Dr. Jessica Abbott
Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics
Biological and related sciences
Microbiology
Microbiology
Cell biology
Microbial development
Microbial cell-cell communication
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
English, Hebrew
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research, Israel-Canada (IMRIC), Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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.
Bacterial Devlopment
Bacterial spores
Bacterial Cell-cell communication via nanotubes
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Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics
Biological and related sciences, Microbial bioelectrochemistry, Microbial electrophysiology
Biological and related sciences, Molecular biology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, membrane protein biochemistry
Biological and related sciences, Health, Cell Biology, Cellular signaling, Cancer biology, Cancer therapy