Microscopy Unit

Laser scanning confocal microscopy

Leica SP8 

 

Olympus IX81 

 

Andor spinning disk

 

 

Light microscopy  

Leica epi-fluorescence microscope and binocular

Scanning electron microscopy

Histology

Image analysis

Imaris software 

Leica SP8 laser scanning confocal microscope

Olympus IX81 LSCM

Leica epi-fluorescence microscope

Leica binocular

2020

Klap C, Luria N, Smith E, Hadad L, Bakelman E, Sela N, Belausov E, Lachman

O, Leibman D, Dombrovsky A. (2020).

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus contributes to enhanced pepino mosaic virus titers in tomato plants.

Viruses. 12(8):879.

Dally M, Lalzar M, Belausov E, Gottlieb Y, Coll M, Zchori-Fein E. (2020).

Cellular localization of two Rickettsia symbionts in the digestive system and within the ovaries of the Mirid Bug, Macrolophous pygmaeus.

Insects. 11(8):530

Duman Z, Hadas-Brandwein G, Eliyahu A, Belausov E, Abu-Abied M, Yeselson Y,

Faigenboim A, Lichter A, Irihimovitch V, Sadot E. (2020).

Short de-etiolation increases the rooting of VC801 avocado rootstock.

Plants (Basel). 9(11):1481.

Subban P, Kutsher Y, Evenor D, Belausov E, Zemach H, Faigenboim A, Bocobza

S, Timko MP, Reuveni M. (2020).

Shoot regeneration is not a single cell event.

Plants (Basel). 10(1):58.

2021

Fitoussi N, Borrego E, Kolomiets MV, Qing X, Bucki P, Sela N, Belausov E,

Braun Miyara S. (2021).

Oxylipins are implicated as communication signals in tomato- root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) interaction.

Scientific Reports. 11(1):326.

Anil SM, Shalev N, Vinayaka AC, Nadarajan S, Namdar D, Belausov E, Shoval I,

Mani KA, Mechrez G, Koltai H. (2021).

Cannabis compounds exhibit anti-inflammatory activity in vitro in COVID-19-related inflammation in lung epithelial cells and pro-inflammatory activity in macrophages.

Scientific Reports. 11(1):1462.

Anis O, Vinayaka AC, Shalev N, Namdar D, Nadarajan S, Anil SM, Cohen O,

Belausov E, Ramon J, Mayzlish Gati E, Koltai H. (2021).

Cannabis-derived compounds Cannabichromene and Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol interact and exhibit cytotoxic activity against urothelial cell carcinoma correlated with inhibition of cell

migration and cytoskeleton organization.

Molecules. 26(2):465.

Peeri H, Shalev N, Vinayaka AC, Nizar R, Kazimirsky G, Namdar D, Anil SM,

Belausov E, Brodie C, Koltai H. (2021).

Specific compositions of Cannabis sativa compounds have cytotoxic activity and inhibit motility and colony formation of Human glioblastoma cells In Vitro.

Cancers (Basel). 13(7):1720.

Kelly G, Brandsma D, Egbaria A, Stein O, Doron-Faigenboim A, Lugassi N,

Belausov E, Zemach H, Shaya F, Carmi N, Sade N, Granot D. (2021).

Guard cells control hypocotyl elongation through HXK1, HY5, and PIF4.

Communications Biology. 4(1):765.

Kutsher Y, Evenor D, Belausov E, Lapidot M, Reuveni M. (2021).

Leaf plasmodesmata respond differently to TMV, ToBRFV and TYLCV infection.

Plants (Basel). 10(7):1442.

Teper-Bamnolker P, Danieli R, Peled-Zehavi H, Belausov E, Abu-Abied M, Avin-

Wittenberg T, Sadot E, Eshel D. (2021).

Vacuolar processing enzyme translocates to the vacuole through the autophagy pathway to induce programmed cell death.

Autophagy. 17(10):3109-3123.

Amar Feldbaum R, Yaakov N, Ananth Mani K, Yossef E, Metbeev S, Zelinger E,

Belausov E, Koltai H, Ment D, Mechrez G. (2021).

Single cell encapsulation in a Pickering emulsion stabilized by TiO2 nanoparticles provides

protection against UV radiation for a biopesticide.

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 206:111958.

Chahar M, Kroupitski Y, Gollop R, Belausov E, Melotto M, Sela-Saldinger S. (2021).

Determination of Salmonella enterica leaf internalization varies substantially according to the method and conditions used to assess bacterial localization.

Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:622068.

Kotliarevski L, Mani K, Feldbaum R,Yaakov N, Belausov E, Zelinger E, Ment D, Mechrez Guy. (2021).

Single-conidium encapsulation in oil-in-water Pickering emulsions at high encapsulation yield.

Frontiers in Chemistry. 9:1055.

Cohen Y, Shulhani R, Rot Y, Zemach H, Belausov E, Grinberg-Baran M, Borenstein,Shimon Pivonia M, Ezra D, Shtienberg D. (2021).

Aspergillus niger, the causal agent of black mould disease in date fruits, infects and colonizes flowers and young fruitlets.

Plant Pathology. 70(5):1195-1208.

 

Bar-Sinai S, Belausov E, Dwivedi V, Sadot E. (2022).

Collisions of cortical microtubules with membrane associated Myosin VIII tail.

Cells. 11(1): 145.

Teper-Bamnolker P, Roitman M, Katar O, Peleg N, Aruchamy K, Suher S, Doron-Faigenboim A, Leibman D, Omid A, Belausov E, Andersson M, Olsson N, Fält AS, Volpin H, Hofvander P, Gal-On A, Eshel D. (2023).

An alternative pathway to plant cold tolerance in the absence of vacuolar invertase activity.

Plant J. 113(2):327-341.

