Our Faculty

Yoav Gilad, PhD

The Gilad lab focuses on studying genetic and regulatory differences between humans and our close evolutionary relatives. Our long term goal is to identify the genetic basis of human-specific traits, including genetic variation that underlies higher susceptibility to certain diseases and disorders in humans than in other primates.

Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Ph.D. - Molecular Genetics
2003

Weizamnn Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
M.Sc. - Molecular Genetics
2000

Ben Gurion University
Beer-Sheva, Israel
B.Sc. - Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
1998

Oxygen-induced stress reveals context-specific gene regulatory effects in human brain organoids.
Oxygen-induced stress reveals context-specific gene regulatory effects in human brain organoids. Genome Res. 2025 Jun 02.
PMID: 40456601

Disease-associated loci share properties with response eQTLs under common environmental exposures.
Disease-associated loci share properties with response eQTLs under common environmental exposures. Res Sq. 2025 May 14.
PMID: 40470191

Guided Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells into Heterogeneously Differentiating Cultures of Cardiac Cells.
Guided Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells into Heterogeneously Differentiating Cultures of Cardiac Cells. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 19.
PMID: 37502898

Cell type and dynamic state govern genetic regulation of gene expression in heterogeneous differentiating cultures.
Cell type and dynamic state govern genetic regulation of gene expression in heterogeneous differentiating cultures. Cell Genom. 2024 Dec 11; 4(12):100701.
PMID: 39626676

Oxygen-induced stress reveals context-specific gene regulatory effects in human brain organoids.
Oxygen-induced stress reveals context-specific gene regulatory effects in human brain organoids. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 03.
PMID: 39282424

Cell-type and dynamic state govern genetic regulation of gene expression in heterogeneous differentiating cultures.
Cell-type and dynamic state govern genetic regulation of gene expression in heterogeneous differentiating cultures. bioRxiv. 2024 May 03.
PMID: 38746382

Genetic regulatory effects in response to a high-cholesterol, high-fat diet in baboons.
Genetic regulatory effects in response to a high-cholesterol, high-fat diet in baboons. Cell Genom. 2024 Mar 13; 4(3):100509.
PMID: 38430910

Guided Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Cell Diversity.
Guided Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Cell Diversity. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 12.
PMID: 37502898

Genetic regulatory effects in response to a high cholesterol, high fat diet in baboons.
Genetic regulatory effects in response to a high cholesterol, high fat diet in baboons. bioRxiv. 2023 Nov 20.
PMID: 37577666

Guided Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Cell Diversity.
Guided Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Cell Diversity. bioRxiv. 2023 Nov 17.
PMID: 37502898

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