Lab members
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Dr. Kalo Dorit - Lab manager
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Yaacobi-Artzi Shira (Ph.D student)
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Srevnik Naama (Ph.D student) supervising with Amnon Buxboim
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Tanya Kogan (Ph.D student)
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Shir Manovitz (M.sc student)
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Liora Berkovich (M.sc student) supervising with Moran Gershoni
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Cohenshtam Omer (M.Sc student) supervising with Moran Gershoni
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Mendelson Paz (Master project in veterinary)
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Reches Dan (Master project in veterinary)
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Jen Shpirer
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Jonathan Shalev
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Naama Sarig
Geusts

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Tanya Kogan
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David Biran
Former Students (M.Sc)
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2018-2020 Rotem Vineberg Title: "A novel approach for identifying genes involves in reduced bulls’ fertility"; supervising with Dr. Moran Gershoni.
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2015-2018 Elya Savchenko Title:"Cryopreservation of bovine ovarian cortex"; supervising with Dr. Ido Braslavski
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2013- 2018 Omri Shif Title: Hormonal treatment to improve dairy cows’ conception rate during the summer.
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2016-2018 Raz Chen Title: "Association between plasma progesterone concentration and lipid droplets size"; supervising with Dr. Nurit Argov-Argaman.
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2015-2018 Lapid Ronny Title: "Thermo-tolerance of cross breeding bovine embryo".
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2010-2014 Noam Koshet-Neta Title: "The effect of Omega-3 supplement on bovine semen fertility competence"; supervising with Dr. U. Moallem.
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2009-2012 Tanya Kogan Title: "Effect of hydrocolloid patches incorporating essential oils on mammalian sperm quality"; supervising with Prof. Amos Nussinovitch.
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2009-2012 Shiri Asaf Title: "In vivo and in vitro models to examine the effects of clinical and sub-clinical mastitis on bovine oocyte developmental competence"; supervising with Prof. David Wolfenson.
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2008-2011 David Biran Title: "Developmental dynamic of ovarian cyst and persistent follicle in postpartum dairy cows"; supervising with Prof. Ruth Braw-Tal.
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2009-2011 Karin Mahagrafta Title: "Influence of seasonality and age on lipid profile and sperm quality of Holstein bull semen"; supervising with Dr. Nurit Argov-Argaman.
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2007-2010 Yulya Shcherbyna Title: "Physical and biological properties of essential oil patches"; supervising with Prof. Amos Nussinovitch.
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2006-2008 Ayala Dvir Title: "Effects of natural or induced mastitis on bovine oocyte competence and embryonic development"; supervising with Prof. David Wolfenson.
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2005-2008 Dorit Kalo Title: "Involvement of the sphingolipid ceramide in heat-shock-induced apoptosis of bovine oocytes".
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2004-2006 Adaya Aroyo Title: "The effect of maternal hyperthermia on the developmental competence of the ovarian pool of oocytes in mammals"; supervising with Dr. Amir Arav.



Former Students (Ph.D)

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2013-2020 Alisa Komski-Elbaz Thesis title: Effect of foodborne toxin on bovine sperm quality.
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2009 -2016 Dorit Kalo Thesis title: Effect of endocrine disruptors on oocyte developmental competence in mammalian
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2005-2013 Sahar Yavin Thesis title: Improving the survival of mammalian oocytes and preimplantation embryos following vitrification; supervising with Amir Arav.
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2005-2013 Mirit Gandelman Thesis title: effect of seasonal heat stress on
the ovarian pool of oocytes: cellular and molecular aspects.
Ungraduted Students
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2020- 2021 Netta Reem 'Amirim project of excellent students'. Title: "The morphokinetics of XY- and XX-embryos developed from X- and Y- sorted semen".
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2019-2020 Paz Mendelson 'Amirim project of excellent students'. Title: "Synergistic effect of food borne toxins on sperm quality".
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2017-2018 Dan Reches 'Amirim' project fo excellent students'. Title:"“Effect of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on bull sperm quality”.
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2017-2018 Orit Douek 'Research project' for excellent student. Title: “Effect of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on bull sperm fertility competence”.
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2016-2017 Tal Brender 'Research project' for excellent student.
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2015-2016 Chen Shimoni 'Research project' for excellent student. Title: "Examining the anti- oxidative effect of Melatonin on oocytes exposed to heat-shock".
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2015-2016 Moty Saktsier 'Amirim' project for excellent students. Title: "Effect of Aflatoxin on bovine semen quality".
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2011-2012 Ron Hadas, 'Amirim' project for excellent students’. Title: "Effects of the endocrine-disrupting compounds, phthalates, on dairy cows' ovarian function".
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2009-2010 Shaked Druker, 'Amirim' project for excellent students. Title: "Examination of Omega-3 supplement to improve bovine semen quality".
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2008-2009 Nili Elior, 'Amirim' project for excellent students. Title: "Whole-cell patch-clamp measurement in bovine sperm".
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2008-2009 Dana Grossman, 'Amirim' project for excellent students. Title: "Effects of the endocrine-disrupting compounds, phthalates, on developmental competence of bovine oocytes".
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2007-2008 David Biran, research exercise for outstanding undergraduate students. Title: "Using the SQA-vb system for bovine semen quality analysis".
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2006-2007 Eran Friedman, 'Amirim' project for excellent students. Title: "Effect of FSH treatments to improve the quality of the preovulatory follicle in dairy cows through summer and autumn.




Master project in veterinary Students
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2017-2020 Arina Zubov Title: Effect of the herbicide atrazine and its major metabolite, DACT, on bovine sperm resistance during cryopreservation and after thawing.
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2017-2020 Dana Asaf Title: Characterization of progressive motility fading in bovine semen following cryopreservation.
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2017-2020 Yaron Kesler Title: Administration of GnRH at onset of estrus, determined by automatic heat detection system, to improve summer and autumn fertility in dairy cows.
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2017-2020 Moty Saktsier Title: Atrazine-induced toxicity in goat spermatozoa is alleviated to some extent by polyphenol-enriched feed.
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2014-2018 Shiff Omri (Master project in veterinary), Title: "Hormonal treatment to improve dairy cows’ conception rate during the summer".
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2012-2015 Shaked Druker. Title: Age effects on bovine sperm viability and acrosome reaction".
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2010-2015 Dana Grossman. Title: "Characterizing bovine semen with high and low progressive motility".
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2008-2010 Eran Friedman, Title: "The effect of low-dose FSH administration on follicular dynamics and preovulatory follicle characteristics in dairy cows during the summer".

External Student

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2009-2010 Qi-Meiyu, PhD student from Heilongjjiang Department of Science and Technology, Harbin, China; in the frame of Israel-China Collaboration. Title: "Effect of IGF-I on developmental competence of bovine oocytes exposed to heat shock".
Post-doctral Fellows
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2012-2013 Li Ying post-doctoral fellows from the College of Veterinary Medicine South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangdong, China. Title: "Association between progressive motility and in vitro fertilization competence".
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2007-2008 Shlomo Orgal post-doctoral fellow from Tel- Aviv University, Israel. Title: "Season- induced changes in bovine sperm motility following freeze-thaw procedure".























