Barak T, Miller O, Melamed S, Tietel Z, Harari M, Belausov E, Elmann A. (2022).

Neuroprotective Effects of Pulicaria incisa Infusion on Human Neuroblastoma Cells and Hippocampal Neurons.

Antioxidants (Basel). 24;12(1):32

Vinayaka AC, Shalev N, Anil SM, Tiwari S, Kumar N, Belausov E, Mani KA, Mechrez G, Koltai H. (2022).

Phytocannabinoids Act Synergistically with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Reducing Inflammation in 2D and 3D In Vitro Models.

Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 14;15(12):1559.

Shalev N, Kendall M, Anil SM, Tiwari S, Peeri H, Kumar N, Belausov E, Vinayaka AC, Koltai H. (2022).

Phytocannabinoid Compositions from Cannabis Act Synergistically with PARP1 Inhibitor against Ovarian Cancer Cells In Vitro and Affect the Wnt Signaling Pathway.

Molecules. 27(21):7523.

Kotliarevski L, Cohen R, Ramakrishnan J, Wu S, Mani KA, Amar-Feldbaum R, Yaakov N, Zelinger E, Belausov E, Shapiro-Ilan D, Glazer I, Ment D, Mechrez G. (2022).

Individual Coating of Entomopathogenic Nematodes with Titania (TiO2) Nanoparticles Based on Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsion: A New Formulation for Biopesticides.

J Agric Food Chem. 70(42):13518-13527.

Shemesh-Mayer E, Gelbart D, Belausov E, Sher N, Daus A, Rabinowitch HD, Kamenetsky-Goldstein R. (2022).

Garlic Potyviruses Are Translocated to the True Seeds through the Vegetative and Reproductive Systems of the Mother Plant.

Viruses. 14(10):2092.

Avni B, Gelbart D, Sufrin-Ringwald T, Zemach H, Belausov E, Kamenetsky-Goldstein R, Lapidot M. (2022).

ToBRFV Infects the Reproductive Tissues of Tomato Plants but Is Not Transmitted to the Progenies by Pollination.

Cells. 11(18):2864.

Eldan O, Ofir A, Luria N, Klap C, Lachman O, Bakelman E, Belausov E, Smith E, Dombrovsky A. (2022).

Pepper Plants Harboring L Resistance Alleles Showed Tolerance toward Manifestations of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus Disease.

Plants (Basel). 11(18):2378.

Trainin T, Brukental H, Shapira O, Attia Z, Tiwari V, Hatib K, Gal S, Zemach H, Belausov E, Charuvi D, Holland D, Azoulay-Shemer T. (2022).

Physiological characterization of the wild almond Prunus arabica stem photosynthetic capability.

Front Plant Sci. 13:941504.

Lugassi N, Stein O, Egbaria A, Belausov E, Zemach H, Arad T, Granot D, Carmi N. (2022).

Sucrose Synthase and Fructokinase Are Required for Proper Meristematic and Vascular Development.

Plants (Basel). 11(8):1035.

2023

Shushan A, Luria N, Lachman O, Sela N, Laskar O, Belausov E, Smith E, Dombrovsky A. (2023).

Characterization of a novel psyllid-transmitted waikavirus in carrots.

Virus Res. Oct 2;335:199192

Cohen R, Mani KA, Pirmatova M, Jacobi G, Zelinger E, Belausov E, Fallik E, Banin E, Mechrez G. (2023).

A green formulation for superhydrophobic coatings based on Pickering emulsion templating for anti-biofilm applications.

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. Jul;227:113355.

Danieli R, Assouline S, Salam BB, Vrobel O, Teper-Bamnolker P, Belausov E, Granot D, Tarkowski P, Eshel D. (2023.

Chilling induces sugar and ABA accumulation that antagonistically signals for symplastic connection of dormant potato buds.

Plant Cell Environ. 46(7):2097-2111.

Matveev S, Reingold V, Yossef E, Levy N, Kottakota C, Mechrez G, Protasov A, Belausov E, Birnbaum N, Davidovitz M, Ment D. (2023).

The Dissemination of Metarhizium brunneum Conidia by Females of the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Suggests a New Mechanism for Prevention Practices.

J Fungi (Basel). 9;9(4):458.

Kelly G, Yaaran A, Gal A, Egbaria A, Brandsma D, Belausov E, Wolf D, David-Schwartz R, Granot D, Eyal Y, Carmi N, Sade N. (2023).

Guard cell activity of PIF4 and HY5 control transpiration.

Plant Sci. 328:111583

Dally M, Izraeli Y, Belausov E, Mozes-Daube N, Coll M, Zchori-Fein E. (2023).

Rickettsia association with two Macrolophus (Heteroptera: Miridae) species: A comparative study of phylogenies and within-host localization patterns.

Front Microbiol.  23;13:1107153.

Belausov E, Dwivedi V, Yechezkel S, Bar-Sinai S, Sadot E. (2023).

Documentation of Microtubule Collisions with Myosin VIII ATM1 Containing Membrane-Associated Structures.

Methods Mol Biol.2604:77-88.

Scientific advisor – Einat Sadot, Ph.D.

Tel: 03-9683510

Cell: 0544843534

Email: vhesadot@agri.gov.il

Unit manager, confocal microscopy and image analysis technician –  Eddy (Eduard) Belausov, M.Sc.

Tel: 03-9683404

Cell: 0506220404

Email: eddy@agri.gov.il

Histology and SEM technician – Hani (Hanita) Zemach, M.Sc.

Tel:03-9683393

Cell: 0506220178

Email: hanita@agri.gov.il

The unit is located in the Plant Science (Fruit Tree building) institute, room 112 (confocal microscopy) and room 101 (electron microscopy, histology and image analysis).