Itzik talks in Hebrew about the rumen microbiome and microbial ecology in “MedabriMada” a leading popular science podcast
Itzik is talking about the rumen microbiome and microbial ecology in Hebrew with Shimon and Yomiran in ”Medabrimmada” – Talking about science – a wonderful podcast platform for popular science Click here to listen
Engineering cell consortia to eating plant fibers: Tome IV By Sarah Morais
We have just published the 4th paper in our sequel story on Lactobacillus plantarum metabolic engineering! We have termed it “Rapid adaptation for fiber degradation by changes in plasmid stoichiometry within Lactobacillus plantarum at the synthetic community level “as we found that microbes can increase their fiber degradation capability as a community if they are synthetically evolved […]
The rumen microbiome has a long term “memory” of early life events that could be used to manipulate and predict its assembly. By Ori furman
This story begins at a dairy science convention in Jerusalem. When I (Ori Furman) was about to graduate from my Master’s degree, in 2013. I was interested in pursuing the same course and to continue studying ruminants, a topic that had intrigued me since my high school days in an agricultural school. I specifically was interested in […]
Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you get.- My time with the Mizrahi group during Corona pandemic
Hey there, my name is Johanna, 22 years old, and I am from Germany. I visited Israel and the MizrahiLab in March 2020 for 6 weeks. Or at least I tried to! Because my box of chocolate was not only filled with an awesome country, a new language, many very kind people, new experiences and […]
Hello and Shalom y’all! Come check out our amazing internship experience at the Mizrahi Lab
Greetings from sunny Be’er Shevah. My name is Sam and I am a rising senior studying microbiology at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. I am on a program called Onward Israel, which provides highly subsidized internships to students from around the world who want to experience working life in Israel. And my name […]
Our collaborative research on marine iguanas in the Galapagos
Global warming increases the strength and frequency El Niño events, affecting marine ecosystems along the equatorial pacific region. One of the best-documented examples of the effect of this extreme climatic event on marine biodiversity is found in the Galapagos Islands. There, the rise in water temperatures forces changes in the diet of marine iguanas that […]
My first steps in the Mizrahi Lab- by Inbal, A first Year Master student
So how is it like to be a first-year master student and taking baby steps towards becoming a researcher at the Mizrahi lab? From the moment I stepped into the Mizrahi lab, I knew I have joined a special place. Where you are encouraged to think, learn, be creative, improvise and take your ideas into […]
Insights Into The Culturomics Of The Rumen Microbiome
Have you ever wondered how do we know who are the microbes in environmental samples? Understanding microbial life requires us to study their functionality and metabolism which is also only possible in pure culture. Sadly, with the increasing technological advances, isolating new microbes from the environment was pretty much abandoned, as it is not an […]
Anaerobic microbiology and pumpkin patches- my adventures in Wisconsin
By Tamar Zehavi Being a part of the field of anaerobic microbiology, it’s always better to learn from the best. My story begins with an email invitation by Prof. Paul J. Weimer, who recently retired from the USDA. I was invited to Wisconsin to learn from him about his methods of growing rumen microorganisms and […]
Changing ecosystems in cow stomachs
A recent study of ours has been chosen as editors’ choice of the Science journal, Aug 2017 (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6350/468.3). Cattle are able to metabolize otherwise indigestible plant materials with the help of methane-generating bacteria, named methanogens, in their first stomach, the rumen. Methanogens play a key role in sustaining rumen metabolism and function. Our study […]