Prof. Alexander Vainstein
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
The Robert H. Smith Institute of
Plant Sciences and Genetics
in Agriculture
POB 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Administrator: Anat Gazit Booton
Tel: 972-8-948-9251,
Fax: 972-8-948-9899,
E-mail: anatg@savion.huji.ac.il
Director: Prof. David Weiss
Tel: 972-8-948-9436
Fax: 972-8-948-9899
E-mail: david.weiss@mail.huji.ac.il
Research Interests
Genomic/metabolomic/proteomic approaches for identification of novel (regulatory and biosynthetic) aroma genes
Metabolic engineering of plants and yeast
Site-specific genome modification and genetic engineering in plants
Funding: Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor; Ministry of Science; The Israel Science Foundation; United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD); German-Israeli Foundation (GIF); AID-CDR; Yissum (private companies).
Media Coverage (more info and movies)
- MemoGene: Site Specific Genome Modification (Link)
- MemoGene & Gene-validation services: Yissum Technolgy Transfer (PDF)
- Enhancing The Fragrance of Flowers (Video - CNN)
- Face of Israel: Professor Vainstein (Video - Israel21c)
- Plant Scent Enhancement (Video - Yissum - Israel21c)
- Israeli Team Produces Anti-Malaria Drug From Tobacco Plants (Wall Street Daily) (Link)
- Anti-Malaria Drug Produced from Tobacco Plants (Link & Video - CCTV news)
- Tobacco could make Anti-Malaria Drug CCTV News (Video - CNTV English)
- The News Today with Ayman Sikseck
- Découvrez la fleur génétiquement modifiée fierté d'Israël
See also: Alexander_Vainstein, research
