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Prof. David Weiss

Research Interests:

Hormone signal transduction and responses

The plant hormones gibberellin regulates various developmental processes throughout the life cycle of the plant. Our lab studies the mechanisms of gibberellin signaling and responses, including root elongation in tomato and Arabidopsis. We also study the role of gibberellin in plant response to environmental stresses.

Prof. Eliezer E. Goldschmidt

BS"D, 10 Tamuz 5783; June 29, 2023
James De Rothschild Professor of Horticulture

 

As a student of the late Prof. S.P. Monselise, my Academic activity (Teaching and Research) has focused primarily on Citrus. From about 200 research publications, at least 50% addressed various aspects of citrus fruit and tree physiology (Numbers in parentheses indicate significant publications from Goldschmidt's LOP). Only major projects are listed.

Research Projects

Funded Research Projects (2005-2014)

 

1. Management of diseases caused by whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses

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Higher education

Teaching

Courses Taught

  • Molecular genetics (undergraduate) 
  • Genetic engineering 
  • Selected Chapters in Plant Molecular Biology 
  • Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering (graduate) 
  • Introduction to Molecular Biology (undergraduate, Division for International Studies)

MSc Students:

Shriki Oz, Fridman Lily, Popovski Smadar (with Ghanim M, ARO)

Education

1971: M.Sc Institute of Molecular Biology, University Paris VII, France, under the supervision of Anne-Lise Haenni and Francois Chappeville.

1977: Teaching License in Chemistry, School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel ;

1978: Ph.D. Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, under the supervision of Nathan de Groot and Abraham Hochberg.

1977-80: Post-doctorate, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Mental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.

 

Research Projects

Current Major Research Projects:

  • Heat tolerance: Inducing heat tolerance in broilers by genes responsible for reduced feather coverage (naked-neck) or for featherless chickens (scaleless).
  • Ascites: Studying the genetic control of resistance versus susceptibility to the ascites syndrome, and related effects on physiological parameters and on economically important performance traits. Selecting broilers for resistance to the ascites syndrome.

Prof. Avigdor Cahaner

 

Research Interest

Quantitative genetics; theoretical and practical aspects of genotype-by-environment (GxE) interactions in meat-type chickens (broilers); breeding for sustainability by improving adaptation of broilers to sub-optimal conditions through genetic manipulation of metabolic, physiological and immunological functions; utilization of DNA markers in quantitative genetics studies and in practical breeding.