Ido Goldstein
Fasting Metabolism and Gene Regulation
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Ittai Herrmann
Ittai.Herrmann@mail.huji.ac.il
Remote sensing of vegetation, Hyperspectral imaging, Precision agriculture, High-throughput plant phenotyping
Ittai Herrmann
Exploring the effect of combined irrigation and fertilization regimes on sesame plants by spectra lsensing techniques. See more at The Plant Sensing Lab (PSL)
Jonathan Friedman
Species that depend on each other are less likely to be able to adapt and survive environmental changes. Theoretical modeling and simulations show that interdependencies between species cut short the time they have to evolve and adapt in deteriorating environments before going extinct. (see our recent publication). See more at Jonathan Friedman Lab.
Lianet Noda-Garcia
In our laboratory we study how metabolic functions evolve. For this we use comparative phylogenomic, ancestral sequence reconstruction and bioinformatics in general, in the context of evolutionary biology. Also, we implement evolutionary-based approaches to engineer synthetic proteins and cells to achieve bioremediation. See more at The Noda Lab.
Masha Niv
Bitter taste is one of the basic taste modalities and plays a key role in food and medicine acceptance. The Niv Lab has established the BitterDB database of bitter ligands, and used a machine learning tool to predict intense bitterness of molecules prior to their synthesis (see more in this paper). Schematic figure illustrates the potential for expediting drug development.
Nadav Kashtan
Systems biology of the plant microbiome; bacterial life on plant leaves
Nadav Kashtan
How do bacterial cells living on leaf surfaces survive the huge environmental fluctuations they face every day? To answer this question we use computer simulations to study bacterial decision making on leaves. We show that if cells make ‘smart’ decisions based on information they acquire on local cell densities, they can increase their survival rates (see paper). See more at Nadav Kashtan Lab.
Nimrod Schwartz
Nimrod.Schwartz@mail.huji.ac.il
Soil-root interactions and water and nutrient uptake, Spectral induced polarization for non-invasive detection of rhizosphere processes
Nimrod Schwartz
Modeling Plant Roots Spectral Induced Polarization Signature (see paper). See more at Nimrod Schwartz Lab Nimrod Schwartz Lab.
Niv Demalach
The increase in nitrogen availability leads to biodiversity loss worldwide. This pattern was attributed to alternation of competitive interactions but estimating the interaction matrices is a great challenge. We are developing a simulation model of competitive interactions based on data collected from ~10,000 plants from our unique experimental system. See more at Niv Demalach lab.