Asaf Salmon

My research focuses on the role of beneficial microbiomes, including native bacteria and fungi of the rhizosphere in agroecosystems, through the application of environmental and functional genomic approaches, using amplicon sequencing, metagenomics, and bioinformatics.

This research aims to better understand the system biology multi-layer relations and dynamics of bacteria, fungi and plants, over the microbiome taxonomic and functional capabilities regarding the enhancement of phosphorus bioavailability to the plant by Phosphorus Solubilization Microorganisms (PSM), throughout the rhizosphere.

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Education

2023 - 2027*: Ph.D. Student at the Department of Genetics and Breeding, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and the Newe Ya'ar Center, Institute of Plant Sciences, The Agricultural Research Organization.
* Estimated graduation date
Ph.D. Research: Understanding the role of beneficial microbiomes in agroecosystems through the application of Meta-genomics and System Biology approaches
Advisor: Ph.D. Shiri Freilich, ARO Volcani Research Center

2013 - 2015: M.Sc. - Biotechnology, Majoring in plant genetics and metabolism, at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Tel-Hai Academic College. The research was conducted in the plant biotechnology laboratory of Prof. Rachel Amir at the MIGAL Galilee Research Institute.
Master's Research: The metabolic pathway of amino acids biosynthesis genes in plants, and focused on the significance of SMM cycle in methionine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis seeds.
Advisor: Prof. Rachel Amir, MIGAL Galilee Research Institute.

2010 - 2013: B.Sc. - Biotechnology, Majoring in medical science, at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Tel-Hai Academic College.

Publication

Cohen, H., Salmon, A., Tietel, Z. et al. The relative contribution of genes operating in the S-methylmethionine cycle to methionine metabolism in Arabidopsis seeds. Plant Cell Rep 36, 731–743 (2017)
* H. Cohen and A. Salmon contributed equally to this work
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-017-2124-1