Tamar Avin-Wittenberg

Raffinose induces autophagy to promote the growth of Arabidopsis Thaliana - BMC Plant Biology Background Plant growth depends on the integration of environmental signals and nutrient availability. Under stress conditions, growth is often attenuated to prioritise defense, creating a trade-off b...

Excited to share our work about autophagy and raffinose. So proud of Sahar Magen for doing a great job and grateful for all the people who helped bring this work to light.
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Hanukkah at the department 🕯️. A fun celebration organized by our awesome students. Happy holidays.

Was fabulous at the Israeli Society of ☘️ Sciences (ISPS) 2025 conf. held at Sde Boker @bengurionuni.bsky.social.

It started with an In Memoriam lecture by @taw-lab.bsky.social dedicated to the Late Prof Gad Galili and ended with best poster 🏆 awarded to Dr. Hala Khamesa-Israelov from our group!

Plants are fun, autophagy is fun, and teaching is fun 😊 thanks for having me @solyclior.bsky.social

Thank you @dianebassham.bsky.social.

Thanks so much @plantophagy.bsky.social.

My PhD mentor and scientific dad, Prof. Gad Galili, passed away yesterday. He was instrumental in shaping me into the scientist I am today. On top of raising us to be good scientists, he emphasized the importance of being good people in this crazy profession.
I am very sad and forever grateful.

I am looking for an excellent lab manager 🌱

I'm a bit biased, but this is a great opportunity 😀

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This week in the HUJI-PES seminar:

Still looking for an excellent plant microbiologist to strengthen our team this new year. Please share far and wide, and happy new year! #plantscience #phd

As far as I know, they were cousins.

Our 2nd Israeli plant proteolysis super group was an absolute pleasure. 🌱🍂💦 @michaelilab.bsky.social @taw-lab.bsky.social
Talented PhD student Ifat Goldstein presented her plant rehydration response work for the first time and did a wonderful job!🥹👏

Always great to meet and exchange ideas.

Sahar Magen, my first MSc student and first PhD student, defended her thesis today. I could not be prouder! 🥰

אני מחפשת פוסטדוק.ית לעבוד איתנו במעבדה שלי בגבעת רם, לפרויקט מרגש החוקר הגברת מנגנון מיחזור תוך תאי ע"י סוכרים רגולטוריים 🌱. הפרויקט בעל אספקטים בסיסיים ויישומיים וכולל ביולוגיה מולקולרית, פיזיולוגיה ומטבולומיקה בצמחים. אפשרות לגדול לתפקיד ניהול מעבדה. צוות מקסים וסביבת עבודה תומכת.

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Herbarium image pink flowers

Lindley herbarium specimen

Darwin herbarium specimen

Censor herbarium specimen

We are advertising two fabulous jobs at the Cambridge University Herbarium.

Collection Manager: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49404/

Collections & Digitisation Assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49378/

Incredible collection of 1.1 million specimens including most of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle material.

Our department waited 99 years for the right social media platform to show up