Asaf Levy
@asaflevylab.bsky.social
Interested in computational biology, microbial toxins, plant microbiome, and microbial adaptation to different hosts.
PI at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
https://www.asaflevylab.com/
Expressing my personal opinions.
PI at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
https://www.asaflevylab.com/
Expressing my personal opinions.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@sheilaroitman.bsky.social from Detlef Weigel's lab @plantevolution.bsky.social presents a cool and innovative talk on the uncharacterized members of the plant microbiome: phages!!
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@sheilaroitman.bsky.social from Detlef Weigel's lab @plantevolution.bsky.social presents a cool and innovative talk on the uncharacterized members of the plant microbiome: phages!!
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
@finkel-lab.bsky.social and I went on a beautiful morning run in hilly Antequera (south Spain).
Too much cerveza and jamon iberico made us heavy.
#plantmicrobesymposium
Too much cerveza and jamon iberico made us heavy.
#plantmicrobesymposium
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
@finkel-lab.bsky.social and I went on a beautiful morning run in hilly Antequera (south Spain).
Too much cerveza and jamon iberico made us heavy.
#plantmicrobesymposium
Too much cerveza and jamon iberico made us heavy.
#plantmicrobesymposium
Looking forward to the plant microbiome symposium starting close to beautiful Malaga
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Looking forward to the plant microbiome symposium starting close to beautiful Malaga
Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody on this day, half a century ago.
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody on this day, half a century ago.
R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
Is there any biologist with 1M citations?
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Is there any biologist with 1M citations?
From the company's short website:
In short, we're a group of scientists generating
and validating molecular machines for human
and planetary health. At atomic scale. With
unprecedented control.
In short, we're a group of scientists generating
and validating molecular machines for human
and planetary health. At atomic scale. With
unprecedented control.
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
From the company's short website:
In short, we're a group of scientists generating
and validating molecular machines for human
and planetary health. At atomic scale. With
unprecedented control.
In short, we're a group of scientists generating
and validating molecular machines for human
and planetary health. At atomic scale. With
unprecedented control.
Some people tend to think that life nowadays is worse than in the past.
Objectively (statistically) speaking this is just wrong.
HDI measures education, life expectancy and purchasing power. In some countries (e.g. US) the improvement is mild, in others (e.g. China, India) it's dramatic.
Objectively (statistically) speaking this is just wrong.
HDI measures education, life expectancy and purchasing power. In some countries (e.g. US) the improvement is mild, in others (e.g. China, India) it's dramatic.
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Some people tend to think that life nowadays is worse than in the past.
Objectively (statistically) speaking this is just wrong.
HDI measures education, life expectancy and purchasing power. In some countries (e.g. US) the improvement is mild, in others (e.g. China, India) it's dramatic.
Objectively (statistically) speaking this is just wrong.
HDI measures education, life expectancy and purchasing power. In some countries (e.g. US) the improvement is mild, in others (e.g. China, India) it's dramatic.
If you're lucky you can reverse transcribe it with a polyT primer
October 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If you're lucky you can reverse transcribe it with a polyT primer
כמה טוב שבאתם הביתה.
בית זה אומר כבר הכל.
בית זה אומר כבר הכל.
October 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
כמה טוב שבאתם הביתה.
בית זה אומר כבר הכל.
בית זה אומר כבר הכל.
Today my wife and I sat on a beautiful day in Rashta, an excellent Arabic restaurant close to Jerusalem, and the Chef, Ganem, went out from the kitchen to raise a toast of Hibiscus juice (he's muslim) with the attendants to Kushner and Witkoff who promoted the cease fire agreement.
To peace!
To peace!
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today my wife and I sat on a beautiful day in Rashta, an excellent Arabic restaurant close to Jerusalem, and the Chef, Ganem, went out from the kitchen to raise a toast of Hibiscus juice (he's muslim) with the attendants to Kushner and Witkoff who promoted the cease fire agreement.
To peace!
To peace!
Paper is under revisions in Wikipedia
October 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Paper is under revisions in Wikipedia
This is hilarious for Nobel week.
The headstones of two late Yale chemists who shared the department at the same period.
One has his CV written on the headstones
The other: Nobel Laureate etc.
And the funny story about Onsager's son adding "* ETC" after many years:
freakonomics.com/2009/09/etc-...
The headstones of two late Yale chemists who shared the department at the same period.
One has his CV written on the headstones
The other: Nobel Laureate etc.
And the funny story about Onsager's son adding "* ETC" after many years:
freakonomics.com/2009/09/etc-...
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is hilarious for Nobel week.
