{"id":16,"date":"2025-01-01T09:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golanibiophysics.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-02-02T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T09:56:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/golanibiophysics.haifa.ac.il\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa7edd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4aa7edd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c77b4bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c77b4bc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b0c9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b0c9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Golani Theoretical<br> Biophysics Group\u2028<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b3dbfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b3dbfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We investigate the physical mechanisms shaping cellular structures and how viruses exploit them. 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