Principal Investigator
Prof. Noam Adir holds the Bertha Hertz-Axel Chair in Chemistry in the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.
Prof. Adir has served as the Deputy Executive Vice President for Research of the Technion, the Deputy Vice President for Safety of the Technion and 6 years as the Dean of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry.
Laboratory Manager
Former Ph.D. Student
Structure-Function Analysis of the Phycobilisome Complex
of the Cyanobacterium A. Marina
Ph.D. Student, M.Sc 2019
Structural & functional characterization of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes.
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Ph.D. Student
Structural characterization of carotenoid binding
proteins.
Ph.D. Student
Designing a Phycobiliprotein Based Exciton Energy Transfer System.
Ph.D. Student
Development of antibiotics using under-represented peptide sequences.
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Ph.D. Student
Generating Energy From Photosynthetic Microorganisms
Ph.D. 2024
New area of research in our lab: Peptide Antibiotics development.
M.Sc. 2023
Coupling Photosystem II With Pt-Decorated CdSe@CdS Nanorods For Overall Water Splitting
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Ph.D. 2021
Development of novel bio photo electrochemical cells.
M.Sc. 2020
Structural characterization of carotenoid binding proteins.
Ph.D. 2014, M.Sc. 2009
Structure-Function Investigations of the MntA and MntC Proteins from Mesophilic and Thermophilic Cyanobacteria.
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
tunde.toth.biol@gmail.com
Ph.D. 2019
Determination of the interaction between the Phycobilisome (PBS) light harvesting antenna and the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP).
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
sudeshnag85@gmail.com
Ph.D. 2018
Photocurrents from Photosynthesis
dan_kolkalman@hotmail.com
M.Sc. 2014
Energy Transfer and Charge Separation in Phycocyanin: Developing a Bio-DSSC
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M.Sc. Student 2016
Toward Structure Determination of Rbt5, a Heme and Hemoglobin Receptor from Candida Albicans.
Ph.D. 2013
Rational Design and Structure-Based Investigations of a Tyrosinase from Bacillus megaterium
Ph.D. 2013
Elucidation of Aminoglycosides Modes of Activity in Eukaryotes: Towards Improved Therapeutic Derivatives
Ph.D. 2015
Engineering of a Green System for the Production of Photocurrent and Hydrogen through Photosynthesis
Ph.D. 2014
Investigation of the Interactions Leading to Phycobilisome Assembly
Ph.D. 2017
Robust Spherical Proteins for Chemical Applications
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Ph.D. 2012
The Phycobilisome (PBS) is the major light harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria and red algae.
Ph.D. 2017
Characterization of mutated PSII designed for green energy production.
gadi.saper@gmail.com
Ph.D. 2012
Short Peptide Sequences Inhibit Prokaryotic Translation: A New Way of Looking at Biological Information
M.Sc. 2012
Engineering of a Green System for the Structural and Functional Investigation of the Mitochondrial TSPO Receptor.
M.Sc. 2007; Ph.D. 2011
Elucidation of Phycobilisome Functionalities Using High Resolution Structures of Phycobiliproteins
M.Sc. 2007; Ph.D. 2011
Structure-Function Investigation of Metal Ion Binding Proteins
M.Sc. 2005; Ph.D. 2010
Structural Studies on Protein Involved in Human Health: The M. tuberculosis Cpn60.2 Chaperonin and the Mitochondrial TSPO Receptor Protein
M.Sc. 2009 ; Ph.D. 2015
Engineering a Photosystem II Dependet Bio-generator & the X-Ray Structure of HspA, which Protects PSII from Thermal Damage
M.Sc. 2009
Structural Investigations of the MntB Protein The Transmembrane Unit of an ABC-Type Manganese Transport System in Cyanobacteria
M.Sc. 2008
Investigating the Core Components of the Phycobilisome of the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Termosynechoccus Vulcanus
Ph.D. 2007
Structure Determination of Proteins Involved in the Stability of the Phycobilisomes during Environmental Stress
M.Sc. 2000; Ph.D. 2005
Determination of the Three Dimensional Structure of MntC: A Periplasmic Manganese Transport Protein from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
M.Sc. 2004
Interactions of Metals Corroles with Human Serum Albumin
M.Sc. 2003
On the Formation of Hybrid Organic/Liquid Metal Interfaces
Ph.D. 2002
A Model for a Web-Based Community of Chemistry Learners in Higher Education
Ph.D. , 2002
Progress in Determination of 3D structures of Proteins Involved in Manganese Functions in Photosynthetic Organisms.
M.Sc. 2002
Crystallization and Determination of the Structure of KDO8Psynthase with Competitive Inhibitors
M.Sc. 2001
Isolation, Crystallization and Crystallographic Characterization of Cytochrome b559 of Photosystem II
M.Sc. 2001
The Role of Detergents in Crystallization of Membrane Proteins
Former Lab manager
