Mutual quest for mineral and dust Fe by Trichodesmium and associated bacteria - Dr. Subhajit Basu, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat

Below is a link to a report from the Jerusalem Post on the work and recent discoveries by Prof. Maoz Fine and his group. This work is timely also in the context of the Gulf of Eilat, given plans to build fish ponds in the southern Arava. 

IUI researchers joined the French Institute for Research and Development (IRD) on a cruise to study CO₂ vents in Papua New Guinea (PNG).  The team, headed by Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa of IRD is focusing on the acclimation capacity of corals and coral reef communities to extreme conditions such as the ones presented next to shallow hydrothermal seeps.  The team performed a series of experiments underwater and on board R/V Alis in Tutum Bay, off Ambitle Island in the New Ireland province of PNG. The IUI researchers Maoz Fine (Bar-Ilan University) and Tom Shlesinger (Tel Aviv University)  feel it was a unique opportunity to study coral resilience to elevated temperature and acidification conditions on one of the most diverse and beautiful coral reefs.

Photos: Tom Shlesinger

On 10 May, a lecture was given by Prof. Yitzhak Fried in the framework of a series of lectures open to the public on the theme "Syndrome E: The human brain as a mass murderer".

Prof. Fried is the Director of the Unit for Functional Neurosurgery at Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv, and a surgeon and researcher at UCLA Hospital, California, USA.

At the end of the lecture there was a performance of "Syndrome E, Concert in three sets," by Maya Buenos.

A workshop was held at the IUI with the Leibniz Association (Germany) in the framework of the Eilat Leibniz IUI Center (ELIC) initiative. Proposed joint research projects were presented as well as topics for a joint measurement campaign to take place at the IUI in 2018. About 30 German and Israeli participants participated. Photo: Yoav Lindemann