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Active Faculty Members

Prof. Saul Burdman

Associate Professor
Bacterial plant disease, plant growth promoting rhizobacterium.
08-9489369
saul.burdman@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Plant-bacteria interactions
Dr. Shay Covo

Senior Lecturer
Drug resistance in fungi. Genome instability and chromosome biology in fungal plant pathogens.
08-9489160
shay.covo@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Fungal Chromosome Biology
Dr. Yonatan Friedman

Senior Lecturer
Microbial community ecology and evolution
08-9489167
yonatan.friedman@mail.huji.ac.il
Friedman Lab
Prof. Yitzhak Hadar

Full Professor
Environmental Microbiology, Recycling Municipal and Agricultural Waste, Degradation of lignocellulose
08-9489935
yitzhak.hadar@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Dr. Yael Helman

Senior Lecturer
Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere, Biological control of plant pathogens, Mechanisms of bacterial stress responses.
08-9489218
yael.helman@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Interspecies Microbial Interactions
Prof. Edouard Jurkevitch

Full Professor
Predatory bacteria, Bacteria-tephritid fruit flies symbioses, Molecular profiling of soil microbial populations.
08-9489167
edouard.jurkevitch@mail.huji.ac.il
Microbial Ecology Laboratory
courses
Dr. Nadav Dr. Kashtan

Senior Lecturer
Using systems biology to study ecology and evolution of microbes.
08-9489450
nadav.kashtan@mail.huji.ac.il
Systems Biology and Microbial Ecology
Dr. Asaf Levy

Senior Lecturer
Plant microbiome gene function and inter-bacterial warfare
Office: +972-8-9489596
Lab: +972-8-9489595
alevy@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Dr. Marganit Levy

Senior Lecturer
Glucosinolate accumulation, Biological control of Botrytis cinerea.
08-9489162
maggie.levy@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Plant-Pathogen Interactions
publications
Prof. Oded Yarden

Full Professor
Molecular mechanisms of fungal growth and development, cell wall biosynthesis, regulation of hyphal elongation and branching.
08-9489298
oded.yarden@mail.huji.ac.il
Fungal Growth and Development

Emeritii

Dr. Leonid Chernin

Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Bacterial biocontrol of pathogens
leonid.chernin@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Retired
Prof. Ilan Chet

Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Biological control of soilborne plant diseases by using antagonistic organisms.
08-9489236
chet@agri.huji.ac.il
personal page
wikipedia
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Israel Prize 1996 Rothschild Prize 1990 Wolf Prize 1998 EMET Prize 2003 Read more about Ilan Chet
Prof. Amos Dinoor

Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Diseases and disease resistance in natural populations of crop progenitors.
08-9489358
amos.dinoor@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Emeritus
Prof. Jaacov Katan

Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Biology, ecology and control of soil-borne plant pathogens, Soil solarization.
08-9489217
yaacov.katan@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
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prize announcement
Israel Prize 2014. Rothschild Prize 1994. Millikan Prize, 1994. Jakob Eriksson Prize in Plant Pathology, 2003 Read more about Jaacov Katan
Prof. Yaacov Okon

Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Biological nitrogen fixation
08-9489216
yaacov.okon@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Emeritus
Prof. Abraham Sztejnberg

Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Phytoalexins in citrus. Biological control of mildews, Insect and mite control by fungi
08-9489334
Abraham.Sztejnberg@mail.huji.ac.il
personal page
Emeritus