Faculty Members Plant Pathology and Microbiology

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Animal Sciences Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition Entomology Environmental Economics and Management Environmental Sciences
Plant Pathology and Microbiology Plant Science and Genetics Soil and Water Sciences Veterinary Medicine Administration

Administration

Dr. Shay Covo

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Head of Department
Phone: +972-(0)8-9489160 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9466794
shay.covo@mail.huji.ac.il
Lauterman building
Personal Site
Drug resistance in fungi, Genome instability and chromosome biology in fungal plant pathogens.
Mor Zehavi

Administrative Coordinator
08-9489223
morze@savion.huji.ac.il

Active Faculty Members

Prof. Saul Burdman

Professor

Dean

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489369 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9466794

saul.burdman@mail.huji.ac.il

Lauterman building, office 16

Personal Site

Google Scholar Profile

Basic and applied aspects of plant-bacteria interactions.

Dr. Shay Covo

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Head of Department

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489160 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9466794

shay.covo@mail.huji.ac.il

Lauterman building

Personal Site

Drug resistance in fungi, Genome instability and chromosome biology in fungal plant pathogens.

Prof. Jonathan Friedman

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489161

yonatan.friedman@mail.huji.ac.il

Building A, Room 2312

Personal Site

Google Scholar Profile

Microbial community ecology and evolution.

Prof. Yael Helman

Associate Professor, Vice Dean for International Affairs, Head of International School of Agricultural Sciences

Phone:+972-8-9489218 Fax:+972-8-9466794

yael.helman@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

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

Prof. Edouard Jurkevitch

Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489167 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9466794

edouard.jurkevitch@mail.huji.ac.il

Lauterman building

Personal Site

Predatory bacteria, Bacteria-tephritid fruit flies symbioses, Molecular profiling of soil microbial populations.

Prof. Nadav Kashtan

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489450 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9466794

nadav.kashtan@mail.huji.ac.il

Lauterman building

Personal Site

Using systems biology to study ecology and evolution of microbes.

Dr. Asaf Levy

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489596 | Lab: +972-(0)8-9489595

alevy@mail.huji.ac.il

Animal Science Bldg. (Ariowitcsh) room 313

Personal Site

Google Scholar Profile

Plant microbiome gene function and inter-bacterial warfare.

Prof. Maggie Levy

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489162 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9466794

maggie.levy@mail.huji.ac.il

Lauterman building

Personal Site

Researcher of the Month

Glucosinolate accumulation, Biological control of Botrytis cinerea.

Research in the Lab

The main focus of the research in our lab is plant-pathogen interactions. Plant pathogens challenge our efforts to maximize crop production. A limited understanding of the pathogenesis and defense mechanisms involved in plant-pathogen interactions often obstruct those efforts. We study the plant's defense responses against the fungal plant-pathogen Botrytis cinerea. Structural defense, chemical defense and plant induced resistance via the biocontrol agents Pseudozyma aphidis. Our knowledge on the regulation of plant defense pathways may contribute in the long term to the development of plant-protection strategies that will reduce the required amount of chemicals and thereby genuinely benefit the consumer, farmers and the environment.

Researcher of the month article at the faculty newsletter.

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