We explored plasmid dispersal across 3467 human gut microbiome samples worldwide. Our findings show neutral gene flow, but under pressure, key genes breach barriers. Join us in uncovering insights at Nature Communication !

We explored uncharted bacterial species in the human gut microbiota capable of degrading complex cellulosic polysaccharides, revealing their origins, adaptations to diverse host lifestyles and diets, and potential sources. Read more in Science.

We discover that a plasmid coded defense system serves as a gateway for prosperous mutualistic interactions that otherwise could become waring and distractive ones.Check out our new paper at nature microbiology .

Check out this recent #BehindThePaper interview we conducted together with our collaborators from the Medalia Lab for #FEMSmicroBlog, discussing our recent work utilizing cryo-electron microscopy to gain new perspectives of microbial ecology and evolution

In our recent work published in microLIFE  we used cryo-electron microscopy to capture the specific microscopic structure of microbes. We were able to classify microbes by their structure and create an atlas of rumen bacterial and archaeal species, combining both complementary fields of structural biology and microbial ecology.

Check out the latest Cell Voices to read Itzik’s perspective on what collective features of microbial communities our lab is aiming to unravel.

In this new paper published in the ISME Journal we find that the rumen metaproteome is remarkably plastic at the genome level & is predictive to microbiome & host feed efficiency states.

Looking through the microbial lens – Our recent work published in eLife, where we use single-cell structural biology to understand the ecology of cellulose degradation at scales in which microbial life unfolds

Check out our new paper published in the ISME Journal as part of a collaboration with the Elia Lab, where we study an Asgard archaeal protein family conserved across all domains of life.

Check out our new study published in the ISME journal, demonstrating how differences in gut microbial composition across lineages are translated into host-specific metabolomes, see the thread below from the main findings

Check out our recent review in Nature reviews.  We describe the composition, ecology, and metabolism of the rumen microbiome and how to use it to balance food security and environmental impacts.

We got an ERC consolidator grant!!!!

Thank you, reviewers, and thank you, panel members, for enabling us to continue doing what we love!

Nice write-up on our work in THE TIMES OF ISRAEL.

Our new paper in Nature Communications. We found that the rumen microbiome has a long-term “memory” of early life events that could be used to manipulate and predict its assembly.

We might be able to modulate microbiomes using the cow genome. See our paper in Science Advances, in which we show that the cow genome is connected to its microbiome.

Where it all begins. A microbiome assembly story… Read our post on the story behind our new paper, published in Nature communications at Nature Microbiology Community

Our new paper in Nature Microbiology gives a potential explanation of what core microbes are and how they maintain their stability in the gut.

Check our paper in elife, where we found that genetic selection of the hosts also selects their microbiome and its response to environmental selection.

Itzik is talking about our work in Hebrew in MedbrimMada”-talking Science -a great platform of popular science. Check it our here

A piece in the Jerusalem Post on our recently published study in Nature microbiology about the fish core microbiome.