Naama Geva-Zatorsky

NAME: Naama Geva-Zatorsky, PhD
POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor in Microbiota-Host Interactions research, Technion
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE COMPLETION
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FIELD OF STUDY
Tel-Aviv University, Israel B.Sc. 2002 Chemistry-Biology
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel M.Sc. 2005 Systems-Biology
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Ph.D. 2011 Systems-Biology
Harvard University, Boston, USA Postdoctoral 2017 Microbiology,Immunology

Selected Awards and Honors:

Johnson&Johnson WiSTEM2D (2019-20), HFSP Career Deelopment Award (2019-21), CIFAR Global Scholar, Humans&Microbiome Program (2018-20); The Alon Fellowoship and Horev fellowship, for young PIs (2017-20).The national and international UNESCO-L’Oreal award (2011,2012, 2014), Human Frontiers fellowship (2012), EMBO fellowship (2011), Fulbright scholarship (2011), John F. Kennedy Prize (2010), Teva Prize and Barenholz prize (2009), for academic excellence, BioAbroad – Israeli American Council Award for Scientific Excellence and Community Leadership, Dean’s list of excellence for B.Sc. of the Tel-Aviv University (2002), Amos-De-Shalit Scholarship for research – summer workshop at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Emma and Oscar Getz Summer Science Scholarship, Weizmann Instititue of Science (2001).

https://geva-zatorsky.net.technion.ac.il/
 Selected Active Grants:

 ISF 1571/17, ICRF-Acceleration – 1016142, CIFAR/Azrieli, Seerave Foundation, ICRF acceleration grant, Milgrom Foundation 45862, GIF I-1076-416.6-2017, Seerave Foundation, MOST 3-15516 / 78566, Kenneth Rainin Synergy Grant (Co-PIs Profs. Jeffrey, Maurice, King)

 Selected publications:

  1. Berkowitz, Eran MD; Kopelman, Yael MD; Kadosh, Dana BScCarasso, Shaqed BSc; Tiosano, Beatrice MD; Kesler, Anat MD; Geva-Zatorsky, Naama PhD, July 13, 2021, “More Guts Than Brains?”–The Role of Gut Microbiota in Idiopathic Intracranial HypertensionJournal of Neuro-Opthalmology
  2. Shaqed Carasso, Bettina Fishman, Liel Stelmach Lask, Tamar Shochat, Naama Geva-Zatoursky, Eran Tauber, April 14, 2021, Metagenomic analysis reveals the signature of gut microbiota associated with human chronotypesPreprint at bioRxiv
  3. Shelly Kalaora, Adi Nagler, Deborah Nejman, Michal Alon, Chaya Barbolin, Eilon Barnea, Steven L. C. Ketelaars, Kuoyuan Cheng, Kevin Vervier, Noam Shental, Yuval Bussi, Ron Rotkopf, Ronen Levy, Gil Benedek, Sophie Trabish, Tali Dadosh, Smadar Levin-Zaidman, Leore T. Geller, Kun Wang, Polina Greenberg, Gal Yagel, Aviyah Peri, Garold Fuks, Neerupma Bhardwaj, Alexandre Reuben, Leandro Hermida, Sarah B. Johnson, Jessica R. Galloway-Peña, William C. Shropshire, Chantale Bernatchez, Cara Haymaker, Reetakshi Arora, Lior Roitman, Raya Eilam, Adina Weinberger, Maya Lotan-Pompan, Michal Lotem, Arie Admon, Yishai Levin, Trevor D. Lawley, David J. Adams, Mitchell P. Levesque, Michal J. Besser, Jacob Schachter, Ofra Golani, Eran Segal, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Eytan Ruppin, Pia Kvistborg, Scott N. Peterson, Jennifer A. Wargo, Ravid Straussman & Yardena Samuels, March 17, 2021, Identification of bacteria-derived HLA-bound peptides in melanomaNature
  4. B Brett Finlay, Katherine R Amato, Meghan Azad, Martin J Blaser, Thomas C G Bosch, Hiutung Chu, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, Eran Elinav, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Philippe Gros, Karen Guillemin 2 14, Frédéric Keck 2 15 16, Tal Korem, Margaret J McFall-Ngai, Melissa K Melby, Mark Nichter, Sven Pettersson, Hendrik Poinar, Tobias Rees, Carolina Tropini, Liping Zhao, Tamara Giles-Vernick, February 9, 2021, The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiomePNAS
  5. Haitham HajjoNaama GevaZatorsky,February 11, 2021, Strain‐level immunomodulatory variation of gut bacteria FEBS Letters
  6. Rawi Naddaf*, Nadav Ben-Assa*, Tal GefenTal CapuchaHaitham HajjoNoa MandelbaumLilach Elbaum, Shai Kaplan, Assaf Rotem, Michal Chowers, Moran SzwarcwortCohen, Mical Paul and Naama Geva-Zatorsky,October 20, 2020, A Protocol for Simple, Rapid, and Direct Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples, using Reverse Transcribed Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Bio-protocol
  7. Nadav Ben-Assa, Michael J Coyne, Alexey Fomenkov, Jonathan Livny, William P Robins, Maite Muniesa, Vincent Carey, Shaqed CarassoTal Gefen, Juan Jofre, Richard J Roberts, Laurie E Comstock, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, October 12, 2020 Analysis of a phase-variable restriction modification system of the human gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilisNucleic Acids Research
  8. Shaqed CarassoHaitham Hajjo, and Naama Geva-Zatorsky, September 9, 2020, Phage-Bacteria Associations: Analyze. Match. Develop Therapies.PreviewCell Host & Microbe 
  9. Nadav Ben-Assa*, Rawi Naddaf*, Tal GefenTal CapuchaHaitham HajjoNoa MandelbaumLilach Elbaum, Peter Rogov, Daniel A King, Shai Kaplan, Assaf Rotem, Michal Chowers, Moran Szwarcwort-Cohen, Mical Paul, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, August 1, 2020, Direct on-the-spot detection of SARS-CoV-2 in patientsExperimental Biology and Medicine
  10. Haggai Bar-Yoseph*, Shaqed Carasso*, Shlomit Shklar, Alexander Korytny, Razi Even Dar, Haneen Daoud, Roni Nassar, Nitsan Maharshak, Khetam Hussein, Yuval Geffen, Yehuda Chowers, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Mical Paul, June 9, 2020, Oral capsulized Fecal microbiota transplantation for eradication of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceaecolonization with a metagenomic perspectiveClinical Infectious Diseases
  11. Hajjo HaithamNaama Geva-ZatorskyJune 2020 Gut microbiota – host interactions now also brain-immune axisCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology
  12. Noa MandelbaumTal GefenNaama Geva-Zatorsky, January 8, 2020 Gut Bacteria—Not for the Faint of Heart.PreviewCell Host & Microbe 
