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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 1989 - Robert Koch Prize
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Irun R. Cohen is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has contributed actively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans a range of topics primarily focused on evolutionary biology, immunology, and molecular mechanisms underlying life sciences.

Their research has been featured in multiple publication venues, including:

  • F1000Research
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology

Cohen's main fields of study are in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields in Genetics, Sociology and Political Science, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their principal research topics include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Heat shock proteins research, Origins and Evolution of Life, and Plant and animal studies.

Key publications by Irun R. Cohen include:

  • The evolution of universal adaptations of life is driven by universal properties of matter: energy, entropy, and interaction, 2020, F1000Research
  • Evolution is driven by natural autoencoding: reframing species, interaction codes, cooperation and sexual reproduction, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent coauthors working with Cohen encompass a group of researchers active in related fields:

  • Assaf Marron
  • Smadar Szekely
  • David Harel
  • Sol Efroni
  • Aijing Liu

Cohen's contributions have intersected with investigations into immunology, including research on T-cell receptors and immune system responses, as indicated by papers such as "Breast cancer is marked by specific, Public T-cell receptor CDR3 regions shared by mice and humans," reflecting collaboration with other authors.

They have received recognition such as the Robert Koch Prize in 1989 and have been named a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The rapid isolation of clonable antigen‐specific T lymphocyte lines capable of mediating autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Avraham Ben-Nun;Hartmut Wekerle;Irun R. Cohen

  • Autoimmune T cells protect neurons from secondary degeneration after central nervous system axotomy

    Gila Moalem;Raya Leibowitz-Amit;Eti Yoles;Felix Mor

  • Cloning of the mycobacterial epitope recognized by T lymphocytes in adjuvant arthritis

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  • Vaccination against autoimmune encephalomyelitis with T-lymphocite line cells reactive against myelin basic protein

    Avraham Ben-Nun;Hartmut Wekerle;Irun R. Cohen

  • β-cell function in new-onset type 1 diabetes and immunomodulation with a heat-shock protein peptide (DiaPep277): a randomised, double-blind, phase II trial

    Itamar Raz;Dana Elias;Ann Avron;Merana Tamir

  • Autoimmunity, microbial immunity and the immunological homunculus.

    Irun R Cohen;Douglas B Young

  • Toll-like receptors and their ligands control mesenchymal stem cell functions

    Meirav Pevsner-Fischer;Vered Morad;Michal Cohen-Sfady;Liat Rousso-Noori

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae. II. Colonial variation and pathogenicity during 35 months in vitro.

    Douglas S. Kellogg;Irun R. Cohen;Leslie C. Norins;Arnold L. Schroeter

  • Arthritis induced by a T-lymphocyte clone that responds to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to cartilage proteoglycans.

    W van Eden;J Holoshitz;Z Nevo;A Frenkel

  • Induction and therapy of autoimmune diabetes in the non-obese diabetic (NOD/Lt) mouse by a 65-kDa heat shock protein.

    D Elias;D Markovits;T Reshef;R van der Zee

  • Anti-idiotypic network induced by T cell vaccination against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Ofer Lider;Tamara Reshef;Evelyne Beraud;Avraham Ben-Nun

  • Lines of T lymphocytes induce or vaccinate against autoimmune arthritis

    Joseph Holoshitz;Yaakov Naparstek;Avraham Ben-Nun;Irun R. Cohen

  • The cognitive paradigm and the immunological homunculus

    Irun R. Cohen

  • Passive or Active Immunization with Myelin Basic Protein Promotes Recovery from Spinal Cord Contusion

    Ehud Hauben;Oleg Butovsky;Uri Nevo;Eti Yoles

  • Vaccination against autoimmune mouse diabetes with a T-cell epitope of the human 65-kDa heat shock protein.

    D Elias;T Reshef;O S Birk;R van der Zee

  • Production of neurotrophins by activated T cells: implications for neuroprotective autoimmunity.

    Gila Moalem;Amos Gdalyahu;Yael Shani;Uwe Otten

  • Protective Autoimmunity Is a Physiological Response to CNS Trauma

    Eti Yoles;Ehud Hauben;Orna Palgi;Evgenia Agranov

  • Innate and adaptive immune responses can be beneficial for CNS repair

    Michal Schwartz;Gila Moalem;Raya Leibowitz-Amit;Irun R. Cohen

  • Tending Adam's Garden: Evolving the Cognitive Immune Self

    Irun R. Cohen

  • Activated T lymphocytes produce a matrix-degrading heparan sulphate endoglycosidase.

    Yaakov Naparstek;Irun R. Cohen;Zvi Fuks;Israel Vlodavsky

  • Expression of heparanase by platelets and circulating cells of the immune system: possible involvement in diapedesis and extravasation.

    I Vlodavsky;A Eldor;A Haimovitz-Friedman;Y Matzner

  • T cell immunity to copolymer 1 confers neuroprotection on the damaged optic nerve: Possible therapy for optic neuropathies

    Jonathan Kipnis;Eti Yoles;Ziv Porat;Avi Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. Quintana
Francisco J. Quintana Harvard Medical School
Ofer Lider
Ofer Lider Weizmann Institute of Science
Michael Feldman
Michael Feldman Weizmann Institute of Science
Avraham Ben-Nun
Avraham Ben-Nun Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Vlodavsky
Israel Vlodavsky Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Varda Rotter
Varda Rotter Weizmann Institute of Science
David Harel
David Harel Weizmann Institute of Science
Michal Schwartz
Michal Schwartz Weizmann Institute of Science
Oded Shoseyov
Oded Shoseyov Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yechiel Shai
Yechiel Shai Weizmann Institute of Science

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