From bench to policy
Translational and applied research in clinical and public health microbiology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, using traditional, molecular, genomic and metagenomic methods to inform patient care and public health policy.
Research themes
Legionella and Legionnaires’ disease
Epidemiology and genomic epidemiology of legionellosis, outbreak investigation, and the international core genome MLST scheme for Legionella.
Antimicrobial resistance
Genomics of resistant Gram-negative pathogens, AMR surveillance in the Negev, and international consortia on rapid diagnostics and stewardship.
Foodborne and zoonotic pathogens
Genomic epidemiology of Campylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria, leptospirosis and Brucella melitensis within a One Health framework.
Policy and tools
Public health microbiology policy, quality assurance for genomics and metagenomics, and bioinformatics tools and pipelines.
Recent publications
- Oropharyngeal microbiome signatures associated with meningococcal carriage in healthy young adults. Journal of Infection, 2026.
- Activity of zosurabalpin against a global set of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2026.
- The effect of a chlorine-stabilizing surface-coating formulation on healthcare environment disinfection in multidrug-resistant bacteria isolation rooms. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2026.
- Metagenomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes in domestic canines. One Health, 2026.
Join the lab
We welcome MSc and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and collaborators interested in clinical microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics and public health. Get in touch to discuss current opportunities.
