Award-Winning Scholars
Our scholars are decorated with many awards. Here is a partial list:
The Gophna Lab studies processes of genome evolution in archaea and bacteria, and their ecological impacts. We mostly focus on CRISPR-Cas systems, host-virus interactions, and the human microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease.
- 2023 - Elected member, EMBO
- 2020 - Elected member, the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2019 - The Sarov prize for basic research (Israeli Society for Microbiology)
- 2018 - Elected Member, European Academy of Microbiology
- 2008 - The Nili Rubinovich-Grossman memorial award for outstanding young scientists (Israeli Society for Microbiology)