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  1. Cleaning Water with Cardboard: A Greener Way to Recycle Trash

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, October 2026, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  2. How Fish Skin Bacteria Trigger Mosquitoes to Grow Faster

    Article • Hydrobiologia, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  3. Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space

    Article • Astrobiology, June 2024, SAGE Publications

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  4. Mosquito Egg Raft Distribution Is Affected by Semiochemicals: Indication of Interspecific Competition

    Article • Insects, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  5. Fish Microbes: A Natural Way to Scare Off Mosquitoes

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, February 2024, Wiley

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  6. Paper-Mill Wastes for Bioethanol Production in Relation to Circular Economy Concepts: A Review

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  7. Effect of Drinking Water Salt Content on the Interaction between Surfactants and Bacteria

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, August 2023, ASM Journals

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  8. Disinfection of SARS-CoV-2 by UV-LED 267 nm: comparing different variants

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  9. Olive Mill Wastewater Extract as a Potential Mosquito Larvicide

    Article • April 2023, MDPI AG

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  10. Bacterial detoxification of plant defence secondary metabolites mediates the interaction between a shrub and frugivorous birds

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  11. Fish microbiota repels ovipositing mosquitoes

    Article • February 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  12. Catching Germs in the Act: A Faster Way to See How Bacteria Stick

    Article • Biology Methods and Protocols, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  13. Evaluation of the biocontrol activity of Frateuria defendens-derived metabolites against mollicutes

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Lilach Iasur Kruh, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  14. Short ozonation for effective removal and detoxification of fermentation inhibitors resulting from thermal pretreatment

    Article • Renewable Energy, April 2022, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  15. The survival contest of endozoochory: Conflicting interests in a frugivorous avian–plant mutualism

    Article • Journal of Ecology, February 2022, Wiley

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  16. Electrochemical Detection of Waterborne Bacteria Using Bi-Functional Magnetic Nanoparticle Conjugates

    Article • Biosensors, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  17. Impact of culture conditions on microalgae-based fuel production

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  18. Effective Removal of Acid Dye in Synthetic and Silk Dyeing Effluent: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies

    Article • ACS Omega, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  19. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mobbing-Like Behavior against Acanthamoeba castellanii Bacterivore and Its Rapid Control by Quorum Sensing and Environmental Cues

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2021, ASM Journals

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  20. Erratum to “Willingness among food consumers to recycle human urine as crop fertiliser: Evidence from a multinational survey” [Sci. Total Environ. 765 (2021), 144438]

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  21. A sterol-defined system for quantitative studies of sterol metabolism in C. elegans

    Article • STAR Protocols, September 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  22. Immersed ozonation of agro-wastes as an effective pretreatment method in bioethanol production

    Article • Renewable Energy, August 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  23. Investigation of glucosinolates in the desert plant Ochradenus baccatus (Brassicales: Resedaceae). Unveiling glucoochradenin, a new arabinosylated glucosinolate

    Article • Phytochemistry, July 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  24. Assessment of saliva interference with UV-based disinfection technologies

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  25. Attitudes of food consumers at universities towards recycling human urine as crop fertiliser: A multinational survey dataset

    Article • Data in Brief, April 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  26. Wavelength-dependent time–dose reciprocity and stress mechanism for UV-LED disinfection of Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  27. Willingness among food consumers to recycle human urine as crop fertiliser: Evidence from a multinational survey

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman, Professor Thanasis Kizos

  28. Corrigendum to “UV-LED disinfection of Coronavirus: wavelength effect” [Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 212 (2020) 112044–end page]

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, March 2021, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  29. Bacterial Adhesion Kinetics in a High Throughput Setting in Seconds-minutes Time Resolution

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2021, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  30. Antimicrobial Activities in Pistacia atlantica—Aphids Make a Difference!

    Article • December 2020, MDPI AG

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  31. Antimicrobial activities in <em>Pistacia atlantica</em> - aphids make a difference!

    Article • November 2020, MDPI AG

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  32. UV-LED disinfection of Coronavirus: Wavelength effect

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, November 2020, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  33. How did invertabrate lose teh ability to synthesize cholesterol, and where do they get it from?

