{"id":588,"date":"2018-11-30T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insigniathemes.com\/laboratory\/?page_id=588"},"modified":"2020-07-06T07:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T07:34:52","slug":"home-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifewp.bgu.ac.il\/wp\/sagia\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=&#8221;home-3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1545045615735{margin-top: 85px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1543814343958{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #f7fbfd !important;}&#8221;]<div id='ins-heading-69f42f477cfa8' class='section-heading ins-heading text-left default    ins-animated fadeIn'  style='margin-top:0; margin-bottom:20px'><h3 class='section-heading-title margin-10px-top  default letter-spacing-1'>Welcome to The Lab of Amir Sagi<\/h3><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t(function(jQuery) {\n\t\t\t\t\t})(jQuery);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1593429393408{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Professor Amir Sagi began studying crustaceans during grad school. 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class='section-heading-title margin-10px-top  default letter-spacing-1'>Our Research<\/h4><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t(function(jQuery) {jQuery(\"head\").append(\"<style>#ins-heading-69f42f477cfc9 h4 {color: #ffffff;}<\/style>\")\n\t\t\t\t\t})(jQuery);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583536846576{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\">We study functional genomics of crustacean physiology and developed numerous biotechnological applications.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1543832873041{padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #f7fbfd !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id='ins-heading-69f42f477cfdf' class='section-heading ins-heading text-left default    ins-animated fadeIn'  style='margin-top:0; margin-bottom:20px'><h4 class='section-heading-title 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