Prof. Dr. Seema Agarwal
Physical sciences, Preparative and physical chemistry of polymersNanotechnology
Prof. Lital Alfonta
Nominated by
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 21.07.2015
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Biological and related sciences, Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Bioelectrochemistry, Synthetic Biology, Chemical Biology
Research interests
Engineering of Electron Transfer Pathways
Genetic Code Expansion
Distinctions and Awards
Globes Israel- One of the 50 most influential women in Israel, 2014
Marc Rich Foundation Prize for Women Researchers, 2011
ERC-Starting Grant, EU, 2010
Ben-Gurion University – Incumbent of the Elaine S. and Alvin W. Wene Career Development Chair in Biotechnology Engineering, 2010
EMBO Long term postdoctoral fellowship, 2002-2004
Kaye Innovation Award, Hebrew University, 2002
Intel – for a Joint Industrial-Academic Research Project, 1998
Interested in
- Lectures, Management position, Membership in scientific bodies, Refereeing
Languages
Arabic, Danish, English, Hebrew, Spanish
Doctorate
- 2003: Development of Bioelectronic Devices by the Organization of Biomaterials on Transducing Elements: Characterization of the Systems and their Application in Sensing Processes
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2006: Genetic Code Expansion
Short CV/Education and training
- 1992 – 1995B.Sc. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. Chemistry
- 1996 – 1997M.Sc. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry.
Selected publications
Lital Alfonta, Zhiwen Zhang , Sean Uryu, Joseph A. Loo and Peter G. Schultz; 2003, Site-Specific Incorporation of a Redox Active Amino Acid into Proteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 14662-14663.
Zhiwen Zhang , Lital Alfonta, Feng Tian, Badry Bursulaya, Sean Uryu, David. S. King and Peter G. Schultz; 2004, Selective Incorporation of 5-hydroxytryptophan into Proteins in Mammalian Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 8882-8887.
Wenshe Liu, Lital Alfonta, Antha V. Mack and Peter G. Schultz; 2007, Structural Basis for the Recognition of Para-Benzoyl-L-phenylalanine by Evolved Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases. Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 46, 6073-6075.
Liron Amir, Tsz Kin Tam, Marcos Pita, Michael M. Meijler, Lital Alfonta, Evgeny Katz, 2009, Biofuel Cell Controlled by Enzyme Logic Systems, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 131, 826-832.
Simon Fishilevich, Liron Amir, Yearit Fridman, Amir Aharoni, Lital Alfonta, 2009, Surface Display of Redox Enzymes in Microbial Fuel Cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 12052-12053.
Alon Szczupak, Dan Kol-Kalman, Lital Alfonta, A Hybrid Biocathode: Surface Display of O2-Reducing Enzymes for Microbial Fuel Cell Applications, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 49-51.
Lenka Halámeková, Jan Halámek, Vera Bocharova, Alon Szczupak, Lital Alfonta, Evgeny Katz, Implanted Biofuel Cell Operating in Living Snail, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 5040-5043.
Alon Szczupak, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, Vera Bocharova, Lital Alfonta, Evgeny Katz, Living Battery – Biofuel Cells Operating In Vivo in Clams, Energy & Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 8891-8895.
Liron Amir, Stewart A. Carnally, Josep Rayo, Shaked Rosenne, Sarit Melamed Yerushalmi, Orr Schlesinger, Michael M. Meijler, Lital Alfonta, Surface Display of a Redox Enzyme and its Site Specific Wiring to Gold Electrodes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 70-73.
Yonatan Chemla, Eden Ozer, Orr Schlesinger, Vincent Noireaux, Lital Alfonta, Genetically expanded cell-free protein synthesis using endogenous pyrrolysyl orthogonal translation system, Biotechnol. Bioengineer. 2015.
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Israel Chemical Society
Israel Society for Microbiology
International Electrochemical Society
American Chemical Society
Media coverage
Horizon Magazine piece
Highlights of research in: Nature, JACS, public Media (written and broadcasts)
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Other activities and achievements/family
2 Children
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