    Article • Current Biology, August 2020, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  34. Circular economy in olive oil production – Olive mill solid waste to ethanol and heavy metal sorbent using microwave pretreatment

    Article • Waste Management, July 2020, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  35. Making Cardboard and Paper Recycling More Sustainable: Recycled Paper Sludge For Energy Production and Water-Treatment Applications

    Article • Waste and Biomass Valorization, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  36. Bacterial mobbing behavior: coordinated communal attack ofPseudomonas aeruginosaon a protozoan predator

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  37. Multiwell plates for obtaining a rapid microbial dose-response curve in UV-LED systems

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, June 2020, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  38. The COP9 signalosome mediates the Spt23 regulated fatty acid desaturation and ergosterol biosynthesis

    Article • The FASEB Journal, February 2020, Wiley

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  39. Valorisation of olive oil industry solid waste and production of ethanol and high value-added biomolecules

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  40. The involvement of superoxide radicals in medium pressure UV derived inactivation

    Article • Water Research, September 2019, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  41. Nanocellulose production from recycled paper mill sludge using ozonation pretreatment followed by recyclable maleic acid hydrolysis

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, July 2019, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  42. A Pyrus communis gene for p-hydroxystyrene biosynthesis, has a role in defense against the pear psylla Cacopsylla biden

    Article • Phytochemistry, May 2019, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  43. Short Ozonation of Lignocellulosic Waste as Energetically Favorable Pretreatment

    Article • BioEnergy Research, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  44. Rapid quantification of cellulose nanocrystals by Calcofluor White fluorescence staining

    Article • Cellulose, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  45. High-Throughput Quantitative Measurement of Bacterial Attachment Kinetics on Seconds Time Scale

    Article • Microbial Ecology, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  46. Free circulating active elastase contributes to chronic inflammation in patients on hemodialysis

    Article • AJP Renal Physiology, February 2018, American Physiological Society

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  47. Giving Pear trees resistance to Psylla by grafting

    Article • Pest Management Science, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  48. Influence of vegetation type and temperature on the performance of constructed wetlands for nutrient removal

    Article • Water Science & Technology Water Supply, November 2017, IWA Publishing

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  49. Production of biochar from olive mill solid waste for heavy metal removal

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  50. Ozonation of tannic acid to model biomass pretreatment for bioethanol production

    Article • Bioresource Technology, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  51. Effective harvesting of microalgae: Comparison of different polymeric flocculants

    Article • Bioresource Technology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  52. A cheap, simple high throughput method for screening native Helicobacter pylori urease inhibitors using a recombinant Escherichia coli , its validation and demonstration of Pistacia atlantica methanolic extract effectivity and specificity

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, February 2017, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  53. A seven-year study of flower-color polymorphism in a Mediterranean annual plant

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  54. Reclassification of Brevibacterium halotolerans DSM8802 as Bacillus halotolerans comb. nov. Based on Microbial and Biochemical Characterization and Multiple Gene Sequence

    Article • Current Microbiology, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  55. Disinfection and Mechanistic Insights ofEscherichia coliin Water by Bismuth Oxyhalide Photocatalysis

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  56. Taste and Physiological Responses to Glucosinolates: Seed Predator versus Seed Disperser

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  57. Investigation of Phycobilisome Subunit Interaction Interfaces by Coupled Cross-linking and Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  58. The Role of Abiotic Environmental Conditions and Herbivory in Shaping Bacterial Community Composition in Floral Nectar

    Article • PLOS One, June 2014, PLOS

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  59. Plant-derived visual signals may protect beetle herbivores from bird predators

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  60. Physiological and behavioural effects of fruit toxins on seed-predating versus seed-dispersing congeneric rodents

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, June 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  61. Friend or foe? Disparate plant–animal interactions of two congeneric rodents

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  62. Can tiny worms teach us about the risk of neurodegenerative diseases on long space travel?