The headstones of two late Yale chemists who shared the department at the same period.
One has his CV written on the headstones
The other: Nobel Laureate etc.
And the funny story about Onsager's son adding "* ETC" after many years:
freakonomics.com/2009/09/etc-...
The headstones of two late Yale chemists who shared the department at the same period.
One has his CV written on the headstones
The other: Nobel Laureate etc.
And the funny story about Onsager's son adding "* ETC" after many years:
freakonomics.com/2009/09/etc-...
40 years ago Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn reported about a new enzyme in the protozoon Tetrahymena called "telomere terminal transferase"
Known today as telomerase.
They received the 2009 Nobel in physiology and medicine.
The same organism also 'contributed' to science the 1st ribozyme.
Known today as telomerase.
They received the 2009 Nobel in physiology and medicine.
The same organism also 'contributed' to science the 1st ribozyme.
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
40 years ago Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn reported about a new enzyme in the protozoon Tetrahymena called "telomere terminal transferase"
Known today as telomerase.
They received the 2009 Nobel in physiology and medicine.
The same organism also 'contributed' to science the 1st ribozyme.
Known today as telomerase.
They received the 2009 Nobel in physiology and medicine.
The same organism also 'contributed' to science the 1st ribozyme.
uniQure company reports gene therapy clinical trial results showing that miRNA-like silencing of the huntingtin gene slowed progression of the Huntington’s disease by 75% after three years.
The miRNA is delivered by AAV via a neurosurgery.
Amazing.
I don't hold their stocks...
The miRNA is delivered by AAV via a neurosurgery.
Amazing.
I don't hold their stocks...
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
uniQure company reports gene therapy clinical trial results showing that miRNA-like silencing of the huntingtin gene slowed progression of the Huntington’s disease by 75% after three years.
The miRNA is delivered by AAV via a neurosurgery.
Amazing.
I don't hold their stocks...
The miRNA is delivered by AAV via a neurosurgery.
Amazing.
I don't hold their stocks...
40 years ago Eyal Bartov took a picture of one of the last beautiful leopards in Israel, resting next to the dead sea. Unfortunately they have probably gone extinct in Israel.
The last one was seen in 2007.
The last one was seen in 2007.
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
40 years ago Eyal Bartov took a picture of one of the last beautiful leopards in Israel, resting next to the dead sea. Unfortunately they have probably gone extinct in Israel.
The last one was seen in 2007.
The last one was seen in 2007.
Shana Tova.
Happy new Jewish year.
Wishin for a scientifically productive and a peaceful year, with normal leadership around the world.
Happy new Jewish year.
Wishin for a scientifically productive and a peaceful year, with normal leadership around the world.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Shana Tova.
Happy new Jewish year.
Wishin for a scientifically productive and a peaceful year, with normal leadership around the world.
Happy new Jewish year.
Wishin for a scientifically productive and a peaceful year, with normal leadership around the world.
With the depressing reality of the ongoing horrible war (including a mssile alarm during the ceremony) there is a small moment of joy:
Three students from the lab received MSc degrees today:
Ofir Segev, summa cum laude
Aleks Danov, magna cum laude
Avital Akerman, magna cum laude
#uberProudPI
Three students from the lab received MSc degrees today:
Ofir Segev, summa cum laude
Aleks Danov, magna cum laude
Avital Akerman, magna cum laude
#uberProudPI
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With the depressing reality of the ongoing horrible war (including a mssile alarm during the ceremony) there is a small moment of joy:
Three students from the lab received MSc degrees today:
Ofir Segev, summa cum laude
Aleks Danov, magna cum laude
Avital Akerman, magna cum laude
#uberProudPI
Three students from the lab received MSc degrees today:
Ofir Segev, summa cum laude
Aleks Danov, magna cum laude
Avital Akerman, magna cum laude
#uberProudPI
Keyser Söze was introduced 30 years ago.
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Keyser Söze was introduced 30 years ago.
On this week, 40 years ago, my friend Ralph Isberg, then a postdoc with Stan Falkow, reported the discovery of the 1st invasin gene in @nature.com "We report here the identification of a single genetic locus from this organism (Y. pseudotuberculosis) that is sufficient to convert the innocuous
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
On this week, 40 years ago, my friend Ralph Isberg, then a postdoc with Stan Falkow, reported the discovery of the 1st invasin gene in @nature.com "We report here the identification of a single genetic locus from this organism (Y. pseudotuberculosis) that is sufficient to convert the innocuous
Lab's 7th birthday, farewell to summertime in Palmahim beach.
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Lab's 7th birthday, farewell to summertime in Palmahim beach.
