Updated May 2010

Director

Hadassah Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center,

Senior Staff Physician

Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy

Sydney Swartz Chair in

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem

Phone:  972-2-677-8726     

Fax: 972-2-643-0982

Email: benjaminr@ekmd.huji.ac.il

Academic Rank

Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology 

Affiliation

Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Education

1984  B.Sc. in Medical Science, with excellence, (cum laude) Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1990  M.Sc. in Neurobiology, with special distinction (summa cum laude) Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1988  Medical training, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1989 - M.D. Graduation Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.

1989  Internship, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1995  Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1995 - Israel Boards of Obstetrics and Gynecology

1999  Ph.D. in Developmental Biology at Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Clinical Interests

-          Female infertility

-          Male infertility

-          In vitro fertilization

-          Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Research Interests

-          Human embryonic stem cells for transplantation therapy and regeneration

-          Reproduction

-          Stem cells for the improvement of reproduction

Awards

2007   The AYALA (The Israeli Fertility Association-IFA) prize for distinctive

            basic research during the years 2005 - 2006.

2005    2004 distinctive scientist prize in the field of medicine awarded by the

            fund in memory of Samuel and Paula Elkales by the Keren Kayemet

            Le’yisrael.

‏2004    Elected for excellence in teaching in the faculty of medicine for the

            year 2003 – 2004.

2004    ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)

            Established Scientist Award for the study: "Human embryonic stem

            cell-derived neural progenitors correct behavioral deficits in

            Parkinsonian rats."

2000    HWZOA (Hadassah Women Zionist Organization of America) Award

            for Middle Level Investigators for Excellence in Research.

2000    The ALPHA (International Forum for Scientists in Reproductive

            Medicine) Award for Research Work on Human Embryonic Stem

            Cells.

1998    Sir J. McNeil Scholarship Prize towards Ph.D. thesis research.

1997    Elected as Teacher with Special Distinction at the Faculty of Medicine.

1996    Honored to be included in the Rector's List of Outstanding Teachers

1995    Israel Fertility Society Award for Most Outstanding Work in Fertility

            Research.

1994    Dr. M. Stich . Faculty Prize for Special Distinction in Clinical Work

1990    Dr. A. Heler Faculty Prize for Special Distinction of M.Sc. Thesis in

            Neurobiology.

1985    Korenfeld Scholarship Prize toward research of Master's thesis.

Publications

1.            Reubinoff BE (May 1989). The effect of human serum on synaptic transmission at the frog neuromuscular junction: the involvement of the complement system. Master Thesis. The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.

2.            Reubinoff BE, Schenker JG (1991). HELLP syndrome - a syndrome of  hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count - complicating preeclampsia-eclampsia. Int J Gynecol Obstet 36: 95-102.

Also published in: Giornale Italiano Di Ostetricia e Ginecologia  1992; 14: 387-393.

3.            Shushan A, Stemmer SM, Reubinoff BE, Eid A, Weinstein D (1992). Carcinoma of the colon during pregnancy. Obstet Gyncol  Survey  47: 222-225.

4.            Reubinoff BE, Eldor A, Laufer N, Sadovsky E (1992). Maternal hemorrhagic complications following prophylactic low-dose aspirin and dipyridamole therapy. Gynecol Obstet Invest  33: 241-243.

5.            Reubinoff BE, Fefer S, Anteby SO (1992). Sarcoma botryoides of the uterine cervix - current therapeutic approach. Harefuah 123:129-132 (Hebrew).

6.            Reubinoff BE, Mordel N, Weinstein D (1993). Saline solution amnioinfusion - its role in modern obstetric care. Harefua 124:619-625 (Hebrew).

7.            Amar A, Battat S, Anteby SO, Brautbar C, Reubinoff BE (1993). Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: is HLA - DQ  a disease marker in Jewish patients? European Journal of Immunogenetics. 20:327-333. 

8.            Rojansky N, Reubinoff BE, Shapira SC, Weinstein D (1994). Safety of surgical intervention during the second trimester of pregnancy. J  Reprod Med 39: 821-824.

