The link between genetics and microbial composition
Our recently published study examines the connection between specific heritable microbes and the efficiency of ruminants at producing energy from their feed. Ruminants host a unique and obligatory relationship with their microbiome, in which their ability to digest certain feeds relies completely on the presence of specific microbes. This connection has been first established in another study […]
Rending waste valuable: a 6 million dollar project
by Sarah Morais WASTE2FUELS aims to develop next generation biofuel technologies capable of converting agrofood waste (AFW) streams into high quality biobutanol. This European Union project is a cooperation between 20 groups (both industries and academic) from 8 countries including two groups Israel (Weizmann and us at BGU). This common effort aims to achieve a […]
Mizrahi Lab Retreat- video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_cvXVZ7QeQ&feature=youtu.be
Project Student, how do we see you…
The Ultimate Project Student The Mizrahi lab already has three full-functioning (and quite pricey) robots that can do almost anything (they can’t make coffee yet, but it’s a work in process). In other words, we aren’t looking for pipetting robot-students. Project students are, undoubtedly, an inseparable part of our research team and the Mizrahi […]
To assemble or not to assemble this is an important question
Hey, I’m Tamar. I completed my Master’s degree and continued to a Ph.D. while focusing on community assembly. How communities come to be? It is a question asked by researchers across many disciplines. It has been studied throughout history [1] to this day, involving sociology, economy, biology, and statistics and is dated back to ancient […]
Of Microbes and Men, by Alvah Zorea
Despite the seemingly limitless knowledge mankind possesses nowadays, it is surprising how relatively little we know about the estimated 100 trillion bacterial cells that reside on and inside us (~10 times as many cells as the human body). Just like fingerprints, the microbial composition of each microbiome is individual to each human being. The love-hate […]
The circularity of David’s life
I’m David, in my second year of postdoc in the lab, and my problem are plasmids. To tell you how I got there I need to explain a bit. I did my PhD in a molecular evolution Lab with Prof. Tal Dagan in Kiel university, Germany. Back then we were interested in the evolution of […]
Goor’s adventures in the milk land
Hi, I’m Goor, PhD candidate and a proud member of the Microbial Ecogenomics group at BGU, under the supervision of Professor Itzik Mizrahi. My research is focused on the rumen microbiome and its link to host traits and cow’s genetics. Why milking cows, why microbiome, why is it important? Milking cows are a universal food […]
Fotini’s underwater microbiome
This month I am celebrating three years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Microbial Ecogenomics Group (Mizrahi Lab)! I am a fish physiologist by training, but I was always curious to explore the interactions of fish with its microbes and their contribution to their functioning. And why fish microbiome? Besides being fan myself of the […]
Stav’s fun time in Denmark
Hi, I’m Stav Eyal, a Master student in the lab. I study microbial interactions within digestive tract microbiomes, with an emphasis on methanogenic-bacterial interactions in the rumen environment. The METHAGENE COST Action STSM was a means for me to acquire cultivation techniques used by Dr. Samantha Noel for the study of the rumen co-inhabitant methanogens […]