{"id":112,"date":"2018-09-02T20:56:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifewp.bgu.ac.il\/wp\/dmishmar\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:12:33","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifewp.bgu.ac.il\/wp\/dmishmar\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"Lab members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Prof. Dan Mishmar<\/h4>

Status : Lab Head (Professor)<\/p>

Email : dmishmar@bgu.ac.il\u00a0<\/p>

Department of Life Sciences\u00a0<\/p>

Building 40, room 009\u00a0<\/p>

Ben-Gurion University\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Beer Sheva,84105\u00a0<\/p>

Israel\u00a0<\/p>

Tel: +972-8-6461355+972-8-6461355, 6477917\u00a0<\/p>

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Present graduate Students and postdoctoral fellows<\/b><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dadon Sara<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Status : Technical and teaching support (M.Med.Sc)<\/p>

Email : sarahd@bgu.ac.il<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Daria Arakelova, MD<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Status : PhD candidate<\/p>

Email :\u00a0arakelov@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project:<\/p>

The regulatory coordination of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes: the role of C\/EBPB in glioblastoma as a model<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Noam Shtoltz<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Status :\u00a0PhD<\/span>\u00a0candidate<\/span><\/p>

Email :\u00a0shtolz@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

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Status :\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>PhD<\/span>\u00a0candidate<\/span><\/p>

Email :\u00a0minor@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project:<\/p>

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Status : M.Sc. candidate<\/p>

Email :\u00a0Naomiza@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project: studying the impact of genetic variants on mitochondrial transcription<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Status : M.Sc. candidate<\/p>

Email :\u00a0danauza@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project: Assessing pattern of co-expression of mtDNA and nuclear DNA-encoded genes of the OXPHOS system in autoimmune diseases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\nOhad Cohen<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Status: B.Sc. candidate<\/p>

Email : asaelavi@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project: Investigating genomewide response of antlion species to heat shock<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Status: B.Sc. candidate<\/p>

Email : asaelavi@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project: Investigating genomewide response of antlion species to heat shock<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Yael Tal<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Status: B.Sc. candidate<\/p>

Email : yaela3@post.bgu.ac.il<\/p>

Current project: Assessing mtDNA copy number in C\/EBPB manipulation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Alumni<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Name<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Degree at the Mishmar lab
(Graduation year)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Where are they now?<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mrs. Sarit Suissa (Zaguri)<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2007)<\/p><\/td>

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Yael Garbian<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2009)<\/p><\/td>

PhD student, Hebrew University<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Jeanette Feder<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2010)<\/p><\/td>

Project Manager, Karolinska Inst, Sweden<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Shirly Amar
[Joint supervision with Prof. Galila Agam, BGU; Eshkol scholarship, faculty prize for excellent PhD students]<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2011)<\/p><\/td>

The Genetic Institute, Soroka Medical centre<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Mor Buchshtav<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2010)<\/p><\/td>

Regulatory project manager at ConTIPI Ltd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Yasmin Toiw<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2010)<\/p><\/td>

PhD student, Technion<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Naama Shani<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2011)<\/p><\/td>

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Moran Gershoni
[Negev scholarship for excellent PhD students; Ori foundation scholarship for excellence in mitochondrial research]<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2012)<\/p><\/td>

PI, Agriculture Research Organization \u2013 Volcani Institute<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Ilia Zhidkov
(joint supervision with Dr. Eitan Rubin, Faculty of health sciences, BGU) [Center for Complexity Science scholarship for excellent PhD students]<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2012)<\/p><\/td>

EvoGene LTD<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Gal Avital<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2012)<\/p><\/td>

EvoGene<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Michal Silber<\/p><\/td>

Basic Science studies for MD interns<\/p><\/td>

Meir Hospital, Kfar Sava.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Noa-Sophie Kohler<\/p><\/td>

Postdoctoral fellow [Jacque Loeb Center for the Philosophy of Science fellowship]<\/p><\/td>

Research associate, Jacque Loeb Center for the Philosophy of Science fellowship<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Oshrat Or<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2015)<\/p><\/td>

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Dr.\u00a0Jami Milam<\/p><\/td>

PhD \u2013 postdoctoral\u00a0(2015)\u00a0<\/p><\/td>

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Dr.\u00a0Dan Bar-Yaacov<\/p>

(joint supervision with Dr. Amos Bouskila, BGU, Rector prize, Negev Scholarship)<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2016)\u00a0<\/p><\/td>

PI, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Amit Blumberg (Negev Scholarship)<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2017)<\/p><\/td>

Postdoctoral fellow, Shragi Schwartz Weizman<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Liron Levin (Negev Scholarship)<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2017)<\/p><\/td>

Bioinformatics Core Facility, BGU<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mrs. Nicol Poznianski<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2018)<\/p><\/td>

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Dr. Shani Marom<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2018)<\/p><\/td>

Research Team head, Microbiome R&D Department Scientist at Merck Life Science<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Gilad Barshad (Darom scholarship)<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2019)<\/p><\/td>

PI, Department of biology, Technion<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Shir Zaccai<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2019)<\/p><\/td>

Trojan Bio<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mrs. Rotem Levin<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2019)<\/p><\/td>

Fraud Analyst, Forter<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Tal Cohen<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2020)<\/p><\/td>

Bioinformatics scientist, Applied Genomics<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms. Shani Levi<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2021)<\/p><\/td>

\u00a0Research Associate, Kadimastem Ltd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms. Hodaya Turgeman<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2021)<\/p><\/td>

Research Associate, Anima Biotech<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Shirly Gruman<\/p><\/td>

BSc, project student (2020)<\/p><\/td>

MD-PhD candidate, HUJI<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Roni Hahn<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2021)<\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate, TAU<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Amit Zirman<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2021)<\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate, Volcani Institute<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Omer Papier<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2023)<\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate, TAU<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Hadar Medini (Dekalim, Negev Scholarship)<\/p><\/td>

PhD (2024), short postdoc (2025<\/p><\/td>

Postdoctoral fellow, MRC Cambridge UK<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Yuval Caruchero<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2025)<\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate, BGU<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ms Li Horovitz (Dekalim)<\/p><\/td>

MSc (2025)<\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate, HUJI \u2013 faculty of agriculture<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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