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In August 2011, he was appointed as a senior lecturer in the
Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar-Ilan University. In February 2017, he was promoted to associate professor. His research, at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, focuses on Alzheimer's disease and investigates how immune system
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at 6:30 AM, Sarit and the children took shelter in their home's safe room, while Eitan, as part of the kibbutz's emergency response team, went out to combat the dozens of militant who had infiltrated the area of the kibbutz and its surroundings. Only after five hours of fighting did a reinforcement
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cells communicate with the brain during aging, in people with
Alzheimer's disease, and individuals with Down syndrome. Another research focus is the connection between pregnancy with a Down syndrome fetus and the increased risk of cognitive decline in the mother.
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Eitan Okon received his bachelor's degree in biology in 2003, his Master's in
Immunology in 2004, and his Doctorate in Immunology in 2007, all from Bar-Ilan University. From 2007 to 2011, he was a post-doctoral fellow in neuroimmunology at the
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Eitan Okon is married to Sarit, and they have four daughters and a son. They live in
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