The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center

The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center strives to orchestrate and initiate pioneering neuroscience research, establishing a center of excellence for clinically significant studies in the field.

The Center employs researchers and doctors who combine basic research with clinical research on brain diseases, in pursuit of advancing applied science in the field. Since its establishment in 2004, the center has conducted a wide range of scientific studies, produced new knowledge and trained numerous PhD and MSc graduates in neuroscience. Funding for the center comes from various sources, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Alzheimer's Association.

The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center attracts students from various universities in Israel, providing opportunities for graduate students to conduct research and undergraduate students to complete internships. Additionally, the center accommodates international students seeking practical research internships.

Collaborations at Sheba

Through numerous collaborations with departments and other centers within Sheba, as well as academic research institutions both in Israel and around the world, we have convenient access to a wide range of advanced research techniques and clinical databases of patients, and tissues.

Thanks to extensive collaborations with departments and additional centers within Sheba, as well as academic research institutions both in Israel and globally, we have convenient access to a diverse range of advanced research techniques and to clinical databases, patient information, and tissues.

We collaborate with clinical departments including: endocrinology, geriatrics, neurosurgery, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, radiology, internal medicine, rehabilitation, nuclear medicine.

We collaborate with various laboratories and research bodies, including immunology, endocrinology (performing routine and customized laboratory tests upon request), animal shelter (providing housing and treatment for rodents in an SPF-ready facility), genetics, imaging (including MRI, fMRI, CT, PET, SPECT), lipids (studying disease factors related to heart and vascular functions), cancer (conducting cell cultures, genomic analyses, bioinformatics, and stem cells), and pathology (offering routine and customized histochemical staining upon request).