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6th Symposium on Ecological Networks (EcoNet2023), September 4-7, 2023

This year, Shai hosted the EcoNet2023 workshop (Ecological networks from theory to application) at Ben Gurion University, Israel.

Seeing everything come together after all the planning and hard work was exciting. Shai’s hard work and dedication made this workshop a reality.

Four days are full of multiple kinds of activities from keynote talks to invited talks, posters, working groups, deep-dives, dinner, and a hike.

This mix of activities was designed to engage participants in discussions, develop new ideas, make valuable connections to form collaborations in the future, and learn new methods.
Hope that all participants took full advantage of this enriching opportunity.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars – EcoNet2025 will take place in Newcastle!

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Our NetSci 2023 experience: excellent talks and networking opportunities

In July 2023, our lab had the excellent opportunity to participate in the NetSci 2023 conference, organized by the Network Science Society, in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria. Our lab made its mark with the excellent talks delivered by Shai, Sharon, Matan, and Tino. The conference was a productive venue for enhancing existing collaborations, initiating new partnerships, extending warm birthday wishes to Matan, and reconnecting with a former lab member.

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New paper on how non-native ungulates affect pollination-seed dispersal multilayer networks is on bioRxiv!

There is limited understanding of how the disruption of keystone interactions, which are known to be important in the relationship between structure and stability, impacts multitrophic networks. In this study, we used the example of the Patagonian hummingbird-mistletoe-marsupial keystone interaction and its disruption by an invasive ungulate species to address this gap. Our model system and multilayer network analysis allow us to examine the broader consequences of disturbances, such as invasive species, on the structure and stability of multitrophic networks. Take a look here. 

 

 

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Shai hosted a plasmid biology workshop

Students and researchers from around Israel were invited to participate in a workshop about plasmid biology. The workshop was organized by Shai and Prof. Itzik Mizrahi, with Prof. Alvaro San Millan as a guest teacher. The workshop featured insightful talks and inspiring discussions for all participants, while connecting researchers from a range of backgrounds and knowledge bases. Participants developed research ideas on topics at the forefront of plasmid biology after identifying gaps in knowledge.