9.            Reubinoff BE, Mor-Yosef S, Shushan A, Brzezinski A, Tanos V, Anteby SO (1994). Hyperreactio luteinalis associated with nonimmune   hydrops fetalis - the role of pituitary hormones. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 53:144-146.

10.       Shushan A, Simon A, Reubinoff BE, Lewin A, Schenker JG, Laufer N (1994). The use of vaginal tablets as a vehicle for steroid replacement in a donor oocyte program. Fertility and Sterility. 62(2):412-414.

11.       Reubimoff BE, Simon A, Friedler S, Schenker JG, Lewin A (1994). Defective oocytes as a possible cause of infertility in a -thalassaemia major patient. Human Reproduction 9(6):1143-1145.

12.       Tanos V, Meirow D, Reubinoff BE, Anteby SO (1994). Recurrent  gestational throphoblastic disease following in-vitro-fertilization. Human Reproduction 9(11): 2010-2013.

13.       Lewin A, Schenker JG, Safran A, Zigelman N, Avrech O, Abramov Y, Friedler S, Reubinoff BE (1994). Embryo growth rate in vitro as an indicator of embryo quality in IVF cycles. J Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 11:1-4.

14.       Reubinoff BE, Weinstein D, Langer O, Samueloff A (1995). Antenatal bleeding and fetal heart rate. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. 39: 19-23.

15.       Reubinoff BE, Grubstein A, Meirov D, Berry E, Schenker JG, Brzezinski A (1995). Effects of low-dose estrogen oral contraceptives on weight, body composition, and fat distribution in young women. Fertility and Sterility. 63: 516-521.

16.       Reubinoff BE, Wurtman J, Rojansky N, Adler D, Stein P, Schenker JG, Brzezinski A (1995). Effects of hormone replacement therapy on weight, body composition, fat distribution, and food-intake, in early postmenopausal women - a prospective study. Fertility and Sterility. 64: 963-968.

17.       Reubinoff BE, Har-el R, Kitrossky N, Friedler S, Levi R, Lewin A, and Chevion M (1996). Increased levels of redox - active iron in follicular fluid: a possible cause of free radical -mediated infertility in -thalassemia major. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 174: 914-8.

18.       Bonne OB, Reubinoff BE, Berry EM (1996). Delayed detection of pregnancy in patients with Anorexia Nervosa: two case reports. Int J of Eating Disorders 20 (4): 423-5.

19.       Avner R, Reubinoff BE, Simon A, Zentner B, Friedmann A, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S, Laufer N (1996). Preimplantation Rh blood group typing in the management of Rh isoimmunization. Molecular Human Reproduction. 2:60-62.

20.       Reubinoff BE, Avner R, Rojansky N, Manny N, Friedmann A, Laufer N, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S (1996). RhD Genotype determination by single sperm cell analysis.  Am J Obstet Gynecol. 174: 1300-5.

21.       Reubinoff BE, Schenker JG (1996). New advances in sex preselection. Fertil Steril  66(3): 343-350.

22.       Reubinoff BE, Shushan A (1996). Preimplantation diagnosis in older patients: To biopsy or not to biopsy? Human Reproduction 11(10): 2071-75.

23.       Reubinoff BE, Lewin A, Chevion M (1996). Infertility in -thalassemia major. Am J Obstet Gynecol 175: 1081.

24.       Reubinoff BE, Samueloff A, Ben-Haim M, Friedler S, Schenker JG, Lewin A (1997). Is the obstetrical outcome of in vitro fertilized singleton gestations different from natural ones? A controlled study. Fertility Sterility. 67:1077-1083.

25.       Reubinoff BE, Shushan A (1997). Preimplantation diagnosis in older patients. Human Reproduction 12: 871.

26.       Reubinoff BE, Schenker JG (1997). Gonadotropins and sex preselection? Fertil Steril  68: 380-381.

27.       Reubinoff BE, Lewin A, Verner M, Safran A, Schenker JG, Abeliovich D (1997). Intracytoplasmic sperm injection combined with preimplantation genetic diagnosis for the prevention of recurrent gestational trophoblastic disease. Human Reproduction. 12:805-808.

