Shira is a M.Sc student in the genetics department at the Alexander Silberman institute of Life Science. Her research is conducted under the guidance of Prof. Eran Meshorer, with the intent to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases, with emphasis on Huntington's disease. The research is conducted using disease modeling in pluripotent stem cells, and employing molecular tools to investigate the disease mechanism in these cells.