The Friedman Lab
Ecology & evolution of microbial communities

Jonathan Friedman (Google Scholar)
Principal Investigator
Postdoc Center for Physics of Living Systems, MIT, 2017 (Mentor: Jeff Gore)​
PhD Computational and Systems Biology, MIT, 2013 (Mentors: Eric Alm & Daniel Rothman)
BSc Physics and Biology, Tel-Aviv University (2007)
jonathan.friedman@mail.huji.ac.il
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Yael Sorokin
Lab manager
PhD student
MSc Agroecology, Hebrew University, 2024.
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Yael studies eco-evolutionary feedbacks in bacterial mutualisms.

Bhani Kongkham
Postdoctoral fellow
PhD in Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Bhani.Kongkham@mail.huji.ac.il
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Bhani studies evolutionary trade-offs between cooperative antibiotic degradation and lag-time tolerance in bacterial populations.

Amichai Baichman-Kass
PhD student
(co-advised by Lianet Noda Garcia, HUJI)
MSc Agroecology , Hebrew University, 2021.
BSc Agroecology & Biotechnology, Hebrew University, 2019.
Amichai.Baichman-Kass@mail.huji.ac.il
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Amichai's research is focused on metabolic exchange between bacteria.

Stav Almog
MSc student in Soli & Water Sciences
(co-advised by Maya Engel, HUJI)
BSc Biochemistry & Food Science, Hebrew University, 2021.
Stav studies the the effects of soil colloids o nbacterial growth.

Ido Ben Dori
MSc student in Agroecology
(co-advised by NadavKashtan, HUJI)
BSc Agroecology, Hebrew University, 2021.
Ido studies how emulsion can be used to in experimental evolution.

Sam
Emotional support specialist
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