Dr. Jessica Abbott
Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics
Prof. Sigal Ben-Yehuda
Nominated by
- European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 13.07.2015
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Biological and related sciences
Area of specialisation
Microbiology
Research interests
Microbiology
Cell biology
Microbial development
Microbial cell-cell communication
Distinctions and Awards
ERC (European Research Council)- Independent Researcher- Advance Grant, 2013
Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology-DGHM lecture, 2011
The Sir Zelman Cowen Prize for discovery in medical research, 2011
The ISM (Israel society for microbiology) Shilo Award, 2011
The GIF (German-Israeli Foundation) – Young Scientists’ grant award, 2008
ERC (European Research Council)- Independent Researcher- Starting Grant, 2008
The Hebrew University President’s Award (Ben-Porat) for excellence in research, 2007
The EMBO Young Investigator Award (EMBO YIP), 2006
The Human Frontier Science Program-career development award, 2004
Languages
English, Hebrew
Doctorate
- 2000: Yeast Genetics
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2004: Developmental Microbiology
Short CV/Education and training
- 1994 – 1999Ph.D. studies at Tel-Aviv University
- 2000 – 2003Post-Doctoral training at Harvard University
Current appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research, Israel-Canada (IMRIC), Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Selected publications
Ben-Yehuda, S., and Losick, R. (2002). Asymmetric cell division in B. subtilis involves a spiral-like intermediate of the cytokinetic protein FtsZ. Cell 109: 257-266.
Ben-Yehuda, S., Rudner, D.Z., and Losick, R. (2003). RacA, a bacterial protein that anchors chromosomes to the cell poles. Science 299: 532-536.
Bejerano-Sagie, M., Oppenheimer-Shaanan, Y., Berlatzky, I., Rouvinski, A., and Ben-Yehuda, S. (2006). A checkpoint protein that scans the chromosome for damage at the start of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Cell 125: 679-690.
Dubey, P. G., and Ben-Yehuda, S. (2011). Intercellular nanotubes mediate bacterial communication. Cell 144(4):590-600.
Segev, E., Smith, Y., and Ben-Yehuda, S. (2012). RNA dynamics in aging bacterial spores. Cell 148:139-49.
Complete list of publications
Selected projects
Bacterial Devlopment
Bacterial spores
Bacterial Cell-cell communication via nanotubes
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