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Ron Unger is a full professor in the Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Science in Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He earned his Ph.D. at the department of Computer Science in the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1990, and spent a post-doctoral period at the University of Maryland. His research interests are in the interface between computer science and biology, namely in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology. Prof. Unger is the founder and the head of the computational biology program in Bar-Ilan University, and is involved with several national committees to advance Bioinformatics in Israel. Prof. Unger was the president of the Israel Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ISBCB). His publication list contains more than 75 scientific papers, two textbooks and several book chapters.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science
Oct 1986 → Oct 1990
Award Date: 1 Oct 1990
Master's Degree, Weizmann Institute of Science
Oct 1984 → Oct 1986
Award Date: 1 Oct 1986
Bachelor
Feb 1980 → Oct 1984
Award Date: 1 Oct 1984
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Using machine learning to predict and analyze complex trait diseases: Lessons from a simple abstract model
Maimon, E., Bondi, O., Moult, J. & Unger, R., Feb 2026, In: PLoS ONE. 21, 2 February, e0342490.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Machine learning-based prediction of large-for-gestational-age neonates in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancies
Houri, O., Romano, A., Walfisch, A., Hadar, E., Gilboa, Y., Perl, L., Loebl, N. & Unger, R., 22 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Targeting the Cargo Receptor TMED9 as a Therapeutic Strategy Against Brain Tumors
Daoud Sarsour, A., Kinstlinger, S., Nizar, R., Amos, N., Arbeli, N., Kazimirsky, G., Bronshtein-Berger, I., Fried, I., Unger, R., Brodie, C. & Dvela-Levitt, M., 23 May 2025, In: Cells. 14, 11, 21 p., 772.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TblncRNA-23, a long non-coding RNA transcribed by RNA polymerase I, regulates developmental changes in Trypanosoma brucei
Galili-Kostin, B., Rajan, K. S., Ida Ashkenazi, Y., Freedman, A., Doniger, T., Cohen-Chalamish, S., Waldman Ben-Asher, H., Unger, R., Roditi, I., Tschudi, C. & Michaeli, S., 18 Apr 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 3697.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
CAGI, the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation, establishes progress and prospects for computational genetic variant interpretation methods
The Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation Consortium, 22 Feb 2024, In: Genome Biology. 25, 1, 53.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access16 Scopus citations
Prizes
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Scholarship for Massive Open Online Course (Mooc)
Unger, R. (Recipient), Maeir, A. (Recipient), Ben Zion, Y. (Recipient) & Presiado, M. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Scholarship
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Activities
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University of Maryland
Unger, R. (Visiting researcher)
1 Aug 2007 → 1 Feb 2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Maryland
Unger, R. (Visiting researcher)
1 Aug 2007 → 1 Feb 2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Maryland
Unger, R. (Visiting researcher)
1 Aug 2001 → 1 Jul 2002Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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ISBCB : The Israel society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (External organization)
Unger, R. (Member)
1998 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of association
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ISCB : The International Society for Computational Biology (External organization)
Unger, R. (Member)
1994 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of association
Press/Media
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בריאות [הסכת]
Vakil, E., Unger, R., Gueta, K., Gruzman, A.-L., Alberstein, M., Ronel, N., Rozenkrantz, L., Agay-Shay, K. & Orshalimy, S.
26/01/26
1 Media contribution
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