Plant & Environmental Sciences

Research in our department focuses on plants and microorganisms – from molecules through organisms to populations and ecosystems.

Plants, algae, and microbiomes serve in our department as ideal model systems for studying metabolism, epigentics, stress physiology, signaling, artificial photosynthesis, biogeography, microbiology, molecular biology, and even material science.

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TBA

Lecturer: Gideon Mamou | Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Lecture / Seminar ZOOM for TBA

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Daniel Dar

18
March
2025

Tuesday At 0:00

Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences , Room Auditorium floor 1
Social

Weizmann Ornithology Monthly Lecture-Birds and Nature at Mount Hermon

Lecturer: Uri Moran | Weizmann Institute of Science

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Uri Moran

18
March
2025

Tuesday At 14:10 - 15:30

Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences , Room Benoziyo 591C, bridge of fifth floor

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Latest Publications

What is the main bottleneck in deriving biological understanding from spatial transcriptomic profiling?
Moffitt J. R., Li M., Nie Q., Kanemaru K., Teichmann S. A., Dar D., Kagohara L. T., Itzkovitz S., Vento-Tormo R., Yanai I., Fertig E. J. & Theis F. J. (2025) Cell Systems.
A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape
Prywes N., Phillips N. R., Oltrogge L. M., Lindner S., Taylor-Kearney L. J., Tsai Y. C. C., de Pins B., Cowan A. E., Chang H. A., Wang R. Z., Hall L. N., Bellieny-Rabelo D., Nisonoff H. M., Weissman R. F., Flamholz A. I., Ding D., Bhatt A. Y., Mueller-Cajar O., Shih P. M., Milo R. & Savage D. F. (2025) Nature.
Proteomics Reveals Mechanisms of Delayed Keratoconus Progression: A Study of Corneas Following Two Light-Activated Crosslinking Treatments
Vogels D. H., Brekelmans J., Mohren R., Vos N. R., Brandis A., Marcovich A. L., Cillero-Pastor B., Scherz A., LaPointe V. L. & Dickman M. M. (2025) Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
Increased Nutrient Levels Enhance Bacterial Exopolysaccharides Production in the Context of Algae
Lipsman V. & Segev E. (2025) Environmental Microbiology Reports.
Wood Anatomical and Hydraulic Traits of Tamarix Species Across a Large Eurasian Gradient Show a Stronger Climatic Than Phylogenetic Signal
Akhmedov A., Bobokandov N., Krehenwinkel H., Rzepecki A., Klein T., Villar J. L. & Thomas F. M. (2025) Journal of Biogeography.

Mazal Tov

October 31, 2022
Congratulations
To Tal Dahan and Zohar Meir on the birth of their daughter Sarah
November 3, 2022
Congratulations
To Yemima and Shai Duchin Rapp on the birth of their daughter