Principal Investigator
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Prof. Raz Zarivach
zarivach[at]bgu.ac.il
I am the head of the Zarivach Laboratory for Structural Biology, as well as chair of the Macromolecular Crystallography Research Centre (MCRC) at BGU.
I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada, on the E. coli Type III secretion system. Prior to this, I finished my PhD at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Ada Yonath (2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) on the subject of ribosome structures.
Scientific interests: Structural biology, molecular machines, biomineralization, biochemistry, magnetotactic bacteria…
Raz`s podcast – https://radiopublic.com/-60Z5kN/s1!cf030
Non-scientific interests: Family, Mediterranean music, reading, nature (the outdoors as well as the journal).
Lab manager
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Geula Davidov
geulad[at]bgu.ac.il
M.Sc Medicinal Sciences (Neurobiology & Biochemistry), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008
Scientific interests: Structural studies of magnetotactic bacterial proteins and pathogenic bacteria, neuroscience and pain relief, transporters, Transformers.
Non-scientific interests: Scientific education, ice skating, knitting, TV, reading, alternative medicine.
PhD students
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Nofar Baron
baronn[at]post.bgu.ac.il
M.Sc Biochemistry, Ben-Gurion University, 2018
Scientific interests: Biochemistry, structural biology, parasitology, electron microscopy.
Non-scientific interests: Traveling and exploring new places, TV shows and drinking beer with friends.
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Tomer Ben Yossef
benyosto[at]post.bgu.ac.il
B.Sc psychobiology, Ben-Gurion University 2020
Scientific interests: Environmental enzymology, structural biology, biochemistry, sustainable energy.
Non-scientific interests: Crossfit, alternative rock music and hiking.
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Daniel Stein
danist[at]post.bgu.ac.il
B.Sc life sciences and chemistry, Ben-Gurion University 2020
Scientific interests: Biochemistry, analytical chemistry, structure and function of proteins.
Non-scientific interests: Music, art, psychological thriller films, cross-fit.
MSc students
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Orli Korchev
orlikor[at]post.bgu.ac.il
B.Sc life sciences, Ben-Gurion University 2020
Scientific interests: Biochemistry, molecular biology, parasitology and structure and function of proteins.
Non-scientific interests: Traveling, baking, Netflix and
spending time with friends and family.
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Yalee Elmaliah
yaleea[at]post.bgu.ac.il
B.Sc life sciences and computer science, Ben-Gurion University 2020
Scientific interests: Biochemistry, molecular biology, conservational ecology and structure and epigenetics.
Non-scientific interests: Sports, baking, Cosmetics and cosmetics’ substances.
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Shirel Ben Shimon
benshire[at]post.bgu.ac.il
B.Sc life sciences, Ben-Gurion University 2020
Scientific interests: Ecology, conservational ecology, zoology, plant physiology, structural biology, evolutionary biology.
Non-scientific interests: Traveling, nature, reading, movies and TV series, working with animals, cooking and spending time with friends and family.
Lab technicians
Undergraduate project students
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[at]post.bgu.ac.il
Third year undergraduate student life sciences, Ben-Gurion
Scientific interests: iochemistry and microbiology.
Non-scientific interests: dogs, philosophy, rock and indie music, backpacking and trekking around the world
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