Cell Biology, Muscle Development.

1939 - 2025

Population and Quantitative geneticist with experience in gene mapping projects aimed to detect genes (QTLs) controlling quantitative complex traits.

Studying adaptive mechanisms to nutritional challenges, with the focus on insulin-secreting beta cells

Digital Agriculture and Remote Sensing

Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere, Biological control of plant pathogens, Mechanisms of bacterial stress responses

Avian immune response.

Infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases.

Remote & Proximal Sensing, Precision Agriculture, Phenomics

Plant cell wall, cellulose biosynthesis, genes in cell wall function, Seed mucilage to study cell wall metabolism, Fruit tree physiology.

Aquatic microbiology &Water quality control in fish culture systems

Formation of water repellent soils by irrigation, Effect of contact angle on water flow in soils, Plant-water relationships, Irrigation control

 Factors affecting productivity, yield accumulation and quality of vegetable and field crops, Phloem genomics, Seed development.

Reproduction in the dairy cow.

פרס קיי 2010

Identification of novel aroma genes, Metabolic engineering of plants and yeast,Site-specific genome modification and genetic engineering in plants.