Tel Aviv University

Eshel Ben-Jacob

Yael Hanein

Itay Baruchi

Ronen Segev

Eyal Hulata

Yoash Shapira

Tamir Gabay

Ziv Hermon

Shay Caspi

A device for positioning at least one cell in at least one addressable position, the device comprising a substrate formed with at least one addressable pore and at least one channel embedded in the substrate and being in fluid communication with the at least one pore. The at least one pore and the at least one channel are designed and constructed such that an under-pressure formed in the at least one channel results in vacuum adherence of the at least one cell onto the at least one pore, such that a single cell is vacuum adhered onto a single pore. In one embodiment, the substrate is a non-conductive substrate and is further formed with one or more electrode structures, where each of the electrode structures is positioned in one of the pores. In an additional embodiment the device is designed locatable onto an organ, such as a brain.

System for and method of positioning cells and determining cellular activity thereof

A device for positioning at least one cell in at least one addressable position, the device comprising a substrate () formed with at least one addressable pore () and at least one channel () embedded in the substrate and being held in fluid communication with the at least one pore. The at least one pore and the at least one channel are designed and constructed such that an under-pressure formed in the at least one channel results in vacuum adherence of the at least one cell onto the at least one pore, such that a single cell is vacuum adhered onto a single pore. In one embodiment, the substrate is a non-conductive substrate and is further formed with one or more electrode structures (), where each of the electrode structures is positioned in one of the pores. In an additional embodiment the device is designed to be locatable on an organ, such as the brain.

Digital computational circuit comprising a network made of a plurality of identical repetitive DNA-based conductive elements. The DNA-based elements used for the purposes of the invention employ a P-bridge as a tunnel junction for a net charge. The DNA-based element of which the circuit is made may be a DNA SET transistor. The circuit may comprise a DNA resistor built from a plurality of SET transistor elements a series, with a constant over-threshold gate voltage. The circuit may further comprise NOT and NOR gates. The NOT gate can be made of a DNA-based transistor and a resistor, and the resistor can be made by using a DNA SET transistor with a constant over-threshold gate voltage, and by placing a plurality of such DNA SET transistors in series until the resistivity reaches the desired value. The NOR gate, on the other hand, can be built from two NOT elements wherein the output of the first NOT element is connected to the resistor of the second NOT element as it voltage supply.

DNA-based electronics

Apparatus () for generating a localized magnetic field inside a body of a living subject () includes first and second electromagnets (), adapted to be positioned in proximity to the body so as to apply magnetic fields thereto. The core () of at least one of the electromagnets has a shape that can be altered under control of an operator of the apparatus so as to adjust the magnetic fields to assume a desired relation within the body.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Eshel Ben-Jacob