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PRO-WILD - Protect and promote Crop Wild RelativesFacesDana Bar-Zvi

Dana Bar-Zvi

PhD student at Weizmann Institute of Science

Dana Bar-Zvi sitting and smiling.
Dana Bar-Zvi, Weizmann Institute.

Professional Background:

  • Academic Background: PhD student at Avi Levy's lab in the Plant & Environmental Sciences Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science. I previously completed my MSc in Naama Barkai & Avi Levy labs, a systems biology project about the genetic basis of hybrid vigour. This work included computational and wet lab work.
  • Research Focus within PRO-WILD:  In work package 1: Protect and promote wild emmer wheat (WEW). Sequencing and analysing historical and contemporary populations of WEW to map biodiversity, discover adaptive alleles, and design data-driven conservation strategies.
  • Key interests/Expertise areas: Bioinformatics, biodiversity, evolution, next-generation sequencing (NGS), hybrids, fascinated by trade-offs :)

Why are you passionate about PRO-WILD's mission:

I get to try to do good in the world, with the aim of increasing food security sustainably and developing strategies for preserving wild wheat biodiversity. What could be better? =)

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