Publications

Metacaspases contribute to the cellular response to heat stress in a marine diatom

Sadeh M., Schatz D., Ben-Dor S., Mizrachi A., Graff van Creveld S., Zafrin A. & Vardi A. (2026) New Phytologist.

Combinatorial Assembly of Biomimetic Janus Membrane with Multiscale Architectures for Guided Bone Regeneration

Li Y. Y., Mao L. B., Feng Y. H. Z., Wang H. C., Meng Y. F., Yu S. H. & Wang Z. L. (2026) Advanced Materials.

Bringing marine microbiome research into the classroom is an essential step toward a climate literate society

Shemi A., Vardi A. & Yarden A. (2026) Npj Climate Action.

Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement

Sutherland W. J., Burgess N. D., Edwards S. V., Jones J. P., Soltis P. S., Tilman D., Allen J. M., Andrianandrasana H. T., Armour C. J., August T., Bawa K. S., Bailey S., Birch T., Boersch-Supan P. H., Cavender-Bares J., Blaxter M., Chaplin-Kramer R., Daru B. H., De Palma A., Eisenberg C., Elphick C. S., Freckleton R. P., Frick W. F., Gonzalez A., Goetz S. J., Greenspoon L., Grozingeree C. M., Hankins D. L., Hazell J., Isaac N. J., Lambertini M., Lewin H. A., Aodha O. M., Madhavapeddy A., Milner-Gulland E. J., Milo R., ODwyer J., Purvis A., Salafsky N., Tallis H., Tanshi I., Vijay V., Wikelski M., Williams D. R., Woodard S. H. & Robinson G. E. (2026) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS.

Metabolic thermodynamics: pertinent reference state and energy potentials

Westerhoff H. V., Bakker B. M., Bommarius A. S., Cárdenas M. L., Cornish-Bowden A., Fitzpatrick P., Halling P. J., Hatzimanikatis V., Kettner C., Liu Y., McDonald A. G., Noor E., Pleiss J., Raushel F. M., Rohwer J. M., Schnell S., Tipton K. F., Tsai M. D., von Stockar U., Wittig U., Wohlgemuth R. & Woodley J. M. (2026) FEBS Journal.

Carbonate Chemistry Regulates Ion Transport from PolymerCalcium Condensates for Bioinspired Calcification

Paul D., Jeske O., Yanshyna O., Avram L., Gebauer D. & Gal A. (2026) Chemistry of Materials.

Mapping of the viral shunt across widespread coccolithophore blooms using metabolic biomarkers

Kuhlisch C., Schleyer G., Flores J. M., Vincent F., Labadie K., Vallet M., Schatz D. & Vardi A. (2026) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Non-Vessel Water Flow in Angiosperm Trees Enables Bypassing of Partially Blocked Xylem

Müllers Y., Hochberg U., Perri G. & Klein T. (2026) Physiologia Plantarum.

Hormone-centric multi-omics atlas of flower and early fruit development in tomato

Vainer A., Panda S., Kazachkova Y., Panizel I., Breitenbach S., Ludwig-Müller J., Fartyal D., Faigenboim A., Almekias-Siegl E., Aharoni A. & Yasuor H. (2026) Plant Communications.

Persistent increase in understory vegetation following thinning and grazing exclusion in a semiarid pine forest

Livne-Luzon S., Grunwald Y., Pozner E., Rotenberg E., Yakir D. & Klein T. (2026) Forestry.

Complex engineering of Solanum alkaloids structural diversity in Nicotiana benthamiana

Gharat S. A., Jozwiak A., Rogachev I., Sharon E. A., Meir S., Giri A. P. & Aharoni A. (2026) Plant Biotechnology Journal.

Single-cell transcriptome imaging reveals conserved and virulence-linked phenotypic states in bacteria

Persky Z., Ciolli Mattioli C., Garcia K. Z., Azran O., Avraham R. & Dar D. (2026) BioRxiv.

Macromolecular Condensates as Tunable Scaffolds for Bio-Inspired Silica Hybrids

Biswas P., Aram L., Livni N., Kamyshinsky R., Elad N., Leskes M. & Gal A. (2026) Angewandte Chemie - International Edition.

Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling

Tal N., Hadary R., Chang R. B., Osterman I., Jacobson R., Yirmiya E., Bechon N., Hochhauser D., López Rivera M., Madhala B., Garb J., Goldsmith M., Wein T., Kranzusch P. J., Amitai G. & Sorek R. (2026) Science.

Global functional shifts in trees driven by alien naturalization and native extinction

Guo W. Y., Serra-Diaz J. M., Guo K., Boonman C. C., Schrodt F., Maitner B. S., Merow C., Violle C., Anand M., Bruun H. H. K., Byun C., Catford J. A., Cerabolini B. E., Chacón-Madrigal E., Ciccarelli D., Dang-Le A. T., Dias A. S., Giroldo A. B., Gutiérrez A. G., Jansen S., Kattge J., Kindt R., Klein T., Kramer K., Lusk C. H., Martin A. R., Michaletz S. T., Minden V., Mori A. S., Niinemets Ü., Onoda Y., Peñuelas J., Pisek J., Robroek B. J., Schamp B., Soudzilovskaia N. A., Thiffault N., van der Plas F., Enquist B. J. & Svenning J. C. (2026) Nature Plants.

The soil microbiome as an indicator of ecosystem multifunctionality in European soils

Romero F., Labouyrie M., Orgiazzi A., Ballabio C., Panagos P., Jones A., Tedersoo L., Bahram M., Eisenhauer N., Sünnemann M., Guerra C. A., Tao D., Rog I., Jiao S., Mocali S., Rillig M. C., Lehmann A., Delgado-Baquerizo M. & van der Heijden M. G. (2026) Nature Communications.

