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
The Baboon as a Model to Study Human Health and Complex Disease.
The Baboon as a Model to Study Human Health and Complex Disease. Am J Primatol. 2026 Sep; 88(9):e70207.
PMID: 42706922
CrossFilt: a cross-species filtering tool that eliminates alignment bias in comparative genomics studies of primates.
CrossFilt: a cross-species filtering tool that eliminates alignment bias in comparative genomics studies of primates. Genome Biol. 2026 Apr 23; 27(1).
PMID: 42026616
Beyond the mean: genetic control of gene expression fidelity and dispersion.
Beyond the mean: genetic control of gene expression fidelity and dispersion. bioRxiv. 2026 Apr 07.
PMID: 41993321
Beyond the baseline: mapping the context-specific regulatory landscape of disease.
Beyond the baseline: mapping the context-specific regulatory landscape of disease. Trends Genet. 2026 04; 42(4):324-338.
PMID: 41826141
Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line CGOi001-A from a patient with hereditary thrombocytopenia and a germline ANKRD26 mutation.
Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line CGOi001-A from a patient with hereditary thrombocytopenia and a germline ANKRD26 mutation. Stem Cell Res. 2026 Mar; 91:103919.
PMID: 41643484
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 08 01; 35(8):1689-1700.
PMID: 40456601
CrossFilt: A Cross-species Filtering Tool that Eliminates Alignment Bias in Comparative Genomics Studies.
CrossFilt: A Cross-species Filtering Tool that Eliminates Alignment Bias in Comparative Genomics Studies. bioRxiv. 2025 Jun 06.
PMID: 40502152
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
Disease-associated loci share properties with response eQTLs under common environmental exposures.
Disease-associated loci share properties with response eQTLs under common environmental exposures. bioRxiv. 2025 May 04.
PMID: 40654932
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