Publications in journals

Vetter, W., Ulms, K., Wendlinger, C., van Rijn, J., 2016. Novel non-methylated furan fatty acids in fish from a zero discharge aquaculture system. NFS Journal 2, 8-14.

Baumann, A., Feilhauer, K., Bischoff, S. C., Froy, O., Lorentz, A., 2015. IgE-dependent activation of human mast cells and fMLP-mediated activation of human eosinophils is controlled by the circadian clock. Molecular Immunology 64, 76-81.

Bedada, G., Westerbergh, A., Müller, T., Galkin, E., Bdolach, E., Moshelion, M., Fridman, E., Schmid, K. J., 2014. Transcriptome sequencing of two wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum L.) ecotypes differentially adapted to drought stress reveals ecotype-specific transcripts. BMC Genomics 15, 995.

Sobol, S., Chayut, N., Nave, N., Kafle, D., Hegele, M., Kaminetsky, R., Wünsche, J. N., Samach, A., 2014. Genetic variation in yield under hot ambient temperatures spotlights a role for cytokinin in protection of developing floral primordia. Plant, Cell and Environment 37, 643-657.

Baumann, A., Gönnenwein, S., Bischoff, S. C., Sherman, H., Chapnik, N., Froy, O., Lorentz, A., 2013. The circadian clock is functional in eosinophils and mast cells. Immunology 140, 465-474.

Hübner, S., Bdolach, E., Ein-Gedi, S., Schmid, K. J., Korol, A., Fridman, E., 2013. Phenotypic landscapes: Phenological patterns in wild and cultivated barley. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26, 163-174.

Stadtlander, T., Levavi-Sivan, B., Kerem, Z., Dweik, H., Qutob, M., Abu-Lafi, S., Francis, G., Focken, U., Becker, K., 2013. Effects of a saponin fraction extracted from Trigonella foenum-graecum L. and two commercially available saponins on sex ratio and gonad histology of Nile tilapa fry, Oreochromis niloticus (L.). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29, 265-267.

Ulmer, B., Hagenlocher, C., Schmalholz, S., Kurz, S., Schweickert, A., Kohl, A., Roth, L., Sela-Donenfeld, D., Blum, M., 2013. Calponin 2 acts as an effector of noncanonical Wnt-mediated cell polarization during neural crest cell migration. Cell Reports 3, 615-621.

Winterhagen, P., Tiyayon, P., Samach, A., Hegele, M., Wünsche, J. N., 2013. Isolation and characterization of flowering Locus T subforms and Apetala1 of the subtropical fruit tree Dimocarpus longan. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 71, 184-190.

Aharoni-Simon, M., Anavi, S., Beifuss, U., Madar, Z., Tirosh, O., 2012. Nitric oxide, can it be only good? Increasing the antioxidant properties of nitric oxide in hepatocytes by YC-1 compound. Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry 27, 248-256.

Hübner, S., Gunther, T., Flavell, A., Fridman, E., Graner, A., Korol, A., Schmid, K. J., 2012. Islands and streams: clusters and gene flow in wild barley populations from the Levant. Molecular Ecology 21, 1115-1129.

Knopf, R. R., Feder, A., Mayer, K., Lin, A., Rozenberg, M., Schaller, A., Adam, Z., 2012. Rhomboid proteins in the chloroplast envelope affect the level of allene oxide synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal 72, 559–571.

Nimri, L., Barak, H., Graeve, L., Schwartz, B., 2013. Restoration of caveolin-1 expression suppresses growth, membrane-type-4 metalloproteinase expression and metastasis-associated activities in colon cancer cells. Molecular Carcinogenesis 52, 859-870.

Anagu, I., Ingwersen, J., Drori, Y., Chefetz, B., Streck, T., 2011. Modeling concentration-dependent sorption-desorption hysteresis of atrazine in a sandy loam soil. Journal of Environmental Quality 40, 538-547.

Kliger, E. Fischer, L. Lutz-Wahl, S., Saguy, S. I., 2011. Controlled exogenous enzyme imbibition and activation in whole chickpea seed enzyme reactor (SER). Journal of Food Science 76, E377-E382.

Olshansky, Y., Polubesova, T., Vetter, W., Chefetz, B., 2011. Sorption-desorption behavior of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soils. Environmental Pollution 159, 2375-2379.

