Research Areas
The research at the department traces evolutionary and environmental aspects of diverse organisms: from insects and mammals, through plants, to microbes, as well as ecological interactions amongst them. The methods we use vary from field and laboratory experiments, to analytical and algorithmic investigation. We collaborate with leading national and international, public and private bodies, from IBM’s Haifa Research Labs, to the Israeli Air Force, and the International Wheat Genomics Consortium.
Selected research projects:
Sarit Avrani – How do freshwater cyanobacteria escape phage predation?
Sagi Snir – Supertree Phylogenetics
Nir Sapir – Bio-mechanical, ecological, evolutionary and life-history related aspects of bird feather moult
Nir Sapir – Bird migration and stopover ecology
Moshe Inbar – Evolutionary ecology of gall forming aphids
Moshe Inbar – Direct interactions between mammalian and insect herbivores
Imad Shams – Flexible energy production programs that accompany Spalax tolerance to hypoxic stress and cancer
Imad Shams – Oxidative and genotoxic stress responses and DNA repair capacity in Spalax cells
Ido Izhaki – Gut microbiome of nectarivorous birds in relation to nectar microbiome and secondary metabolites
Eyal Privman – Explaining social behavior by brain gene expression differences
Eran Tauber – Genetics of the circadian clock
Adi Livnat – What is the role of sexual reproduction in evolution?