28.       Rojansky N, Tanos V, Reubinoff B, Shapira S and Weinstein D (1997). Effect of epidural analgesia on duration and outcome of induced labor. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 56:237-244.

29.       Rojansky N, Reubinoff BE, Tanos V, Shushan A, and Weinstein D (1997). High risk pregnancy outcome following induction of labor. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 72:153-158.

30.       Safran A, Reubinoff BE, Porat-Katz A, Neiger M, Friedler S, Lewin A (1998). Intracytoplasmic sperm injection allows fertilization and embryonic development of a chromosomally balanced embryo from a binovular zona pellucida. Human Reproduction. 13:2575-2578.

31.       Safran A, Reubinoff BE, Porat-Katz A, Schenker J and Lewin A (1998). Assisted reproduction for the treatment of azoospermia. Human Reproduction 13: 47-60.

32.       Reubinoff BE, Lewin A, Schenker JG Abeliovich D (1998). Preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Harefua 135:202-208 (Hebrew).

33.       Reubinoff BE, Abeliovich D, Verner M, Schenker JG,  Safran A and Lewin A (1998). Ongoing pregnancy in non-mosaic Klinefelter’s syndrome after testicular sperm recovery and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Human Reproduction. 13:1887-1892.

34.       Lewin A, Reubinoff B.E, Porat-Katz A, Weiss D, Eisenberg V, Arbel R, Bar-El H, Safran A (1999). Testicular fine needle aspiration: the alternative method for sperm retrieval in non-obstructive azoospermia. Human Reproduction. 14:1785-1790.

35.       Simon I, Tanzen T, Reubinoff BE, Hillman D, McCarrey J Cedar H (1999). Asynchronous replication of imprinted genes is established in the gametes and maintained during development. Nature. 401:929-32.

36.       Pera MF, Reubinoff BE, Trounson A (2000). Human embryonic stem cells. J. Cell Science 113: 5-10.

37.       Reubinoff BE, Pera MF, Fong CY, Trounson A Bongso A (2000). Embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts: somatic differentiation in vitro. Nature Biotechnology. 18(4):399-404.

38.       Reubinoff BE, Pera M, Vajta G, Trounson AO (2001). Effective cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells by the open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification method. Human Reproduction. 16:2187-94.

39.       Mostoslavsky R, Singh N, Tenzen T, Goldmit M, Gabay C, Elizur S, Oi P, Reubinoff BE, Chess A, Ceder H and Bergman Y (2001). Asynchronous replication and allelic exclusion in the immune system. Nature. 414:221-5.

40.       Reubinoff BE, Itsykson P, Turetsky T, Pera M, Reinhartz E, Itzik A, Ben-Hur T (2001). Neural progenitors from human embryonic stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 19:1134-40.

41.       Lewin A, Pisov G, Turgeman R, Fatum M, Shufaro Y, Simon A, Laufer N, Revel A, Reubinoff B, Safran A (2002). Simplified artificial endometrial preparation, using oral estradiol and novel vaginal progesterone tablets: a prospective randomized study. Gynecol Endocrinol. 16:131-6.

42.       Cooper S, Bennett W, Andrade J, Reubinoff BE, Thomson J, Pera MF (2002). Biochemical properties of a keratan sulphate/chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan expressed in primate pluripotent stem cells. J Anat. 200(Pt 3):259-65.

43.       Drukker M, Katz G, Urbach A, Schuldiner M, Markel G, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Reubinoff B, Mandelboim O, Benvenisty N (2002). Characterization of the expression of MHC proteins in human embryonic stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99:9864-9.

44.       Goldstein RS, Drukker M, Reubinoff BE, Benvenisty N (2002). Integration and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells transplanted to the chick embryo. Developmental Dynamics. 225:80-6.

45.       Gropp M, Itsykson P, Singer O, Ben-Hur T, Reinhartz E, Galun E, and Reubinoff BE (2003). Stable genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells by lentiviral vectors. Molecular Therapy. 7:281-7.

46.       Reubinoff BE. Human embryonic stem cells- derivation propagation and induction of differentiation. Pera, M., Trousan A. (supervisors) April 2003. PhD Thesis, Monash University, Australia. Final copies are available at Monash University Library.

