Postdocs

Selected papers

• Sela, I., & Appelbaum, SW. (1962). Occurrence of antiviral factor in virus-infected plants. Virology 17: 543-548.
• Nitzany, FE., & Sela, I. (1962). Interference between cucumber mosaic virus and tobacco mosaic virus on different hosts. Virology 17: 549-553.
• Sela, I., Harpaz, I., & Birk, Y. (1964). Separation of a highly active antiviral factor from virus-infected plants. Virology 22: 446-451.

• Introduction to Molecular Biology
• Experimental Aspects in Molecular Biology
• Laboratory Training in Molecular Biology
• Virology
• Biotechnology for Law Students

Research Interest

• A universal platform (IL-60) for expression and silencing in plants.
• The use of the IL60 platform for protecting plants from viruses, bacteria (including phytoplasmas) and fungi.
• Innate immunity in plants.
• RNA silencing of plant and viral gene expression.
• Integration of viral RNA sequences into host genomes.
• Bee viruses.

Prof. Ilan Sela passed away in May 2017

לזכר פרופ' אילן סלע

פרופ' אילן סלע, וירולוג, מבכירי החוקרים של הפקולטה לחקלאות ברחובות הובא למנוחות אתמול אחר הצהריים. בן 81 במותו.

פרופ' אילן סלע היה איש חזון, ראה תמיד למרחוק, ושאף למתוח את גבולות המדע לכיוונים יישומיים. הוא היה חלוץ הביולוגיה המולקולארית בפקולטה לחקלאות, ובתחילת שנות השמונים היה מיוזמי ומקימי מרכז אוטו ורבורג לביוטכנולוגיה בחקלאות.

IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Ilan Sela

 Current Members

Proboscis Extension Response (PER) Equipment

We have a robot that automates the PER process: it can rotate through 24 bees, present them with an odor, reward, or punishment, and photograph the proboscis extension response. See (Shafir, 2008) that describes this instrument. We also have a semi-automatic PER station.

History of the B. Triwaks Bee Research Center

Benjamin Triwaks was born in 1924 in Warsaw, Poland, and immigrated to Palestine with his parents in 1926. He graduated from Kadoorie Agricultural School, where he specialized in beekeeping. Triwaks joined the Haganah underground movement and later volunteered for the Jewish Brigade Group in the British Army during World War II. After the War he engaged in practical beekeeping. In 1947 Triwaks joined the Israel Defense Forces and fell in battle in Tantura on May 23, 1948.

Publications in refereed journals:

Please send an email to sharoni.shafir@mail.huji.ac.il if you would like a reprint

Hendriksma, H. P. ; Toth, A. L. ; Shafir, S. Individual and Colony Level Foraging Decisions of Bumble Bees and Honey Bees in Relation to Balancing of Nutrient Needs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2019, 7 177.

The effect of fatty acid nutrition on learning and memory

Lab Members: Yael Katz, Tania Masci