Analysis of Gene Expression Data from Normal Human Tissues

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all the people who were involved in this work. First, I would like to thank my supervisors, Prof. Eytan Domany and Prof. Doron Lancet, for their guidance throughout this research. Eytan is a true teacher, his door is always open for every question, ready to share thoughts and ideas. Doron has shown me a different and fascinating way of thinking, which gave me a new approach to many problems. It has been a pleasure to work with both of them. I would also like to thank Dr. Itai Yanai for his invaluable collaboration. Itai is a talented scientist; working with him was a wonderful and highly educational experience, the results of which comprise a large part of this thesis. I am sincerely grateful to Dr. Orit Shmueli who helped me during my first days in the lab and from whom I learned a lot professionally. I would also like to express my gratitude to the members of the ‘Domany group ’ for creating such a wonderful working atmosphere, for helping each other at all times and for stimulating discussions. I am especially grateful to Yuval Tabach for his faith and encouragement from the day we both joined Eytan’s group. I am happy to thank Nimrod Dorfman and Tal Shay for reading this manuscript and sharing their enlightening observations with me. Their help was invaluable. Last, I would like to thank my family for thei