Short Bio: 1981: Born. 1999 'till 2002: Army. 2003 'till 2005 (Bar-Ilan University): B.Sc. Computer Science (cum laude). B.Sc. Life Sciences (cum laude). B.A. Psychology (cum laude). Also part of the Neuroscience program.            Contact info: Office:  +972-8-934-2125 Fax:     +972-8-934-4484 Mobile: +972522-399-399 tom.ran@weizmann.ac.il 2005 'till now ( Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science ): M.Sc., Under the Direct Ph.D. track, titled: Molecular logic: A biomolecular computing system capable of intelligent deductions and query answering. I am a PhD student of Prof. Ehud Shapiro at the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics and Biological Chemistry in the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot , Israel 76100.     Laboratory for Biomolecular Computers Molecular computing devices have the clear advantage of small size, as well as the ability to interact directly with their biological surroundings due to their inherent biological nature, therefore holding the promise to be used in future biological and medical applications. For the Laboratory click here.     Publication List 1. Ran, T., Kaplan, S. & Shapiro, E. Molecular implementation of simple logic programs. Nature Nanotechnology . Published online: 02 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.203. The paper will appear in Nature Nanotechnology 's September issue. [PDF] Media coverage (Google the term "DNA computation gets logical") or press here:         BBC Click here if the link above is not accessible       Gen - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News   Click here if the link above is not accessible     The Jerusalem Post   Click here if the link above is not accessibles    Calcalist (Yediot Aharonot) Click here if the link above is not accessible   Press here for more Media Coverage   Biomolecular Computing   Simple molecular logic programs Computation is an abstract process that may have multiple physical implementations. Molecular computation is an attempt to harness the power of molecular biochemistry to perform computation. As in the early days of electronic-based computers, different computational notions are inspiring the emergence of new, biochemically-based computing devices. These computing devices made of biological molecules hold the promise of interacting with the biological environment in future biological and medical applications.   We've designed and implemented an innovative molecular logic system. Our simple molecular logic programs consist of three types of statements: facts, rules and queries. Tiny water drops contain the molecules encoding the different facts and rules. When added a molecular query, a chain process of molecular deduction starts and in the case of a positive answer, the water drop emits green light exhibiting a "Positive" answer.