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)
yonatan.friedman@mail.huji.ac.il
Jonathan has a background in bioinformatics, mathematical biology, and experimental microbiology. His main area of interest and expertise is microbial community dynamics.
Yael Sorokin
Lab manager
MSc student in Agroecology
BSc Nutrition Science, Hebrew University, 2019.
Yael studies how bacterial cross-feeding is affected by coevolution.
Ignacio José Melero Jiménez (Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral reseacher
Margarita Salas Fellow
PhD Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Malaga University (Spain), 2021.
BSc Environmental Sciences, Malaga University (Spain), 2014.
Ignacio studies evolutionary rescue in microbial communities - how interspecific interactions affect a microbial community's ability to adapt to changing conditions.
Tingting Song
Postdoctoral reseacher
Lady Davis Fellow
PhD Agro-grassland science, Northeast Agricultural University (China), 2022
MSc Botany, Northeast Agricultural University (China), 2017.
Tingting studies how plant-secreted secondary metabolites affect plant-associated bacteria.
Rameez Moidu Jameela
Postdoctoral reseacher
PhD Microbiology, Bose Institute (India), 2020.
rameez.moidujameela@mail.huji.ac.il
Rameez has expertise in experimental bacteriology, microbial physiology-ecology-
evolution. He explores fundamentals of bacterial evolution within clones and
communities.
Nittay Meroz
PhD student in Agroecology
MSc Microbiology, Bar Ilan University, 2018.
Nittay studies long-term co-evolutionary dynamics of competing bacterial species and their predictability.
Amichai Baichman-Kass
PhD student in Agroecology
(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
Amichai's research is focused on metabolic exchange in interspecific bacterial networks.
Hildah Amutuhaire
PhD student in Agroecology
(co-advised by Eddie Cytryn, ARO)
MSc Agroecology, Hebrew University University, 2020.
Hildah is bioprospecting for novel bacterial antifungal secondary metabolites for plant protection.
Bar Meron
PhD student in Biochmeisty and Food Sciences
(co-advised by Tzvi Hayouka, HUJI)
MSc Biochemisty and Food Sciences, Hebrew University, 2021
BSc Food Sciences, Tel-Hai College , 2019.
Bar is studying the evolution of resistance to antimicrobial peptides.
Tal Livny
MSc student in Agroecology
BSc Agroecology, Hebrew University, 2021.
Tal studies the evolutionary dynamics of bacterial interactions.
Gal Toledano
MSc student in Computational Biology
BSc Computer Science and Computational Biology, Hebrew University, 2020.
Gal is interested in the evolution of interspecies interacations.
Einat Nestor
MSc student in Computational Biology
BSc Computational Biology, Hebrew University, 2021.
Einat uses machine learning to predict how microbes interact.
Sam
Emotional support specialist