47.       Simon A, Safran A, Revel A, Aizenman E, Reubinoff B, Porat-Katz A, Lewin A, Laufer N (2003). Hyaluronic acid can successfully replace albumin as the sole macromolecule in a human embryo transfer medium. Fertility Sterility. 79(6):1434-8.

48.       Pera MF, Andrade J, Houssami S, Reubinoff BE, Trounson A, Stanley EG, Ward-van Oostwaard D, Mummery C (2004). Regulation of human embryonic stem cell differentiation by BMP-2 and its antagonist noggin. J Cell Sci. 117:1269-1280.

49.       Ben-Hur T, Idelson M, Khaner H, Pera M, Reinhartz E, Itzik A, Reubinoff BE (2004). Transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural progenitors improves behavioral deficit in Parkinsonian rats. Stem Cells. 22(7):1246-55.

50.       Revel A, Safran A, Laufer N, Lewin A, Reubinov BE, Simon A (2004).          Twin delivery following 12 years of human embryo cryopreservation: case report. Hum Reprod. Feb;19(2):328-9.

51.       Shufaro Y, Reubinoff BE (2004). Therapeutic applications of embryonic         stem cells. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 18: 909-27. 

52.       Itsykson P, Ilouz N, Turetsky T, Goldstein RS, Pera MF, Fishbein I, Segal M, Reubinoff BE (2005). Derivation of Neural Precursors from Human Embryonic Stem Cells in the Presence of Noggin. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 30(1): 24-36.

53.       Pomp, O, Brokhman, I, Ben-Dor, I, Reubinoff, B, Goldstein, R. S (2005). Generation of peripheral sensory and sympathetic neurons and neural crest cells from human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells. 23 (7):923-30.

54.       Banin E, Obolensky A, Idelson M, Hemo I, Reinhardtz E, Pikarsky E,   Ben-Hur T, Reubinoff BE (2006). Retinal Incorporation and Differentiation of Neural Precursors Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 24(2):246-257.

55.       Herszfeld D, Wolvetang E, Langton-Bunker E, Chung TL, Filipczyk AA, Houssami S, Jamshidi P, Koh K, Laslett AL, Michalska A, Nguyen L, Reubinoff BE, Tellis I, Auerbach JM, Ording CJ, Looijenga LHJ, Pera MF (2006). CD30 is a survival factor and a biomarker for transformed human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 24:351–357.

56.       Shveiky D, Simon A, Gino H, Safran A, Lewin A, Reubinoff B, Laufer N, Revel A (2006). Sibling oocyte submission to IVF and ICSI in unexplained infertility patients: a potential assay for gamete quality. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 12(3):371–374.

57.       Ben-Dor, I, Itsykson, P, Goldenberg, D, Galun, E, Reubinoff, B. E (2006).  Lentiviral Vectors Harboring a Dual-Gene System Allow High and Homogeneous Transgene Expression in Selected Polyclonal Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Molecular Therapy. 14(2):255-67.

58.       Reubinoff B E (2007).  Current status of human embryonic stem cell          research. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 14: (Suppl 1.):121-4.

59.       Biton S, Gropp M, Itsykson P, Pereg Y, Mittelman L, Johe K, Reubinoff B Shiloh Y (2007). ATM-mediated response to DNA double strand breaks in human neurons derived from stem cells. DNA Repair. 6(1):128-34.

60.       Ben-Hur T, van Heeswijk R. B, Einstein O, Aharonowiz M, Xue R, Frost E. E, Mori S, Reubinoff B. E, Bulte J. W (2007). Serial in vivo MR tracking of magnetically labeled neural spheres transplanted in chronic EAE mice. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 57(1):164-71.

61.       Schlesinger Y, Straussman R, Keshet I, Farkash S, Hecht M, Zimmerman J, Eden E, Yakhini Z, Ben-Shushan E, Reubinoff B. E, Bergman Y, Simon I, Cedar H (2007). Polycomb-mediated methylation on Lys27 of histone H3 pre-marks genes for de novo methylation in cancer. Nature genetics. 39(2):232-6.

