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Lab Members

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Dr. Sarit Avrani
Principal Investigator

Interested in phage-host interactions and their affect on the evolution of phage and host, as well as the impact these interactions have on the environment.

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Dr. Eti Cattan-Tsaushu
Lab manager

Eti (among other things) identifies and isolates new phages, investigats the coevolutionary phage training, and studies the lysogenic cycle of phages.

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Ke Li
PhD student

Ke studies the eco-evolutionary dynamics of the microbial populations in the Dead Sea sinkhole pools. This project combines fieldwork, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.

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Hoda Madi
MSc student

Hoda studies the factors that affect phage decision whether to enter a lytic or a lysogenic infection cycle. This project combines molecular biology, and bioinformatics. 

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Michal Veprik
MSc student

Michal studies the complex interactions between the cyanobacteria, their phages, and the heterotrophic bacteria that coexist with them.

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Yara Nwatha
MSc student

Yara studies the factors that drive prophage excision from cyanobacteria genomes in lab and field. This project combines fieldwork, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.

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Esraa Yasin
Undergraduate student

Undergraduate student project.

LAB ALUMNI
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Dr. Dikla Kolan
PhD student
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Dr. Soaad Abo-elhija Lab technician
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Emanuelle Laloum
MSc student
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Maimona Higaze
MSc student
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Tzipi Perez
MSc student
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Hanaa Shaalan
Undergraduate student
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Naden Khateb
Undergraduate student
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Nora Abu-rumi
Undergraduate student
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Rabiaa Fared
Undergraduate student
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Raya Dauf
Undergraduate student

We are currently looking for brilliant and enthusiastic students and postdocs

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