Hadera Sharks with National Geographic

Apex lab scientists at Shark tagging

https://youtu.be/GuxdxwgoKeULast October, MKMRS’ very own Emerging Explorer, Dr Aviad Scheinin, and postdoctoral fellow Dr Leigh Allison Livne, were awarded the prestigious Wayfinder grant for their research on movements and reproduction of the sandbar and dusky shark in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Marine Apex Predator lab has tagged 100 sharks and is studying their movements along the Israeli coastal shelf every November to May. But interestingly, both species disappear from…

A new position and an exciting PhD opportunity has just opened!

Antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens in marine animals of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: molecular characterization, antibiotic resistance, and virulent genes’ identification Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global issue that public health is facing nowadays, and its propagation has occurred due to the misuse of antimicrobial medicines for both humans and livestock. This has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant zoonotic pathogens through the acquisition of antibiotic- resistance genes (ARGs) that…

Eyal Bigal

PhD CandidateApex Predators Laboratory Manager+972 50 8562785eyalbigal@gmail.comProject: Marine Apex Predators Facebook Linkedin Academic Education:BSc – Marine Science and Environment, Ruppin Academic Center (Michmoret), Israel (2008-2011)MSc – Water and Coastal management, Karl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany (2014-2016)MSc – Environmental and Infrastructure Planning, University of Groningen, Netherlands (2014-2016)PhD – Marine Biology, University of Haifa, Israel (2016-Present)Background:Eyal became fascinated by the sea during his mandatory military service, where he served as…

Morris Kahn

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Hadera Sharks with National Geographic

A new position and an exciting PhD opportunity has just opened!

Eyal Bigal

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