Cell biology for a sustainable future a call to action from early-career scientists

Costa C., Flaum E., Hlashwayo D., Jacobovitz M., Kubaczka M. G., Lovat S. J., Milshtein E., Szafranska H. M. & Zwahlen S. M. (2026) Journal of Cell Science.

A transpupillary approach for crosslinking Guinea pig sclera using WST11 and near-infrared light

Vogels D. H., Abdulla Y., Myles W., Cummings S., Agemy L., Yechezkel T., Marcovich A. L., Scherz A., LaPointe V. L., McFadden S. A. & Dickman M. M. (2026) Scientific Reports.

Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined

Rosenberg Y., Wiedenhofer D., Virág D., Bar-Sella G., Greenspoon L., Herrnstadt B., Akenji L., Phillips R. & Milo R. (2025) Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Proteomics Reveals Mechanisms of Delayed Keratoconus Progression: A Study of Corneas Following Two Light-Activated Crosslinking Treatments

Vogels D. H., Brekelmans J., Mohren R., Vos N. R., Brandis A., Marcovich A. L., Cillero-Pastor B., Scherz A., LaPointe V. L. & Dickman M. M. (2025) Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.

A compact model of Escherichia coli core and biosynthetic metabolism

Corrao M., He H., Liebermeister W., Noor E. & Bar-Even A. (2025) PLoS Computational Biology.

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.

Pine seedlings select a consistent ectomycorrhizal community regardless of water availability and inoculum origin

Herol L., Klein T., Livne-Luzon S. & Shemesh H. (2025) Fungal Ecology.

DmdA-independent lag phase shortening in Phaeobacter inhibens bacteria under stress conditions

Narvaez-Barragan D. A., Sperfeld M. & Segev E. (2025) FEBS Journal.

Diurnal Emissions of Sea Spray Aerosols in Algal Blooms

Flores J. M., Trainic M., Schatz D., Koren I. & Vardi A. (2025) Environmental Science and Technology.

An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem

Durham B. P., Johnson W. M., Bannon C. C., Bertrand E. M., Ingalls A. E., Edwards B. R., Apprill A., Boysen A. K., Bundy R. M., Chen H., Ferrer-González F. X., Fiore C., Heal K. R., Kuhlisch C., Liu S., Lu K., Meke L. E., Pontrelli S., Vaiyapuri Ramalingam P., Reigel A. M., Sacks J. S., Schreier J. E., Sekar J., Uchimiya M. & Kujawinski E. B. (2025) Limnology And Oceanography Letters.

Triple labeling of metabolites for metabolome analysis (TLEMMA): a stable isotope labeling approach for metabolite identification and network reconstruction

Dong Y., Feldberg L., Wang Y., Heinig U., Rogachev I. & Aharoni A. (2025) Plant Journal.

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.

Single-Cell Phenotypic Heterogeneity Shapes Quorum Signaling Dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gabi-Lange D., Litvinov V. & Dar D. (2025) BioRxiv.

Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress

Mizrachi A., Sadeh M., Ben-Dor S., Dym O., Ku C., Feldmesser E., Zarfin A., Brunson J. K., Allen A. E., Jinkerson R. E., Schatz D. & Vardi A. (2025) Current Biology.

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.

Structural organization of the organic sheath that delineates extracellular seta silicification in diatoms

Safadi R., Aram L., de Haan D., Avrahami E. M. & Gal A. (2025) Journal of Structural Biology.

A nacre-inspired structural material with thermochromic properties and mechanical robustness by atomic-level design

Pang J., Wang Z. Y., Song T., Zhang Z. B., Meng Y. F., Zhang S. C., Zhang L., Xing W. Y. & Yu S. H. (2025) National Science Review.

Structure-guided discovery of viral proteins that inhibit host immunity

Yirmiya E., Hobbs S. J., Leavitt A., Osterman I., Avraham C., Hochhauser D., Madhala B., Skovorodka M., Tan J. M., Toyoda H. C., Chebotar I., Itkin M., Malitsky S., Amitai G., Kranzusch P. J. & Sorek R. (2025) Cell.

Cryptic variation fuels plant phenotypic change through hierarchical epistasis

Zebell S. G., Marti-Gomez C., Fitzgerald B., Cunha C. P., Lach M., Seman B. M., Hendelman A., Sretenovic S., Qi Y., Bartlett M., Eshed Y., McCandlish D. M. & Lippman Z. B. (2025) Nature.

The impact of tropodithietic acid on microbial physiology under varying culture complexities

Shlakhter O., Malitsky S. & Segev E. (2025) mSphere.

A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle

Lee T. A., Illouz-Eliaz N., Nobori T., Xu J., Jow B., Nery J. R. & Ecker J. R. (2025) Nature Plants.

Quarter- and half-filled quantum Hall states and their topological orders revealed by daughter states in bilayer graphene

Kumar R., Haug A., Kim J., Yutushui M., Khudiakov K., Bhardwaj V., Ilin A., Watanabe K., Taniguchi T., Mross D. F. & Ronen Y. (2025) Nature Communications.

Demonstration of bioplastic production from CO₂ and formate using the reductive glycine pathway in E. coli

Fedorova D., Ben-Nissan R., Milshtein E., Reyes C., Jona G., Dezorella N., Feiguelman G., Fedorov R., Gomaa A., Lindner A. B., Noor E. & Milo R. (2025) PLoS ONE.

The future-focused Proactive Conservation Index highlights unrecognized global priorities for vertebrate conservation

de Oliveira Caetano G. H., Murali G., Pincheira-Donoso D., Vardi R., Greenspoon L., Meiri S. & Roll U. (2025) PLoS Biology.