People
Prof. Tamar Lotan
Principle Investigator
Developmental Marine Biology and Molecular Ecology
+972-4-8240034
lotant@univ.haifa.ac.il
Dr. Golan Nadav
Lab Manager
Developmental processes in Sea anemone, Jellyfish and Myxozoa
+972-4-8288795
golan257@gmail.com
Dr. Keren Maor-Landaw
Post-doc
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms that underlie fish infection by Myxozoa parasites
Noga Barak
PhD student with Prof. Daniel Sher
Microbiome of the jellyfish Rhopilema numadica
barak.noga22@gmail.com
Elinor Nadir
PhD student with Prof. Yehuda Benayahu, Tel-Aviv University
Xeniid soft corals
elinornadir@mail.tau.ac.il
Yuqing MAO
MSc student
GABA-B and cilliogenesis
myuqing@campus.haifa.ac.il
Nadav Rostowsky
MSc student
Analysis of Myxozoa infection
rosnadav1995@gmail.com
Efrat Back
MSc student
Cilia tubulin modification
efratbeck95@gmail.com
Valeria Berngardt
MSc student
Analysis of Nematostella cilia
berngardt.valery@gmail.com
Thank you Dr. Vera Brekhman for running our lab for more than a decade.
Graduate students
Roey Kraus 2013 - The defense molecular mechanism of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis in polluted environment; roey180@gmail.com
Ron Elran 2014 -Effect of four heavy metals, with emphasis on copper, on the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis; relranster@gmail.com
Maayan Raam 2015 - AP-1 pathway characterization in response to metal stress in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis; maayan.raam@gmail.com
Shimrit Levitan 2015 - Molecular mechanisms underlying oogenesis in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis; shimritavra@gmail.com
Gadi Piriatinsky 2016 - Nematocyst tubule elongation mechanism and profiling of myxozoan polar capsule proteome; 4gadip@gmail.com
Nir Kozokaro 2016 - ORT Braude College of Engineering project-Characterization of the insulin pathway during oocyte development in the sea anemone.
Mona Diab 2016 - ORT Braude College of Engineering project -Characterization of Nanos2 and PL-10 expression in the starlet sea anemone.
Dr. Alena Kodádková 2016 (post Doc) - Aurelia sensory structure synthesis and function; alena.kodadkova@gmail.com
Shelly Reuven 2018 - Profiling Nematostella vectensis transcriptome during oogenesis; shelly.reuven@gmail.com
Neta Sa'ar 2018 - Generating germline transgenic reporter lines of the sea anemone Nematostella; netasaar@gmail.com
Dr. Shani Levy 2018 - Nematostella from planula to polyp; levyshani78@gmail.com
Menahem Korzets 2020 - Activation of GABAB receptor affects planulae mobility and cilia dynamics in Nematostella vectensis; korzetsm@gmail.com
Heba Abu-Romi 2021 - Undergraduate project-Cultivation of jellyfish-associated bacteria heba.aboromi207@gmail.com
Barbara Muller 2022 - Infection dynamics and life-cycle study of Myxobolus bejeranoi; periparus.ater01@gmail.com
Irit Shaim 2022 - The effect of prolonged starvation on oogenesis and insulin pathway-related genes in Nematostella vectensis; irinapodolko@gmail.com
Itamar Avidor 2023- Investigating the parasite Myxobolus bejeranoi and its effects on its host tilapia’s gene expression; zangatz@hotmail.com