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Laude): Tel Aviv University (2013)</li> </ul> <h4>Selected Publications</h4> <ul> <li>Adi Wilf-Yarkoni, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish, Frederike Cosima Oertel, Ricardo Alonso, Ayse Altintas, Carlos Alvarado, Charlotte Bereuter, Omer Bialer, John Chen, Jessy Chen, Leila Cohen, <strong>Yamit Cohen-Tayar</strong>, Susanna Asseyer. "Application of the 2024 McDonald criteria in the International Acute Optic Neuritis Network." Lancet Neurology, 2025 (Q1).</li> <li>P. Klyscz, S. Asseyer, R. Alonso, C. Bereuter, O. Bialer, A. Bick, S. Carta, J. Chen, L. Cohen, <strong>Y. CohenTayar</strong>, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish. "Application of the international criteria for optic neuritis in the Acute Optic Neuritis Network." Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 11(9), 2024 (Q1).</li> <li><strong>Y. Cohen-Tayar</strong>, H. Cohen, D. Key, A. Tiosano, E. Livny, I. Bahar and Y. Nahum, "Machine learningbased identification of risk factors of keratoconus progression using raw corneal tomography data." Cornea 10-1097, 2024 (Q1).</li> <li>O. Gal-Or, G. Antman, <strong>Y. Cohen-Tayar</strong>, Y. Zimmer, A. Tiosano, A. Harris, Y. Weinberger, A. Fraser, M. Patal, I. Yasur and I. Bahar, "Analysis of the anatomical and functional ocular changes related to spaceflights." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 64, 8, 2023 (Q1).</li> <li>M. Cohen-Gulkar, A. David, N. Messika-Gold, M. Eshel, S. Ovadia, N. Zuk-Bar, M. Idelson, <strong>Y. CohenTayar</strong>, B. Reubinoff, T. Ziv, M. Shamay, R. Elkon and R. Ashery-Padan, "The LHX2-OTX2 transcriptional regulatory module controls retinal pigmented epithelium differentiation and underlies genetic risk for age-related macular degeneration." PLoS Biology 21, 1, 2023 (Q1).</li> <li>R. Sella, Y<strong>. Cohen-Tayar</strong>, T. Noguchi, J. Zhao, R. Lian, A. Abbas, E. Finburgh, D. Hakim, I. Bahar and N. Afshari ,"The effect of anti-inflammatory topical ophthalmic treatments on in vitro corneal epithelial cells." Translational Vision Science & Technology 11, 9, 2022 (Q1).</li> <li><strong>Y. Cohen-Tayar</strong>, H. Cohen, Y. Mitiagin, P. Blinder, C. Levy, M. Idelson, B. Reubinoff, S. Itzkovitz, R. Elkon and R. Ashery-Padan, “Pax6 regulation of Sox9 in the mouse retinal pigmented epithelium controls its timely differentiation and choroid vasculature development." Development 145.15, 2018 (Q1).</li> <li><strong>Y. Cohen-Tayar</strong>*, B. Amram*, A. David*, R. 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