Plant & Environmental Sciences

Research in our department focuses on plants and microorganisms – from molecules through organisms to populations and ecosystems.

Plants, algae, and microbiomes serve in our department as ideal model systems for studying metabolism, epigentics, stress physiology, signaling, artificial photosynthesis, biogeography, microbiology, molecular biology, and even material science.

Research Topics

Events

Lecture / Seminar

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Uri Moran

18
February
2025

Tuesday At 0:00
Lecture / Seminar

From Stress to Strength: How do Plant Recover from Drought Stress?

Lecturer: Dr. Natanella Illouz Eliaz | Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California, United States

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Asaph Aharoni

18
February
2025

Tuesday At 11:30 - 12:45

Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences , Room Auditorium floor 1

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Grants & Prizes

Date: July 10, 2024

Congratulations to Prof. Asaph Aharoni

Elected as a member of EMBO
Date: January 21, 2024

Congratulations to Prof. Ron Milo

Rothschild Prize in Environmental Sciences

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Latest Publications

Increased Nutrient Levels Enhance Bacterial Exopolysaccharides Production in the Context of Algae
Lipsman V. & Segev E. (2025) Environmental Microbiology Reports.
Wood Anatomical and Hydraulic Traits of Tamarix Species Across a Large Eurasian Gradient Show a Stronger Climatic Than Phylogenetic Signal
Akhmedov A., Bobokandov N., Krehenwinkel H., Rzepecki A., Klein T., Villar J. L. & Thomas F. M. (2025) Journal of Biogeography.
Non-Stoichiometric Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Forms in Macromolecular Condensates via Interphase Diffusion
Paul D., Varsano N., Biswas P., Kaplan-Ashiri I., Aram L. & Gal A. (2025) Small.
Leaf Water Potential in a Mixed Mediterranean Forest from Machine Learning and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Hyperspectral Imaging
Fishman N., Yungstein Y., Yaakobi A., Obersteiner S., Rez L., Mulero G., Michael Y., Klein T. & Helman D. (2025) Remote Sensing.
Osmotic stress in roots drives lipoxygenase-dependent plastid remodeling through singlet oxygen production
Cohen-Hoch D., Chen T., Sharabi L., Dezorella N., Itkin M., Feiguelman G., Malitsky S. & Fluhr R. (2025) Plant Physiology.

Mazal Tov

October 31, 2022
Congratulations
To Tal Dahan and Zohar Meir on the birth of their daughter Sarah
November 3, 2022
Congratulations
To Yemima and Shai Duchin Rapp on the birth of their daughter