Speaker: Dr. Adi Stern, Tel Aviv University
Title: The hidden genetic reservoir of HIV during acute infection exposed using accurate next generation sequencing
Speaker: Dr Sarit Avrani, University of Haifa
Title: Sleeping with the Enemy: What enables the coexistence of phage and their photosynthetic bacteria hosts?
Speaker: Dr. Lior David, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, The Hebrew University
Title: Historical and recent reductions in genetic variation of the Sarotherodon galilaeus population in the Sea of Galilee
Speaker: Mr. David Shohami Supervised by Prof. Ran Nathan
Title: MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF THE EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT (ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS) Navigation, optimal foraging and sociality
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Friedman, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Title: Using pairwise competitions to predict the structure of microbial communities
Speaker: Prof. Ariel Chipman, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Title: The genomic basis of arthropod diversity
Speaker: Prof. Jason Chapman
Title: Chasing the High Fliers: Radar Studies of Insect Migration
Speaker: Prof. Yehuda Ben-Shahar Dept. of Biology Washington University in St. Louis
Title: "Chemical love” – the genetics of pheromonal mating boundaries in Drosophila
The annual symposium of the Natural History Collections is an informal meeting where the researchers will update us about their present activities and future plans.
The symposium will be held in Hebrew.
In memory of Prof. Daniel Zohary, we are organizing a field trip (1.5-2 hours) to the Beit Oren area, in which Prof. Eviatar (Eibi) Nevo will talk about "Evolution canyon" or the “Israeli Galapagos”, a fascinating microsite near Oren junction.
Eibi will give a talk on evolution of life from viruses and bacteria to mammals, which can be demonstrated on site. He will also discuss the domestication of wheat and barley, whose traces can be found on the opposite slopes.
