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Einat Hazkani-Covo (PI)

We are looking for Students/Postdocs/a Research associate with biological or computer science background to join in!

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Natural and Life Sciences at Open University of Israel. Our group studies two topics: the signatures of genome instability and endosmbiotic gene transfer.  

OUR LATEST RESEARCH

NEW EVOLUTION COURSE

We are developing a remote course in Evolution for our OpenU students. Watch how it turns out.

Genomes uncover life's early history

 

21 Aug 2015

 

We are part of a team which has carried out one of the biggest ever analyses of genomes on life of all forms.

 

Paper: Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes. doi:10.1038/nature14963

 

Watch the video by co-authour James O. McInerney of the National University of Ireland, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland who explains the results.

 

Read John Archibald News and Views article about our work: here 

 

 

The Open University of Israel

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