  13. Bhardwaj, N., &Geva-Zatorsky, N. Gut microbes as a therapeutic armory. Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models.
  14. Geva-Zatorsky, N, Pettersson S, Elinav E. 2019. When cultures meet: the landscape of “social” interactions between the host and its indigenous microbes
  15. Gefen, T.Geva-Zatorsky, N. Jun 19, 2018. What Came First: The Microbiota or the Tr(egg) Cells?Cell.
  16. Geva-Zatorsky, N., Sefik, E., Kua, L., Pasman, L., Guan, T., Ortiz-Lopez, A., Yanortsang, T., Yang, L., Jupp, R., Mathis, D., Benoist, C., & Kasper, D. 2017. Mining the Human Gut Microbiota for Immunomodulatory OrganismsCell. (Journal impact factor: 28.7)
  17. Guan Tan T, Sefik E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Kua L, Naskar D, Teng F, Pasman L, Ortiz-Lopez A, Jupp R, Joyce W, Kasper DL, Benoist C, Mathis D. 2016. Identification of symbiont bacteria from the human gut that induce intestinal Th17 cells in micePNASDec 13, 2016; 113(50):E8141-E8150. (Journal impact factor: 21.6)
  18. Chatzidaki-Livanis, M, Geva-Zatorsky, N, Comstock, LE,.Bacteroides fragilisType VI secretion systems use novel effector and immunity proteins to antagonize human gut Bacteroidales species. PNAS  Mar 29, 2016;113(13):3627-32. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522510113. (Journal impact factor: 10.6)
  19. Geva-Zatorsky N*, Alvarez D*, Hudak JE, Reading NC, Erturk-Hasdemir D, Dasgupta S, von Andrian UH and Kasper DL. (2015). Metabolic Labeling of Gut Anaerobic Bacteria: A Strategy for Understanding Host–Microbiota InteractionsNature MedicineAOP: August 17, 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.3929 (Journal impact factor: 4; Journal Rank: 1/123). Highlighted as News&Views by Britton and Faith, in Nat. Med. 21, 977-978, doi: 10.1038/nm.3941. Highlighted in Cell Host&Microbe, by Propheter and Hooper, October 14, 2015, 392-4. Highlighted in Hayadaan, Israeli Science magazine, Sept 6, 2015.
  20. Sefik E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Ortiz-Lopez A, McGuire A, Oh S, Burzyn D, Yang M, Ghosh S, Kasper D, Mathis D, Benoist C. (2015). Individual intestinal symbionts induce a distinct population of RORγ+ regulatory T cells.Science349(6251), 993-997. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 34.4)
  21. Geva-Zatorsky N, Issaeva I, Mayo A, Cohen A, Dekel E, Danon T, Cohen L, Liron Y, Alon U & Eden E. (2012). Using bleach-chase to measure protein half-lives in living cellsNature Protocol7, 801-811. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 9.673 ; Journal Rank: 2/79, Citations: 4)
  22. Geva-Zatorsky N*, Dekel E*, Cohen AA, Danon T, Cohen L and Alon U. (2010). Protein Dynamics in drug combinations-a linear superposition of individual drug ResponsesCell140(5):643-651. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 32.242, of Citations: 55).
  23. Eden E*, Geva-Zatorsky N*, Issaeva I, Cohen AA, Dekel E, Danon T, Cohen L, Mayo, A and Alon U. (2011). Proteome half-life dynamics in living human cellsScience331(6018):764-8. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 34.4, of Citations: 110). This paper was selected to be highlighted in CellCell leading edgeMarch 18, 2011, Volume 144(6):831-833; doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.010and in Nature MethodsFebruary 25 2011, 8, 201 doi:10.1038/nmeth0311-201. This paper was selected in the Faculty of 1000 Biology.
  24. Cohen AA*, Geva-Zatorsky N*, Eden E*, Frenkel-Morgenstern M, Issaeva I, Sigal A,Milo R, Cohen-Saidon C, Liron Y, Kam Z, Cohen L, Danon T, Perzov N, Alon U. (2008). Dynamic proteomics of individual cancer cells in response to a drug.Science,322(5907):1511-6. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 34.4, No. of Citations: 329).This paper was highlighted in Science, Nature, Nature Chemical Biology, Chemical Research in Toxicology, Chemical & Eng. News, Journal of Proteome Research and ACS Chemical Biology Spotlight (2008).The company Ensof Biosciences in Enlight Biosciences continues our work by commercializing the dynamic proteomics platform.
  25. Geva-Zatorsky N, Dekel E, Batchelor E, Lahav G and Alon U.(2010).Fourier Analysis and systems identification of the p53 Feedback Loop.PNAS107(30):13550-5. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 10.58, of Citations: 60)
