“At the Movies” Sunday 6th November 4pm To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the prestigious Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University, AFTAU showcased three award winning short films to a full house at JIFF!It was a wonderful social event and the audience was captivated by the outstanding quality of work […]

“Visit from TAU President Prof Ariel Porat a huge success” Professor Ariel Porat, recently visited Australia with Amos Elad, Vice President for Resource Development at Tel Aviv University. The visit was a real morale booster for The Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University and highlighted just how important TAU regards the work that we do. Prof Porat was accompanied by Clive Donner, AFTAU Federal President, Jenny Hillman, AFTAU NSW President and David Solomon, AFTAU Federal CEO on their visit to Melbourne. They utilised the opportunity to catch up with both existing and potentially new supporters and also met with several next-generation members of supporter families.

Prof. Dan Peer is the Vice President for R&D at Tel Aviv University, Director of the Laboratory of Precision NanoMedicine and Chair of TAU Cancer Biology Research Center. His lab works in the interface of basic and translational science and Prof. Peer has more than 120 pending and granted patents. Watch here…

Prof. Noam Shomron is recognised as a global genomic visionary. An alumnus of Moriah College and Macquarie University, he now Heads the Functional Genomic Team and is a Professor in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. watch here

Around 500 million people in the world have hearing loss and 1 in 200 children are born with a hearing impairment. About 50% of these cases are caused by a genetic mutation. Prof. Avraham is a globally renowned human geneticist. Vice Dean of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, she is also […]

Prof. Tal Dvir Head of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Tel Aviv University watch here

Tel Aviv University has established an emergency scholarship fund for Ukrainian students whose academic pursuits have been interrupted by the war.

Money raised will support this special fund benefiting Ukrainian students.