Carmit Ziv Ph.D.
Reasercher - Postharvest Pathology of vegetables
- Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences
- Postharvest Science
- Postharvest building, 2nd floor. Room 217
- +972-506220998
- +972-3-968-3610
Biography
Short Bio:
Master and PhD studies: Dep. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Postdoc fellowship: Plant Science Dept. Weizmann Institute, Israel.
Currently: Research Group Leader at the Dept. of Postharvests Science, ARO, Israel.
Experience: Fungal genetics and physiology. Signal transduction pathways. Fungal morphogenesis and pathogenicity. Environmental sensing. Lipid metabolism. Postharvest physiology and Pathology of fruit vegetables.
Addional Roles:
Scientific manager – Zvi agricultural reserach station. Jorden Valley.
Vice Head – Reaserach Center for Quality, Safety & Natural Compounds in Agricultural Produce
Teacher- HUJI – 71446 Postharvest Physiology and Pathology
Education
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1998
B.Sc.Agr., Plant Protection at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel. Special program: Agriculture and Environmental quality. Degree completed summa cum laude.
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2000
M.Sc.Agr., Plant Protection at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel. Degree completed Summa cum laude.
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2008
PhD at the department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel. Supervisor: Prof. Oded Yarden.
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2009-2012
Post-doctoral fellow at the department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel. Host: Prof. Oded Yarden.
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2012-2016
Post-doctoral fellow at the department of department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, the Faculty of Biochemistry, the The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Host: Prof. Assaf Vardi.
Research Interests
As a postharvest specialist, my research interests revolve around postharvest disease control of fruit vegetables, environment-friendly treatments for controlling postharvest fungal rot, and tolerance mechanisms of fruit vegetables and their phytopathogenic fungi to cold storage.
In addition another important research topic in my lab is lipid metabolism and its effects on fruit-pathogen interactions during cold storage, as well as the impact of pre- and postharvest handling on the nutritional and sensory quality of fruit vegetables.
Research topics:
- Molecular mechanisms involved in phytopathogenic fungal growth and development during cold storage of fruits and vegetables.
- The role of lipids for the interactions between fruits and pathogenic fungi during cold storage.
- Developing environment-friendly treatments to control postharvest fungal rot.
Methods used:
Mycology, Molecular microbiology, Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics, Microscopy and Biochemistry
Methodologies:
- Isolation and molecular identification of phytopathogenic fungi
- qPCR and RNAseq for gene expression during fungi-fruit pathogenic interaction
- Molecular biology tools for genetic engineering of fungi
- Biochemistry of lipid metabolism and signal transduction pathways
- Molecular phenotyping of lipids and small molecules using chromatography-coupled to mass-spectrometry (LC/GC-MS)
Research Areas
- Postharvest disease control
- Fruit-pathogen interactions
- Fungal physiology
- Lipid metabolism and lipidomics