Senior Lecturer

Office: 2-464 A

Tel. 972-2-5494023

Fax: 972-2-6584425

All organisms need energy in order to survive. Plants are fortunate since they are able to produce their own energy through photosynthesis. However, under stress conditions, in which photosynthesis cannot operate, and during the development of non-photosynthetic tissues, other resources must be found in order to meet the plant’s energy demands. This problem is further compounded by the plants inability to move, rendering the plant itself as the sole energy source. 

We are interested in learning how plants degrade cellular components in order to supply the plant with nutrients during stress and development, using molecular and metabolic techniques.

Shimshon Belkin

Full Professor

Office: 3-482

Tel. 972-2-6584192

Fax. 972-2-6585559

Microbial ecology of extreme environments, with a focus on the microbial populations of salt-excreting plants; Microbial water quality; Genetically engineered microbial sensors for environmental monitoring, with an emphasis on toxicity and genotoxicity assessment and on the detection of specific classes of compounds, including trace pharmaceuticals and explosives.

Rachel Green

Associate Professor, Department Chair

Office: 3-468

Tel. 972-2-6585391

Fax. 972-2-6584425

Circadian rhythms in plants:

1. Interactions between the components of the circadian system.

2. Cell-specific circadian rhythms.

3. The adaptive advantages of circadian rhythms.

Nir Keren

Associate Professor

Office: 3-417

Tel. 972-2-6585233

Fax. 972-2-6584425

Metal transport, accumulation and homeostasis in photosynthetic organisms. Dynamics of the photosynthetic apparatus: adaptation of photosynthetic organisms to the ever changing environment.

Alexander Levine

Associate Professor

Office: 2-468

Tel. 972-2-6586543

Fax. 972-2-6584425

The signaling network that coordinates plant responses to environment.

Rachel Nechushtai

Full Professor

Office: 3-221

Tel. 972-2-6585242

Fax. 972-2-6584425

The structure-function relationships of membrane proteins mainly of the photosynthetic apparatus. Chloroplast development and light regulated expression of chlorophyll-protein complexes.

Aharon Oren

Full Professor

Office: 3-484

Tel. 972-2-6584951

Fax. 972-2-6584425

Microbial ecology of the Dead Sea; Microbial ecology of saltern ponds; Adaptation of microorganisms to life at high salt concentrations; UV-absorbing pigments in cyanobacteria; Prokaryote taxonomy.

Oren Ostersetzer-Biran

Associate Professor

Office: 3-428

Tel. 972-2-6586455

Fax. 972-2-6584425

The main aims of our research are designed to investigate the nature of nuclear-organellar interactions, which link mitochondrial genome status and expression and plant phenotypic response..