaara Diamant Karasik, Hadar Eger, Tal Goldberg, Yeela Seri, Nofar Schottlender, Tom Ben-Mor, Modi Safra, Moshe Shenhav, Hila Zak, Meir Danino, Yaeli Rosenberg, Alex Glick, Noam Feldman, Noa Slater, Irit Gottfried, , Shahar Alon

bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

A highly conserved A-to-I RNA editing event within the glutamate-gated chloride channel GluClα is necessary for olfactory-based behaviors in Drosophila

Hila Zak, Eyal Rozenfeld, Mali Levi, Patricia Deng, David Gorelik, Hadar Pozeilov, Shai Israel, Yoav Paas, Yoav Paas, Jin Billy Li, Moshe Parnas, Galit Shohat-Ophir

This study identifies a conserved A-to-I RNA editing site in Drosophila GluClα essential for olfactory behaviors and social interactions.

Science Advances · Sep 4, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience