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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 – 1999
    Ph.D. studies at Tel-Aviv University

  • 2000 – 2003
    Post-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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