Gershoni Moran Ph.D.

Research Scientist- Genetics and Computational Biology

Institute of Animal Sciences
Cattle and Sheep Research
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot
+972-507736994
+972-8-9484436

gmoran@volcani.agri.gov.il

Biography

Dr. Gershoni earned his PhD at the Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University. He then did his postdoctoral training at the Department of Molecular Genetics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he then continued as a research fellow. Since 2018, he has been a research scientist at ARO, Institute of Animal Science.
The lab combines computational analyses of comprehensive genetic data, mainly derived using NGS technologies, together with complementary molecular methodologies to study genetic aspects of quantitative traits, population genetics, and disease-causative genetic variants in cattle and humans.

We always happy to recruit talented and motivated graduate student

Education

BSc Life Science
Ben Gurion University
MSc Molecular Genetics
Ben Gurion University
PhD Molecular Genetics
Ben Gurion University
Postdoc Population and Computational Genetics
Weizmann Institute of Science

Research Interests

In our lab, we are studying genetics, genomics, and the inheritance of quantitative and Mendelian traits in mammals

We focus on studying fertility, reproduction, and production traits by applying genotyping and deep sequencing methods developing and operating computational tools

Among other, we investigate

Transgenerational transmission of environmental effects

Genetics of early abortions

Parental Imprinting in embryos and sperm cells

Reduced male fertility

Genetic Predisposition for Male Progenies

Promotion of genomic selection in dairy cattle

Genome-based matching program for cattle breeding

Publications/Articles

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