    Article • Plant Pathology, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  63. Red gall pigmentation: cytokinin stimulation is not everything

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  64. Constructed wetlands combined with UV disinfection systems for removal of enteric pathogens and wastewater contaminants

    Article • Water Science & Technology Water Supply, February 2013, IWA Publishing

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Dr. Abeer Albalawneh , Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  65. Variability of Bacterial Community Composition on Leaves Between and Within Plant Species

    Article • Current Microbiology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Malka Halpern, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  66. Synergistic effect of heat and solar UV on DNA damage and water disinfection of E. coli and bacteriophage MS2

    Article • Journal of Water and Health, October 2012, IWA Publishing

    Professor Abidelfatah Mohamad Nasser, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  67. Intraspecific Directed Deterrence by the Mustard Oil Bomb in a Desert Plant

    Article • Current Biology, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  68. Bacteria that can utilize ear wax as food source

    Article • Current Microbiology, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  69. A simple rapid gas-chromatography flame-ionization-detector (GC-FID) method for the determination of ethanol from fermentation processes

    Article • AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, February 2012, Academic Journals

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Racheli Gal Konsker, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  70. Distinct antimicrobial activities in aphid galls onPistacia atlantica

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  71. Bacterial communities in floral nectar

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  72. Beyond pollinator attraction: extra-floral displays deter herbivores in a Mediterranean annual plant

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  73. Melatonin as an antioxidant and its semi-lunar rhythm in green macroalga Ulva sp.

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  74. Conspicuous gall colors: a response to T. C. R. White

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  75. Why do many galls have conspicuous colors? A new hypothesis

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ido Izhaki, Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  76. The signaling function of an extra-floral display: what selects for signal development?

    Article • Oikos, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  77. Light-dependent oxygen consumption in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria plays a key role in nitrogenase protection1

    Article • Journal of Phycology, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  78. The Molecular Mechanism of Regulation of the NhaA Na+/H+ Antiporter of Escherichia Coli, a key Transporter in the Adaptation to Na+ and H+

    Article • September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  79. A synthetic multicellular system for programmed pattern formation

    Article • Nature, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  80. Inhibition of nitrogenase by oxygen in marine cyanobacteria controls the global nitrogen and oxygen cycles

    Article • March 2005, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  81. Teaching bacteria a new language

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  82. Na+/H+ antiporters

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, May 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  83. Oligomerization of NhaA, the Na+/H+Antiporter ofEscherichia coliin the Membrane and Its Functional and Structural Consequences†

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  84. The Monoclonal Antibody 1F6 Identifies a pH-dependent Conformational Change in the Hydrophilic NH2Terminus of NhaA Na+/H+Antiporter ofEscherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2000, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  85. A pH-dependent Conformational Change of NhaA Na+/H+Antiporter ofEscherichia coliInvolves Loop VIII–IX, Plays a Role in the pH Response of the Protein, and Is Maintained by the Pure Protein in Dodecyl Maltoside

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 1999, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  86. A Point Mutation (G338S) and Its Suppressor Mutations Affect Both the pH Response of the NhaA-Na+/H+Antiporter as Well as the Growth Phenotype ofEscherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 1998, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  87. Probing the Conformation of NhaA, a Na+/H+Antiporter fromEscherichia coli, with Trypsin†

    Article • Biochemistry, November 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  88. Histidine 225, a Residue of the NhaA-Na+/H+ Antiporter of Escherichia coli Is Exposed and Faces the Cell Exterior

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 1997, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  89. Replacements of Histidine 226 of NhaA-Na+/H+ Antiporter of Escherichia coli: CYSTEINE (H226C) OR SERINE (H226S) RETAIN BOTH NORMAL ACTIVITY AND pH SENSITIVITY, ASPARTATE (H226D) SHIFTS THE pH PROFILE TOWARD BASIC pH, AND ALANINE (H226A) INACTIVATES THE...

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 1995, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  90. Histidine-226 is part of the pH sensor of NhaA, a Na+/H+ antiporter in Escherichia coli.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 1993, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman

  91. Dynamic control in a coordinated multi-cellular maze solving system

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Yoram Gerchman, Proffesor Yoram Gerchman