  26. Geva-Zatorsky N*, Rosenfeld N*, Itzkovitz S, Milo R, Sigal A, Dekel E, Yarnitzky T, Liron Y, Polak P, Lahav G, Alon U. (2006). Oscillations and variability in the p53 systemMol Syst Biol,2:2006.0033. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 14.099, Journal rank: 7/291, No. of Citations: 397). This paper was highlighted in Mol Syst Biol. 2: 2006.0032. This work was highlighted in the book “Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Collaborative Research and Resources” by Frederick Marcus. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg publishing group, 2008. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78353-4. Our work was included in three chapters of this book: “System Biology”, “Cancer” and ”Outstanding Results and Conclusions”.
  27. Farkash-Amar S, Zimmer A, Eden E, Cohen A, Geva-Zatorsky N, Cohen L, Milo R, Sigal A, Danon T, Alon U. (2014). Noise genetics: inferring protein function by correlating phenotype with protein levels and localization in individual human cells.PLoS Genet.10(3):e1004176. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 8.167, Citations: 4)
  28. Farkash-Amar S, Eden E, Cohen A, Geva-Zatorsky N, Cohen L, Milo R, Sigal A, Danon T, Alon U. (2012) Dynamic proteomics of human protein level and localization across the cell cyclePLoS ONE.7(11):e48722. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048722. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 3.534, Citations: 6).
  29. Frenkel-Morgenstern M, Cohen AA, Geva-Zatorsky N, Eden E, Prilusky J, Issaeva I, Sigal A, Cohen-Saidon C, Liron Y, Cohen L, Danon T, Perzov N, Alon U.(2010). Dynamic Proteomics: a database for dynamics and localizations of endogenous fluorescently-tagged proteins in living human cells.Nucleic Acids Res.38(Database issue):D508-12. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp808. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 9.112, Citations: 14)
  30. Cohen AA*, Kalisky T*, Mayo A*, Geva-Zatorsky N, Danon T, Issaeva I, Kopito R, Perzov N, Milo R, Sigal A and Alon U. (2008) Protein Dynamics in Individual Human Cells: Experiment and TheoryPLoS ONE, 08-PONE-RA-07767. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 3.534, Citations: 39).
  31. Sigal A*, Milo R*, Cohen A*, Geva-Zatorsky N, Klein Y, Liron Y, Rosenfeld N, Danon T, Perzov N, Alon U.(2006). Variability and memory of protein levels in human cellsNature30;444(7119):643-6. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor:42.456, Journal Rank: 1/56, Citations: 332).This paper was highlighted as news & views in Nature 444, 561 – 562 (2006)
  32. Sigal A*, Milo R*, Cohen A, Geva-Zatorsky N, Klein Y, Alaluf I, Swerdlin N, Perzov N, Danon T, Liron Y, Raveh T, Carpenter AE, Lahav G, Alon U.(2006). Dynamic proteomics in individual human cells uncovers widespread cell-cycle dependence of nuclear proteinsNat Methods,3(7):525-31.( 2013/2014 Journal impact factor:32.072, Journal Rank:1/79, Citations: 99)
  33. Sigal A, Danon T, Cohen A, Milo R, Geva-Zatorsky N, Lustig G, Liron Y, Alon U, Perzov N. (2007). Generation of a fluorescently labeled endogenous protein library in living human cells.Nat Protoc. 2(6):1515-27. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 9.673, Journal Rank: 2/79, Citations: 45).
  34. Lahav G, Rosenfeld N, Sigal A, Geva-Zatorsky N, Levine AJ, Elowitz MB, Alon U.( 2004). Dynamics of the p53-Mdm2 feedback loop in individual cellsNat Genet36(2):147-50. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor: 29.352, Journal Rank: 2/167, Citations: 694). This paper was highlighted as news & views in Nature Genetics 36, 113 – 114 (2004)
  35. Wang X*, Taplick J*, Geva N, Oren M. (2004). Inhibition of p53 degradation by Mdm2 acetylationFEBS Lett. 561(1-3):195-201. (2013/2014 Journal impact factor:4.001, Citations: 102).
  36. Liron Y, Paran Y, Zatorsky NG, Geiger B, Kam Z. (2006). Laser autofocusing system for high-resolution cell biological imagingJ Microsc.221(Pt 2):145-51. (Journal impact factor: 2.15, Citations: 46) * These authors contributed equally to this work

 

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