Current position:

Research group leader at the Yigal Alon Kinneret Limnology Laboratory, Israel Oceanography and Limnology Research Institute, Israel

Academic Background:

• B.Sc. Biology Cum Laude, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), 2007
• Ph.D. Direct-track Spectrometry and Biochemistry, University of Haifa, 2013
• Post-Doc Hydrogen bioproduction, Tel-Aviv University, 2016
• Principal Investigator Remote Sensing of Photosynthesis, MIGAL, 2023

Honors:

2010 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Early-Stage Researcher scholarship, HARVEST

Personal statement:

Dr. Oded Liran works as a research group leader at the Yigal Alon Kinneret Limnology Laboratory, part of the Israel Oceanography and Limnology Research Institute. His primary responsibilities include monitoring phytoplankton abundance, distribution, and their primary production capabilities. Dr. Liran’s research is centred on the photosynthetic apparatus of microalgae and cyanobacteria. He is particularly interested in understanding the physiological adaptations these microorganisms have evolved to manage environmental fluctuations. Dr. Liran utilizes predominantly non-invasive techniques to study in-situ and in-vivo photosynthetic responses and the energy budget utilization of these remarkable micro-factories, which produce sugars, the essential building blocks of life.

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications:

1. Lund, P. A., De Biase, D., Liran, O., Scheler, O., Mira, N. P., Cetecioglu, Z., … & O’Byrne, C. (2020). Understanding how microorganisms respond to acid pH is central to their control and successful exploitation. Frontiers in microbiology, 11, 556140.
2. Fridman, S., Flores-Uribe, J., Larom, S., Alalouf, O., Liran, O., Yacoby, I., … & Béjà, O. (2017). A myovirus encoding both photosystem I and II proteins enhances cyclic electron flow in infected Prochlorococcus cells. Nature microbiology, 2(10), 1350-1357.
3. Liran, O., Semyatich, R., Milrad, Y., Eilenberg, H., Weiner, I., & Yacoby, I. (2016). Microoxic niches within the thylakoid stroma of air-grown Chlamydomonas reinhardtii protect [FeFe]-hydrogenase and support hydrogen production under fully aerobic environment. Plant physiology, 172(1), 264-271.
4. Vitrack-Tamam, S., Holtzman, L., Dagan, R., Levi, S., Tadmor, Y., Azizi, T., … & Liran, O. (2020). Random forest algorithm improves detection of physiological activity embedded within reflectance spectra using stomatal conductance as a test case. Remote Sens 12: 2213.
5. Liran, O., Shemesh, E., & Tchernov, D. (2018). Investigation into the CO2 concentrating step rates within the carbon concentrating mechanism of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 at various pH and light intensities reveal novel mechanistic properties. Algal research, 33, 419-429.