Oren Forkosh
Computational Methods for Animal Psychology and Welfare
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Oren Forkosh
Building a universal translator that allows computers to automatically translate animal behavior into human language (see paper). See more at Oren Forkosh Lab.
Tamar Friedlander
tamar.friedlander@mail.huji.ac.il
Computational - theoretical approaches to study self-incompatibility in plant fertilization; evolution and organization of gene regulatory networks
Tamar Friedlander
Plants that have both male and female organs in the same flower have high risk of self-fertilization, which would produce less fit offspring. Hence, many plants have developed various mechanisms to avoid self-fertilization, called “self-incompatibility” (SI). In my lab we study a particular SI mechanism, which is based on molecular recognition between two sets of proteins expressed in female and male organs. This system has practical implications in agriculture, but also raises fundamental theoretical questions regarding its evolutionary emergence and maintenance. See more at Tamar Friedlander lab.
Yair Mau
Environmental modeling, ecohydrology, soil degradation, desertification
Yair Mau
We studied the problem of soil degradation caused by salinity. Irreversible degradation risk may increase to 68% (from negligible levels) if the rainy season shortens from 130 to 80 days, as some climatic models predict. This puts in question the long term sustainability of treated wastewater for irrigation (see PAPER). See more at YAIR MAU LAB