62.       Shin S, Sun Y, Liu Y, Khaner H, Svant S, Cai, J Xu, X. Q, Davidson B. P, Stice S. L, Smith A. K, Goldman S. A, Reubinoff B. E, Zhan M, Rao M. S, Chesnut,J. D (2007).  Whole genome analysis of human neural stem cells derived from embryonic stem cells and stem and progenitor cells isolated from fetal tissue. Stem Cells. 25(5):1298-306.

63.       Tsafrir A, Simon A, Revel A, Reubinoff B, Lewin A, Laufer N (2007). Retrospective analysis of 1217 IVF cycles in women aged 40 years and older. Reprod Biomed Online. 14(3):348-55.

64.       International Stem Cell Initiative, Adewumi O…. Reubinoff BE, … Zhang W (2007). Characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines by the International Stem Cell Initiative. Nat Biotechnol. 25(7):803-16.

65.       Gropp M, Reubinoff BE (2007). Lentiviral-RNA-interference system mediating homogenous and monitored level of gene silencing in human embryonic stem cells. Cloning Stem Cells. 9(3):339-45.

66.       Brokhman I, Gamarnik-Ziegler L, Pomp O, Aharonowiz M, Reubinoff BE, Goldstein RS (2008). Peripheral sensory neurons differentiate from neural precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells. Differentiation. 76(2):145-55.

67.       Turetsky T, Aizenman E, Gil Y, Weinberg N, Shufaro Y, Revel A, Laufer N, Simon A, Abeliovich D, Reubinoff BE (2008). Laser-assisted derivation of human embryonic stem cell lines from IVF embryos after preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Hum Reprod. 23(1):46-53.

68.       Klassen H, Reubinoff BE (2008). Stem cells in a new light. Nat          Biotechnol. 26(2): 187-8.

69.       Aharonowiz M, Einstein O, Fainstein N, Lassmann H, Reubinoff BE^PI*, Ben-Hur T^PI* (2008). Neuroprotective Effect of Transplanted Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neural Precursors in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis. PLoS ONE. 3(9):e3145. (*) Equal contributing authors, both serving as corresponding authors. 

70.       Tzur G, Levy A, Meiri E, Barad O, Spector Y, Bentwich Z, Mizrahi L, Katzenellenbogen M, Ben-Shushan E, Reubinoff BE, Galun E (2008). MicroRNA expression patterns and function in endodermal differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. PLoS ONE. 3(11):e3726. 5.

71.       Idelson M, Alper R, Obolensky A, Ben-Shushan E, Hemo I, Yachimovich-Cohen N, Khaner N, Smith Y, Wiser O, Gropp M, Cohen MA, Even-Ram S, Berman – Zaken Y, Matzrafi L, Rechavi G, Banin E^* and Reubinoff B^* (2009). Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into functional retinal pigment epithelium cells. Cell Stem Cell. Oct 2;5(4):396-408. (*) Equal contributing authors.

72.       Tzur G, Israel A, Levy A, Benjamin H, Meiri E, Shufaro Y, Meir K, Khvalevsky E, Spector Y, Rojansky N, Bentwich Z, Reubinoff BE, Galun E (2009). Comprehensive gene and microRNA expression profiling reveals a role for microRNAs in human liver development. PLoS One. Oct 20;4(10):e7511.

73.       Lavon I, Zrihan D, Granit A, Einstein O, Fainstein N, Cohen MA, Cohen MA, Zelikovitch B, Shoshan Y, Spektor S, Reubinoff BE, Felig Y, Gerlitz O, Ben Hur T, Smith Y, Siegal T (2010). Gliomas display a microRNA expression profile reminiscent of neural precursor cells. Neuro-Oncology, May;12(5):422-33.

74.       Yachimovich-Cohen N, Even-Ram S, Shufaro Y, Rachmilewitz J, Reubinoff BE (2010). Human embryonic stem cells suppress T cell responses via Arginase I - dependent mechanism. The Journal of Immunology, Feb 1;184(3):1300-08.

75.             International Stem Cell Initiative, Andrews P…..Reubinoff BE…Zhou Q.(2009). Consensus guidance for banking and supply of human embryonic stem cell lines for research purposes. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. Dec;5(4):301-14.

