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Prof. Noam Adir

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.

Current Group Members

Maayan Suissa Szlejf

Ph.D Student, M.Sc 2019
Structural & functional characterization of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes.

Tareq Tarabeih

Ph.D Student
New area of research in our lab: Peptide Antibiotics development.

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Jenia Sklyar

Ph.D Student
Structural characterization of carotenoid binding
proteins.

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Raneen Hijaze

Ph.D Student
Development of antibiotics using under-represented peptide sequences.

Guy Lutzky

Ph.D Student
Designing a Phycobiliprotein Based Exciton Energy Transfer System.

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Berta Haimov

MS.c Student
Coupling Photosystem II With Pt-Decorated CdSe@CdS Nanorods For Overall Water Splitting
ha.berta-m@campus.technion.ac.il

Alumni

Dr. Yaniv Shlosberg

Ph.D Student
Development of novel bio photo electrochemical cells.

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Dr. Avital Lahav

Ph.D 2014, MS.c Student 2009
Structure-Function Investigations of the MntA and MntC Proteins from Mesophilic and Thermophilic Cyanobacteria.

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Hagit Shoyhet

MS.c 2020
Structural characterization of carotenoid binding proteins.

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Dr. Tunde Toth

Ph.D Researcher

tunde.toth.biol@gmail.com

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Dr. Shira Bar-Zvi

Ph.D. Student (Technion Grand Energy Program)
Structure-Function Analysis of the Phycobilisome Complex of the Cyanobacterium A. Marina

Dr. Dvir Harris

Ph.D. Student
Determination of the precise interaction between the Phycobilisome (PBS) light harvesting antenna and the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP).

Dr. Sudeshna Ghosh

Former Postdoctoral Fellow
sudeshnag85@gmail.com

Dr. Dan Kallmann

Ph.D 2018
Photocurrents from Photosynthesis
dan_kolkalman@hotmail.com

Roy Ben Harosh

MS.c 2014
Energy Transfer and Charge Separation in Phycocyanin: Developing a Bio-DSSC

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Shiri Yamin Katzir

M.Sc Student 2016
Toward Structure Determination of Rbt5, a Heme and Hemoglobin Receptor from Candida Albicans.

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Dr. Mor Sendovsky-Goldfeder

Ph.D. Student 2013
Rational Design and Structure-Based Investigations of a Tyrosinase from Bacillus megaterium

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Prof. Moran Shalev

Ph.D. Student 2013
Elucidation of Aminoglycosides Modes of Activity in Eukaryotes: Towards Improved Therapeutic Derivatives

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Dr. Roy Pinhassi

Ph.D. Graduate 2015 (Technion Grand Energy Program)
Engineering of a Green System for the Production of Photocurrent and Hydrogen through Photosynthesis

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Dr. Ofir Tal

Ph.D. Graduate 2014
Investigation of the Interactions Leading to Phycobilisome Assembly

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Dr. Sivan Perl

Ph.D Graduate 2017
Robust Spherical Proteins for Chemical Applications

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Prof. Liron David

Ph.D. Student 2012
The Phycobilisome (PBS) is the major light harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria and red algae.

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Dr. Saper Gadiel

Ph.D. Student 2017 (Technion Grand Energy Program)
Characterization of mutated PSII designed for green energy production.
gadi.saper@gmail.com

Dr. Sharon Navon

Ph.D. Student 2012
Short Peptide Sequences Inhibit Prokaryotic Translation: A New Way of Looking at Biological Information

Yigal Linkovsky

Ms.C. Graduate 2012
Engineering of a Green System for the Structural and Functional Investigation of the Mitochondrial TSPO Receptor.

Dr. Ailie Marx-McGregor

M.Sc 2007; Ph.D. 2011
Elucidation of Phycobilisome Functionalities Using High Resolution Structures of Phycobiliproteins

Dr. Margarita Kanteev

M.Sc 2007; Ph.D. 2011
Structure-Function Investigation of Metal Ion Binding Proteins

Dr. Anat Shahar

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

Faris Salama

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

Tali Schwartzman

M.Sc 2009
Structural Investigations of the MntB Protein The Transmembrane Unit of an ABC-Type Manganese Transport System in Cyanobacteria

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Merav Klartag

M.Sc 2008
Investigating the Core Components of the Phycobilisome of the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Termosynechoccus Vulcanus

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Dr. Monica Dines

Ph.D. 2007
Structure Determination of Proteins Involved in the Stability of the Phycobilisomes during Environmental Stress

Dr. Valeria Rukhman

M.Sc 2000; Ph.D. 2005
Determination of the Three Dimensional Structure of MntC: A Periplasmic Manganese Transport Protein from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

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Meirav Abdelas

M.Sc 2004
Interactions of Metals Corroles with Human Serum Albumin

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Prof. Boaz Pokroy

M.Sc 2003
On the Formation of Hybrid Organic/Liquid Metal Interfaces

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Prof. Miri Barak

Ph.D. 2002
A Model for a Web-Based Community of Chemistry Learners in Higher Education

Rina Anati

Ph.D. Student, 2002
Progress in Determination of 3D structures of Proteins Involved in Manganese Functions in Photosynthetic Organisms.

Radion Vainer

M.Sc 2002
Crystallization and Determination of the Structure of KDO8Psynthase with Competitive Inhibitors

Elena Dobrovetsky

M.Sc 2001
Isolation, Crystallization and Crystallographic Characterization of Cytochrome b559 of Photosystem II

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Dr. Ludmila Abezgauz

M.Sc 2001
the Role of Detergents in Crystallization of Membrane Proteins

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Dr. Meira Melamed-Frank

Former Lab manager