Asaf Salmon
Experienced in the development of molecular genetic tools and applications, agro-technical R&D, GeneBank management, advanced breeding & population genomics, data analysis & bioinformatics.
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
Hagai Cohen, Asaf Salmon, Zipora Tietel, Yael Hacham, Rachel Amir: The relative contribution of genes operating in the SMM cycle to methionine metabolism in Arabidopsis seeds (2017) Plant Cell Reports. * H. Cohen and A. Salmon contributed equally to this work.
Plant Cell Rep. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-017-2124-1