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Hire Dr. Alexander K.
Israel
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Immunologist with over 10 years of experience in pre-clinical assay development and experimental animal models

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Work Experience

Scientific Advisor

Weizmann Institute of Science

December 2018 - Present

Pipeline and discovery

ImmunoBrain Checkpoint

May 2017 - Present

Education

Neuroimmunology

Weizmann Institute of Science

November 2014 - November 2018

Chemistry and Biology

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

January 2009 - January 2011

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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ben-Yehuda H, Matcovitch-Natan O, Kertser A, Amit Spinrad, Marco Prinz, Ido Amit, Schwartz M (2019). Maternal Type-I interferon signaling adversely affects the microglia and the behavior of the offspring accompanied by increased sensitivity to stress . Molecular psychiatry.
Alexander Kertser, Kuti Baruch, Aleksandra Deczkowska, Weiner A, Tommaso Croese, Mor Kenigsbuch, Cooper I, Michael Tsoory, Ben-Hamo S, Ido Amit, et al. (2019). Corticosteroid signaling at the brain-immune interface impedes coping with severe psychological stress . Science advances.
Rosenzweig N, Dvir-Szternfeld R, Tsitsou-Kampeli A, Keren-Shaul H, Ben-Yehuda H, Weill-Raynal P, Cahalon L, Kertser A, Baruch K, Ido Amit, et al. (2019). PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade harnesses monocyte-derived macrophages to combat cognitive impairment in a tauopathy mouse model . Nature communications.
Aleksandra Deczkowska, Matcovitch-Natan O, Tsitsou-Kampeli A, Ben-Hamo S, Dvir-Szternfeld R, Amit Spinrad, Oded Singer, David E, Deborah Winter, Smith LK, et al. (2017). Mef2C restrains microglial inflammatory response and is lost in brain ageing in an IFN-I-dependent manner . Nature communications.
Kuti Baruch, Aleksandra Deczkowska, Rosenzweig N, Tsitsou-Kampeli A, Sharif AM, Matcovitch-Natan O, Kertser A, David E, Ido Amit, Schwartz M (2016). PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade reduces pathology and improves memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease . Nature medicine.
Kuti Baruch, Rosenzweig N, Kertser A, Aleksandra Deczkowska, Sharif AM, Amit Spinrad, Tsitsou-Kampeli A, Sarel A, Cahalon L, Schwartz M (2015). Breaking immune tolerance by targeting Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells mitigates Alzheimer's disease pathology . Nature communications.
Kuti Baruch, Kertser A, Ziv Porat, Schwartz M (2015). Cerebral nitric oxide represses choroid plexus NFκB-dependent gateway activity for leukocyte trafficking . The EMBO journal.
Kuti Baruch, Aleksandra Deczkowska, David E, Joseph M. Castellano, Miller O, Kertser A, Berkutzki T, Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki, Bezalel D, Tony Wyss-Coray, et al. (2014). Aging. Aging-induced type I interferon response at the choroid plexus negatively affects brain function . Science (New York, N.Y.).
Kunis G, Kuti Baruch, Rosenzweig N, Kertser A, Miller O, Berkutzki T, Schwartz M (2013). IFN-γ-dependent activation of the brain's choroid plexus for CNS immune surveillance and repair . Brain : a journal of neurology.