The Drori Lab - General
Ice has an enormous effect on our life and the life of smaller organisms around us. We are interested in studying how ice grows in the presence of different additives, aiming to develop new ways to inhibit and to control ice growth. Specifically, we study the interaction between ice crystals and natural/synthetic molecules that inhibit ice growth. Natural molecules such as ice-binding proteins (IBPs), or antifreeze proteins (AFPs), are able to inhibit ice growth and to protect organisms such as fish, insects, plants and fungi from freezing injury.