Lab Members

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

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

Ke Li
PhD student

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

Hoda Madi
MSc student

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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.

Michal Veprik
MSc student

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

Yara Nwatha
MSc student

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