Sherman, H., Frumin, I., Gutman, R., Chapnik, N., Lorentz, A., Meylan, J., le Coutre, J., Froy. O., 2011. Long-term restricted feeding alters circadian expression and reduces the level of inflammatory and disease markers. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 15, 2745-2759.

Tiyayon, P., Pongsriwat, K., Sruamsiri, P., Samach, A., Hegele, M., Wünsche, J. N., 2011. Studies on the molecular basis of flowering in longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.). Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 903, 979-985.

Avram-Hananel, L., Stock, J., Parlesak, A., Bode, C., Schwartz, B., 2010. E. durans strain M4–5 isolated from human colonic flora attenuates intestinal inflammation. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 53, 1676–1686.

Hauff, S., Chefetz, B., Shechter, M., Vetter, W., 2010. Determination of hydroxylated fatty acids from the biopolymer of tomato cutin and their fate during incubation in soil. Phytochemical Analysis 21, 582–589.

Lolli, S., Bessei, W., Cahaner, A., Yadgari, L., Ferrante, V., 2010. The influence of stocking density on the behaviour of featherless and normally feathered broilers under hot ambient temperature. Archiv für Geflügelkunde 74, 73–80

Hahn-Obercyger, M., Graeve, L., Madar, Z., 2009. A high-cholesterol diet increases the association between caveolae and insulin receptors in rat liver. Journal of Lipid Research 50, 98-107. 

Hübner, S., Höffken, M., Oren, E., Haseneyer, G., Stein, N., Graner, A., Schmid, K., Fridman, E., 2009. Strong correlation of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum) population structure with temperature and precipitation variation. Molecular Ecology 18, 1523–1536.

Widmayer, P., Heifetz, Y., Breer, H., 2009. Expression of a pheromone receptor in ovipositor sensilla of the female moth (Heliothis virescens). Insect Molecular Biology 18, 541–547.

Cahaner, A., Ajuh, J. A., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Azoulay, Y., Druyan, S., Valle Zárate, A., 2008. Effects of the genetically reduced feather coverage in naked neck and featherless broilers on their performance under hot conditions. Poultry Science 87, 2517–2527.

Golan, M., Avitan, A., Qutob, M., Dweik, H., Abu-Lafi, S., Focken, U., Francis, G., Becker, K., Kerem, Z., Levavi-Sivan, B., 2008. Quillaja saponins inhibit tilapia aromatase activity in vitro. 8th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish (ISRPF), Saint-Malo, 3-8 June 2007. International Journal of Ichthyology 32, 8th ISRPF supplement, Équipe “Reproduction des Poissons” de l’INRA (éd.), 80–82.

Levavi-Sivan, B., Hedvat, R., Kanias, T., Francis, G., Becker, K., Kerem, Z., 2005. Exposure of pituitary cells to saponins: insight into their mechanism of action. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 140, 79–86.

Singer, A., Zarei, M., Lange, F. M., Stahr, K., 2004. Halloysite characteristics and formation in the northern Golan Heights. Geoderma 123, 279-295.

Francis, G., Kerem, Z., Makkar, H. P. S., Becker, K., 2002. The biological action of saponins in animal systems: A review. British Journal of Nutrition 88, 587-605.

Francis, G., Levavi-Sivan, B., Avitan, A., Becker, K., 2002. Effects of long term feeding of Quillaja saponins on sex ratio, muscle and serum cholesterol and LH levels in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus (L.)). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (Part C) 133, 593–603.

Kaschl, A., Römheld, V., Chen, Y., 2002. Binding of cadmium, copper, and zinc to humic substances originating from municipal solid waste compost. Israel Journal of Chemistry 42, 89-98.

Kaschl, A., Römheld, V., Chen, Y., 2002. Cadmium binding by fractions of dissolved organic matter and humic substances from municipal solid waste compost. Journal of Environmental Quality 31, 1885-1892.

Kaschl, A., Römheld, V., Chen, Y., 2002. The influence of soluble organic matter from municipal solid waste compost on trace metal leaching in calcareous soils. Science of the Total Environment 291, 45-57.

