Dr. Yarif Brotmann

Guest Group: “Genetics of Metabolic Traits”
New position: Associate Professor, Ben-Gurion University of Negev

Research in the group of Dr. Yariv Brotman focused on the use of quantitative genetic approaches for the identification of genes that are involved in plant metabolism, and on further functional characterization of those genes by application of different molecular biology techniques and transgenic plant approaches. Special focus was given to genes that are taking part in lipid metabolism, but also genes that are taking parts in primary and secondary metabolism were investigated. The group had also integrating knowledge from classic lipid biochemistry with lipidomics in order to refine the knowledge on lipid biochemical pathways.