This week in our Practical Plant Genetics course, we had the pleasure of hosting Tamar Avin-Wittenberg as a guest lecturer 🌿👸 @taw-lab.bsky.social
She guided our students through the fascinating world of autophagy, unveiling its mysteries and vital roles in plant development and stress responses.🌱✨

Today we celebrated the new year and the successful completion of two MSc projects! 🎉🤩
Congrats to Guy on graduating his MSc and even more exciting, he’s staying with us for a PhD on florigen signaling 🌱🍅
To mark the occasion, a cup printed with his favorite protein!

Exciting opportunity for a PhD student or Postdoc to join our lab on an ISF-NSFC 🇮🇱🇨🇳funded project exploring targeted protein degradation in the plant response to drought and rehydration. 🌱💧

If you’re passionate about plant proteolysis - email me!

Big cheers to the Tal lab crew for organizing an epic school happy hour to close out a challenging academic year! 🎉 They brought the fun and pulled it off brilliantly! 🍕🍻

🎬 3… 2… 1… Action!
PhD student Ifat Goldstein is capturing her rehydration response phenotype on camera 🤩 because science looks even cooler in time-lapse.🌱💦🎥

Inspired and empowered by incredible women at Tel Aviv University’s unique professional development workshop for pre-tenure faculty—strong voices, great discussions, and invaluable insights!

Diving deep into ROS signaling in our favorite UPS-governed protein degradation pathway with @yosefichman.bsky.social!

Departmental happy hour 🍻 at the beautiful botanical garden of Tel Aviv University.

I’m setting up the Clontech/Takara y2h system..these yeast look nothing like what I am used to (why is that the case for everything single thing in a new lab?) BUT the controls work as expected. The Y2H-Gold strain grow in a dark rusty color. I’m wondering if any one has some thoughts about this.

And that’s a wrap for this year’s Practical Plant Genetics course! Proud of our undergraduates for tackling global challenges and proposing solutions through transgenic plants. Great discussions, big ideas, and lots of fun! this is what it’s all about! 😎🌱

This week in the ‘Practical Plant Genetics’ course, more future plant scientists showcased their creativity by presenting innovative solutions to global challenges using transgenic plants as part of their final task.

My first yeast transformation in 7 years (& as a PI) worked. 💪🤩 Bench work is so satisfying! 😍These should provide some much needed answers for about 3 different projects in the lab. Crossing all my finger for some positive PP interactions🙏

Today in my ‘Practical Plant Genetics’ course, students presented innovative ideas to tackle global challenges using transgenic plants. Their creative ideas were fun and and inspiring. Proud to witness the potential of these bright young minds. 🌱🫶

And today #newPI I found out that no one in the lab is growing liquid cultures correctly 😳 and spent some time DIYing cotton plugs.

First PhD student of the Tal lab has passed her PhD proposal committee/ QE with good feedback from 3 distinguished researchers, and I’m so proud, pleased and excited for her and for myself. 🙏

For 2025 I’ve decided that I will have a side project on the bench🤗 going back to it after two years spent solely in front of a screen feels so good. The only issue I’ve encountered is that when everything is marked with your own initials it becomes harder to tell what’s actually yours😅

A rainy day in Tel Aviv.🌦️ I absolutely love this view and am grateful that it is part of my daily commute to the university.🌈

Our 2nd Israeli plant proteolysis super group was an absolute pleasure. 🌱🍂💦 @michaelilab.bsky.social @taw-lab.bsky.social
Talented PhD student Ifat Goldstein presented her plant rehydration response work for the first time and did a wonderful job!🥹👏