Lange, F.-M., Frick, C., Stahr, K., Graef, F., Singer, A., 2002. Fritted paleosols as indicators for the local paleoclimate - Examples from the Golan Heights. Erde 133, 259-274.

Sibony, M., Michel, A., Haas, H. U., Rubin, B., Hurle, K., 2001. Sulfometuron-resistant Amaranthus retroflexus: Cross-resistance and molecular basis for resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibiting herbicides. Weed Research 41, 509–522.

Neaman, A., Singer, A., Stahr, K., 2000. Dispersion and migration of fine particles in two palygorskite-containing soils of the Jordan Valley. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 163, 537-547.

Stahr, K., Kühn, J., Trommler, J., Papenfuß, K.-H., Zarei, M., Singer, A., 2000. Palygorskite-cemented crusts (palycretes) in Southern Portugal. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38, 169-188.

Biesalski, H., Reifen, R., Fürst, P., Edris, M., 1999. Retinyl palmitate supplementation by inhalation of an aerosol improves vitamin A status of preschool children in Gondar (Ethiopia). British Journal of Nutrition 82, 179-182.

Neaman, A., Singer, A., Stahr, K., 1999. Clay mineralogy as affecting disaggregation in some palygorskite containing soils of the Jordan and Bet-She'an Valleys. Australian Journal of Soil Research 37, 913-928.

Graef, F., Singer, A., Stahr, K., Jahn, R., 1997. Genesis and diagenesis of paleosols from Pliocene volcanics on the Golan Heights. Catena 30, 149-167.

Heifetz, Y., Boekhoff, I., Breer, H., Applebaum, S.W., 1997. Cuticular hydrocarbons control behavioural phase transition in Schistocerca gregaria nymphs and elicit biochemical responses in antennae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 27, 563–568.

Yehuda, Z., Shenker, M., Römheld, V., Marschner, H., Hadar, Y., Chen, Y., 1996. The role of ligand exchange in the uptake of iron from microbial siderophores by gramineous plants. Plant Physiology 112, 1273–1280.

Ofir, M., Gross, Y., Bangerth, F., Kigel, J., 1993. High temperature effects on pod and seed production as related to hormone levels and abscission of reproductive structures in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Scientia Horticulturae 55, 201-211.

Bar-Ness, E., Hadar, Y., Chen, Y., Römheld, V., Marschner, H., 1992. Short-term effects of rhizospheres microorganisms on Fe uptake form microbial siderophores by maize and oat. Plant Physiology 100, 451–456.

Riov, J., Bangerth, F., 1992. Metabolism of auxin in tomato fruit tissue: Formation of high molecular weight conjugates of oxindole-3-acetic acid via the oxidation of indole-3-acetylaspartic acid. Plant Physiology 100, 1396-1402.

Bar Ness, E., Chen, Y., Hadar, Y., Marschner, H., Römheld, V., 1991. Siderophores of Pseudomonas putida as an iron source for plants - dicots and monocots. Plant and Soil 130, 231–241.

Conference contributions

Okere, I., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Cahaner, A., Valle Zárate, A., 2008. Fattening and carcass traits of broiler genotypes with and without feathers under hot conditions. Tropentag 2008, 7-9 October 2008, Hohenheim.

Birster, C., Schopp, S., Kliger, E., Lutz-Wahl, S., Saguy, S., Fischer, L., 2007. Enzymatic hydrolysis of chickpea polysaccharides. Meeting of the COST-Action 928 "Control and exploitation of enzymes for added-value products", 27 September 2007, Vienna, Austria.

Okere, I., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Cahaner, A., Valle Zárate, A., 2007. Better breast meat quality in featherless broilers than in their feathered sibs under hot temperature conditions. First International Conference on Food Safety of Animal Products, 12-14 November 2007, Amman, Jordan.

Ajuh, J. A., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Valle Zárate, A., Azoulay, Y., Druyan, S., Cahaner, A., 2005. The effects of the naked neck (Na) and featherless (sc) genes on performance losses of broilers reared under hot temperature. 4th European Poultry Genetics Symposium, 7-8 October 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Patents

Saguy, S., Kliger, E., Fischer, L., Lutz-Wahl, S., 2009. Design of a novel chickpea Seed Enzyme Reactor (SER) Provisional US Patent 61/183, 206 (filed June 26, 2009).