Name: Dr. Yair Motro
My Background: BSc (Computer Science), BSc (Biotechnology), PhD (Bioinformatics), Post Doc in Theoretical Chemistry (Dr Yifat Miller, Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
My Current role in the group: Responsible for Dry Lab (Bioinformatics) infrastructure and analysis.
My Research topic: Involved in a variety of projects and collaborations covering the three major branches of microbial NGS, namely shotgun metagenomics, targeted metagenomics and whole genome sequencing.
Publications:
- Detection of Paraburkholderia in Clinical Specimens Associated with Use of Nonsterile Ultrasound Gel for Percutaneous Procedures – United States, Canada, and Israel, May 2023⎯April 2025 December 11, 2025 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- The golden jackal (Canis aureus): interaction of fur and fecal microbiota, host genetics and animal traits October 7, 2025 10:00 am Gila Kahila Bar-Gal
- Adenotonsillar Microbiome Shifts in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome October 1, 2025 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Tracking Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Across One Health Among Bedouin Communities September 11, 2025 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Reemergence of Brucella abortus, Israel, 2021 March 25, 2025 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Bactericidal activity of antibiotic combinations against clinical isolates of Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus casseliflavus March 25, 2025 10:00 am Jacob Strahilevitz
- Investigation of the female genital tract microbiome and its association with hydrosalpinx in women undergoing salpingectomy March 14, 2025 10:00 am Adi Y Weintraub
- An Omics-Guided Investigation of a Hospital Outbreak Caused by blaNDM-1-Producing Pseudocitrobacter faecalis March 4, 2025 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Abundance of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance genes in the golden jackal (Canis aureus) gut February 13, 2025 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- In vivo selection of carbapenem resistance during persistent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395 bloodstream infection due to OmpK36 deletion July 11, 2024 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Invasive infections caused by the recently described species Enterococcus innesii May 29, 2024 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Cognitive behavioral and mindfulness with daily exercise intervention is associated with changes in intestinal microbial taxa and systemic inflammation in patients with Crohn's disease April 9, 2024 10:00 am Monsonego A
- In-depth characterization of multidrug-resistant NDM-1 and KPC-3 co-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates from Italian hospital patients February 27, 2024 11:00 am Maurizio Sanguinetti
- Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteremia in Children: A Case Report and Literature Review January 31, 2024 11:00 am Oren Gordon
- Vulnerability of pangolin SARS-CoV-2 lineage assignment to adversarial attack December 2, 2023 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Temporal Changes in the Skin Microbiome of Epidermolysis Bullosa Patients following the Application of Wound Dressings October 28, 2023 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Fecal microbiota of the synanthropic golden jackal (Canis aureus) August 4, 2023 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Metagenomic sequencing for investigation of a national keratoconjunctivitis outbreak, Israel, 2022 August 3, 2023 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- TRAF3 suppression encourages B cell recruitment and prolongs survival of microbiome-intact mice with ovarian cancer April 30, 2023 10:00 am Moshe Elkabets
- Public and animal health risks associated with spillover of Brucella melitensis into dairy farms April 28, 2023 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- LMAS: evaluating metagenomic short de novo assembly methods through defined communities December 28, 2022 11:00 am Mário Ramirez
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Among Young Israeli Adults October 13, 2022 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Phenotypic correlates of the working dog microbiome August 22, 2022 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Fecal Microbiome Features Associated with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Carriage in Dairy Heifers July 27, 2022 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Prevalence of Antibiotic Tolerance and Risk for Reinfection Among Escherichia coli Bloodstream Isolates: A Prospective Cohort Study April 22, 2022 10:00 am Jacob Strahilevitz
- Long-Read Sequencing and Hybrid Assembly for Genomic Analysis of Clinical Brucella melitensis Isolates March 26, 2022 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Genomic Epidemiology of Clinical Brucella melitensis Isolates from Southern Israel February 25, 2022 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- The Effects of One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Surgery on the Gastrointestinal Tract January 21, 2022 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Brucellosis Outbreak Traced to Commercially Sold Camel Milk through Whole-Genome Sequencing, Israel May 20, 2021 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- An inter-laboratory study to investigate the impact of the bioinformatics component on microbiome analysis using mock communities May 20, 2021 10:00 am Jim F Huggett
- Unraveling antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori: Global resistome meets global phylogeny January 25, 2021 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Genomic Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Genotype-to-Phenotype Agreement in Helicobacter pylori December 30, 2020 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- The Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Noncarbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: A Case-Case-Control Matched Analysis August 29, 2020 10:00 am Dror Marchaim
- minMLST: machine learning for optimization of bacterial strain typing August 18, 2020 10:00 am Isana Veksler-Lublinsky
- Genomic Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence, and Phylogeny of the Genus Ochrobactrum April 17, 2020 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Cyber security threats in the microbial genomics era: implications for public health February 20, 2020 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Discordant bioinformatic predictions of antimicrobial resistance from whole-genome sequencing data of bacterial isolates: an inter-laboratory study February 13, 2020 11:00 am Kathryn A Harris
- ESCMID postgraduate education course: regional capacity building for integration of next-generation sequencing in the clinical microlab March 21, 2018 10:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Next-generation sequencing applications in clinical bacteriology December 20, 2017 11:00 am Jacob Moran-Gilad
- Emergence of native peptide sequences in prebiotic replication networks September 7, 2017 10:00 am Gonen Ashkenasy
- Microbial Metagenomics Mock Scenario-based Sample Simulation (M3S3) August 17, 2017 10:00 am J Moran-Gilad
- The effects of CO2 and nutrient fertilisation on the growth and temperature response of the mangrove Avicennia germinans June 5, 2016 10:00 am Klaus Winter
- Reaction Mechanism for Direct Proton Transfer from Carbonic Acid to a Strong Base in Aqueous Solution I: Acid and Base Coordinate and Charge Dynamics February 17, 2016 11:00 am James T Hynes
- Reaction Mechanism for Direct Proton Transfer from Carbonic Acid to a Strong Base in Aqueous Solution II: Solvent Coordinate-Dependent Reaction Path February 16, 2016 11:00 am James T Hynes
- Carotenoid derivatives inhibit nuclear factor kappa B activity in bone and cancer cells by targeting key thiol groups August 1, 2014 10:00 am Yoav Sharoni
- A newly emerged cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in northern Israel and two new reservoir hosts of Leishmania major February 26, 2013 11:00 am Alon Warburg
- Genome sequence of the pathogenic intestinal spirochete brachyspira hyodysenteriae reveals adaptations to its lifestyle in the porcine large intestine March 6, 2009 11:00 am David J Hampson
- Identification of genes associated with prophage-like gene transfer agents in the pathogenic intestinal spirochaetes Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Brachyspira pilosicoli and Brachyspira intermedia October 28, 2008 10:00 am David J Hampson
- Ten years of bacterial genome sequencing: comparative-genomics-based discoveries June 15, 2006 10:00 am David W Ussery
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