76.             Shufaro Y, Lacham-Kaplan O, Tzuberi BZ, McLaughlin J, Trounson A, Cedar H, Reubinoff BE (2010). Reprogramming of DNA replication timing. Stem Cells Jan 13 [Epub ahead of print].

77.             Cohen M, Itsykson P, Reubinoff BE (2010). The role of FGF-signaling in early neural specification of human embryonic stem cells. Developmental Biology Feb 8 [Epuub ahead of print].

78.             Valensi-Kurtz M, Lefler S, Cohen M, Aharonowiz M , Cohen-Kupiec R, Sheinin A, Ashery U, Reubinoff BE, Weil M (2010). Enriched Population of PNS Neurons Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells as a Platform for Studying Peripheral Neuropathies. PLoS One. 2010 Feb 18;5(2):e9290.

79.             Steiner D, Khaner H, Cohen M, Even-Ram S, Gil Y, Itsykson P, Turetsky T, Idelson M, Aizenman E, Ram R, Reubinoff BE (2010). Derivation, propagation and controlled differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in suspension. Nature Biotechnology. Apr;28(4): 361-4. 

Chapters in Collections

1.      Schenker JG, Reubinoff BE. EPH gestosis complicated by HELLP syndrome. In: Perinatal Perspectives Caring For High Risk Fetus and Mother. 1990, p 22-29. Kovacs L, Resch BA, Rippmann ET (eds.) . Dept. of Obstet & Gynecol, Albert Szent-Gyergyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.

2.   Reubinoff BE. Biological mechanisms of gamete transport, fertilization and implantation. In: Female and Male Infertility.  1995, p 49-78. Schenker JG and Elchalal U (eds.) Akademon Press Jerusalem.

3.   Reubinoff BE. The clinical potential of human embryonic stem cells. In Reproductive Medicine in the 21^st Century. Proceedings of the 17^th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility. 2002, p 454-461. Healy DL, Kovacs GT, McLachlan R, Rodriguez-Armas O (eds.) Parthenon Publishing.

4.      Eiges R and Reubinoff BE. Human embryonic stem cells. In Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques, Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives. 2004, p 413-424. Gardner DK, Weissman A, Howles CM and Shoham Z (eds.). Taylor and Francis.

5.   Reubinoff BE. Human embryonic stem cells – potential applications for regenerative medicine. In Advance in Fertility and Reproductive Medicine. Proceedings of the 18^th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility. 2004, page 45-53.  Daya S, Harrison RF, Kempers RD (eds). Elsevier International Congress Series 1266.

6.      Gropp M, Reubinoff BE. Transduction of human ES cells by lentiviral vectors. In Handbook Of Stem Cells, Volume 2: Embryonic Stem Cells. 2004, pages 557-563. Lanza R, Gearhart JD, Hogan BLM, Mckay RD, Melton DA, Pedersen R, Thomson JA West MD (eds). Academic Press.

7.   Reubinoff BE, Khaner H. Identification and Maintenance of Neural Progenitors from human ES cells. In Handbook Of Stem Cells, Volume 2: Embryonic Stem Cells. 2004, pages 511-520. Lanza R, Gearhart JD, Hogan BLM, Mckay RD, Melton DA, Pedersen R, Thomson JA West MD (eds). Academic Press.

8.      Gropp M, Reubinoff B (2006). Lentiviral vector-mediated gene delivery into human embryonic stem cells. Methods in enzymology. 420: 64 – 81.

9.      Shufaro Y, Vajta G, Trounson AO, Reubinoff BE. Vitrification of human embryonic stem cells. In Vitrification In Assisted Repreoduction. 2007, pages 293-298. Tucker MJ and Liebermann J (eds). Informa Healthcare.

10.  Cohen M.A., Itsykson P., Reubinoff B.E. Neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. In Curr. Protoc. Cell Biol. 2007, pages 36:23.7.1-23.7.20. Bonifacino JS, Dasso M, Harford JB,  Lippincott-Schwartz J and Yamada KM (eds). Wiley.