Contact Us

 

Mailing Address:
The Robert H. Smith Institute of
Plant Sciences and Genetics
in Agriculture
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, Israel

Administrator: 
Neomi Maimon 
Tel: 972-8-948-9251,
Fax: 972-8-948-9899,
E-mail: neomim@savion.huji.ac.il

Secretary of teaching program:
Ms. Iris Izenshtadt
Tel: 972-8-9489333
E-mail: Iris.Izenshtadt@mail.huji.ac.il

Director: 
Prof. Naomi Ori
Tel: 972-8-948-9605
E-mail: naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il

 

people

Former Group Members

Former Students and Associates

Ronit Sharon, Photosynthetic apparatus in corollas of petunia and carnation M.Sc. 

Galil Tzuri, M.Sc. in collaboration with Prof. J. Hillel

Morly Fisher, M.Sc. in collaboration with Prof. M. Ziv

Iris Smirra, M.Sc. in collaboration with Prof. A. Halevy

Vered Canaan, Transgenic plants resistant to crown gall, MSc

Shamir Tznuert, Transformation system for Gypsophila, MSc

Teaching

Intro to molecular biology 71065; BSc

Seminar 71187/8, MSc

Basic methods in molecular biology 71024, BSc

Research workshop in horticulture 71950, MSc

Classical and molecular approaches in plant breeding 71021, BSc

Biological membranes, 71978, MSc

 

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Born 1957     Tbilisi, Georgia

1976 B.Sc.    State University of Tbilisi, USSR

1984 Ph.D.   The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1986-1988    Postdoctorate, University of California at Los Angeles, USA

 

Employment history

1988-1993  Lecturer Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, HUJ

Prof. Alexander Vainstein

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

 

Patents

Wang, W., Pelah, D., Alegrand, T., Pouny, Y., Marton, I., Wolf, A., Shoseyov, O., Altman, A. (2007). Denaturant stable and/or protease resistant, chaperone-like oligomeric proteins, polynucleotides encoding same, their uses and methods of increasing a specific activity thereof. USA Patent 7,253,341.

Wolf, A., Pouny, Y., Marton, I., Dgany, O., Altman, A., Shoseyov, O. (2007). Sp1 Polypeptides, Modified Sp1 Polypeptides And Uses Thereof. Patent: Wo/2007/007325. And additional patents thereof.

 

Publications

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (BY ORDER OF PUBLICATION DATE)

16.11.2022

BOOKS:

1.    A. Altman, ed. (1998). Agricultural Biotechnology. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, ISBN: 0-8247-9439-7. 770 pp.

2.    Altman, A. and Y. Waisel, eds. (1997). The Biology of Root Formation and Development, Plenum  Press, N.Y., USA. ISBN: 0-306-45706-7. 376 pp.

Books

A. Altman, ed. (1998). Agricultural Biotechnology. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, ISBN: 0-8247-9439-7. 770 pp.

Altman, A. and Y. Waisel, eds. (1997). The Biology of Root Formation and Development, Plenum  Press, N.Y., USA. ISBN: 0-306-45706-7. 376 pp.

Altman, A. and M. Ziv, eds, (1997). Horticultural Biotechnology: In Vitro Culture and Breeding, Acta Horticulturae 447, Wageningen, The Netherlands. ISBN: 90-6605-909-5. 674 pp.

Prof. Arie Altman

Born in Israel, July 8, 1937

M.Sc. 1964, Ph.D. 1970, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Lecturer 1970; Senior Lecturer 1977; Associate Professor 1982; Professor 1989. Emeritus

Guest Professor, Culture Research, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Married to Judith (deceased 2009), a daughter (Orly) and a son (Ron).

Meira Ziv

Prof. Meira Ziv

In Memoriam
Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture

IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Meira Ziv

1931 - 2024

Enhanced regeneration and bulb formation