Oded Béjà | |
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Born | January 29, 1964 |
Alma mater | Hebrew University, Weizmann Institute of Science |
Known for | Bacterial Rhodopsin discovery, Viral Photosynthesis |
Children | 3 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Metagenomics, Microbiology |
Doctoral advisor | Prof. Eitan Bibi |
Website | https://beja.net.technion.ac.il/ |
Oded Béjà is a professor in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in the field of marine microbiology and metagenomics. [1]
Oded Béjà is best known for discovering the first bacterial rhodopsin [2] naming it proteorhodopsin, [3] during his postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Edward DeLong. Oded Béjà's laboratory focuses currently on the role and diversity of photosynthetic viruses infecting cyanobacteria in the oceans, [4] and the use of functional metagenomics for the discovery of new light sensing proteins.
In 2018, the team of Oded Beja discovered a new family of rhodopsins with an inverted membrane topology, which can be found in bacteria, algae, algal viruses and archaea. [5] Members of the new family were named heliorhodopsins. [5]
Oded Béjà graduated with a B.Sc. degree from the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment - Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1998. [1]
Oded Béjà | |
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Born | January 29, 1964 |
Alma mater | Hebrew University, Weizmann Institute of Science |
Known for | Bacterial Rhodopsin discovery, Viral Photosynthesis |
Children | 3 |
Awards |
|
Scientific career | |
Fields | Metagenomics, Microbiology |
Doctoral advisor | Prof. Eitan Bibi |
Website | https://beja.net.technion.ac.il/ |
Oded Béjà is a professor in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in the field of marine microbiology and metagenomics. [1]
Oded Béjà is best known for discovering the first bacterial rhodopsin [2] naming it proteorhodopsin, [3] during his postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Edward DeLong. Oded Béjà's laboratory focuses currently on the role and diversity of photosynthetic viruses infecting cyanobacteria in the oceans, [4] and the use of functional metagenomics for the discovery of new light sensing proteins.
In 2018, the team of Oded Beja discovered a new family of rhodopsins with an inverted membrane topology, which can be found in bacteria, algae, algal viruses and archaea. [5] Members of the new family were named heliorhodopsins. [5]
Oded Béjà graduated with a B.Sc. degree from the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment - Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1998. [1]