publications

2026

1. Why Celebrate the Torah at The Wheat Harvest?

   Tzvika Aviv

   The Lehrhaus, May 2026

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   Bridges the mystical insights of the Zohar with current scientific knowledge regarding wheat genetics to argue that the timing of Matan Torah during the wheat harvest functions as an ancient bioethical reminder — a moral response to the ’sin of wheat’ that still resonates in our age of global supply chains, genetic engineering, and climate change.

   @article{aviv2026wheat,
     title = {Why Celebrate the Torah at The Wheat Harvest?},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvika},
     journal = {The Lehrhaus},
     year = {2026},
     month = may,
     url = {https://thelehrhaus.com/holidays/why-celebrate-the-torah-at-the-wheat-harvest/},
   }

2022

1. Cardiometabolic Treatment Trends in Pharmacy Records and Digital Surveys

   Tzvi Aviv, and John Chau

   Canadian Journal of Diabetes, May 2022

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   @article{aviv2022cardiometabolic,
     title = {Cardiometabolic Treatment Trends in Pharmacy Records and Digital Surveys},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi and Chau, John},
     journal = {Canadian Journal of Diabetes},
     volume = {46},
     number = {7},
     pages = {S22},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2021

1. Remembering a pioneer in biotechnology.

   Tzvi Aviv, Frank Sicheri, Alan Bernstein, and 1 more author

   Nature, May 2021

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   @article{aviv2021remembering,
     title = {Remembering a pioneer in biotechnology.},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi and Sicheri, Frank and Bernstein, Alan and Weinberg, Robert A},
     journal = {Nature},
     volume = {600},
     number = {7889},
     pages = {386--386},
     year = {2021},
   }

2017

1. Ensemble of cubist models for soy yield prediction using soil features and remote sensing variables

   Tzvi Aviv, and V Lundsgaard-Nielsen

   In 23rd Conference of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 2017

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   @inproceedings{aviv2017ensemble,
     title = {Ensemble of cubist models for soy yield prediction using soil features and remote sensing variables},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi and Lundsgaard-Nielsen, V},
     booktitle = {23rd Conference of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada},
     year = {2017},
   }

2016

1. Inhibition of dopamine receptor D4 impedes autophagic flux, proliferation, and survival of glioblastoma stem cells

   Sonam Dolma, Hayden J Selvadurai, Xiaoyang Lan, and 8 more authors

   Cancer cell, May 2016

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   @article{dolma2016inhibition,
     title = {Inhibition of dopamine receptor D4 impedes autophagic flux, proliferation, and survival of glioblastoma stem cells},
     author = {Dolma, Sonam and Selvadurai, Hayden J and Lan, Xiaoyang and Lee, Lilian and Kushida, Michelle and Voisin, Veronique and Whetstone, Heather and So, Milly and Aviv, Tzvi and Park, Nicole and others},
     journal = {Cancer cell},
     volume = {29},
     number = {6},
     pages = {859--873},
     year = {2016},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2014

1. Quiescent Sox2+ cells drive hierarchical growth and relapse in sonic hedgehog subgroup medulloblastoma

   Robert J Vanner, Marc Remke, Marco Gallo, and 8 more authors

   Cancer cell, May 2014

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   @article{vanner2014quiescent,
     title = {Quiescent Sox2+ cells drive hierarchical growth and relapse in sonic hedgehog subgroup medulloblastoma},
     author = {Vanner, Robert J and Remke, Marc and Gallo, Marco and Selvadurai, Hayden J and Coutinho, Fiona and Lee, Lilian and Kushida, Michelle and Head, Renee and Morrissy, Sorana and Zhu, Xueming and others},
     journal = {Cancer cell},
     volume = {26},
     number = {1},
     pages = {33--47},
     year = {2014},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2012

1. Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

   Paul A Northcott, David JH Shih, John Peacock, and 8 more authors

   Nature, May 2012

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   @article{northcott2012subgroup,
     title = {Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes},
     author = {Northcott, Paul A and Shih, David JH and Peacock, John and Garzia, Livia and Morrissy, A Sorana and Zichner, Thomas and St{\"u}tz, Adrian M and Korshunov, Andrey and Reimand, J{\"u}ri and Schumacher, Steven E and others},
     journal = {Nature},
     volume = {488},
     number = {7409},
     pages = {49--56},
     year = {2012},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
   }

2006

1. Sequence-specific recognition of RNA hairpins by the SAM domain of Vts1p

   Tzvi Aviv, Zhen Lin, Giora Ben-Ari, and 2 more authors

   Nature structural & molecular biology, May 2006

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   @article{aviv2006sequence,
     title = {Sequence-specific recognition of RNA hairpins by the SAM domain of Vts1p},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi and Lin, Zhen and Ben-Ari, Giora and Smibert, Craig A and Sicheri, Frank},
     journal = {Nature structural \& molecular biology},
     volume = {13},
     number = {2},
     pages = {168--176},
     year = {2006},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
   }

2. The NMR and X-ray structures of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Vts1 SAM domain define a surface for the recognition of RNA hairpins

   Tzvi Aviv, Andrew N Amborski, X Sharon Zhao, and 4 more authors

   Journal of molecular biology, May 2006

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   @article{aviv2006nmr,
     title = {The NMR and X-ray structures of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Vts1 SAM domain define a surface for the recognition of RNA hairpins},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi and Amborski, Andrew N and Zhao, X Sharon and Kwan, Jamie J and Johnson, Philip E and Sicheri, Frank and Donaldson, Logan W},
     journal = {Journal of molecular biology},
     volume = {356},
     number = {2},
     pages = {274--279},
     year = {2006},
     publisher = {Academic Press},
   }

3. RNA Recognition by SAM Domains

   Tzvi Aviv

   May 2006

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   @misc{aviv2006rna,
     title = {RNA Recognition by SAM Domains},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi},
     year = {2006},
     publisher = {ProQuest},
   }

4. SAM Domains-Exceptional Functional Diversity from a Common Protein Fold

   DONALDSON LOGAN, JAMIE J KWAN, ARWA KURABI, and 7 more authors

   Seikagaku, May 2006

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   @article{logan2006sam,
     title = {SAM Domains-Exceptional Functional Diversity from a Common Protein Fold},
     author = {LOGAN, DONALDSON and KWAN, JAMIE J and KURABI, ARWA and BRENER, STACEY and ARBABI, GHAZELEH and CHAN, KELVIN and ZAKARIA, HOSHANG and AVIV, TZVI and NI, JOYCE and JOHNSON, PHILIP E},
     journal = {Seikagaku},
     pages = {A14797},
     year = {2006},
   }

2003

1. The RNA-binding SAM domain of Smaug defines a new family of post-transcriptional regulators

   Tzvi Aviv, Zhen Lin, Stefanie Lau, and 3 more authors

   Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, May 2003

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   @article{aviv2003rna,
     title = {The RNA-binding SAM domain of Smaug defines a new family of post-transcriptional regulators},
     author = {Aviv, Tzvi and Lin, Zhen and Lau, Stefanie and Rendl, Laura M and Sicheri, Frank and Smibert, Craig A},
     journal = {Nature Structural \& Molecular Biology},
     volume = {10},
     number = {8},
     pages = {614--621},
     year = {2003},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
   }