Team:Tel-Hai/AboutUs

iGEM Tel-Hai 2016

Meet the team

Hossin Bouz, 25, from Julis, an undergraduate student in the field of Biotechnology."I love tech, gadgets, gear and everything in between, I am in constant search for new innovations that can help the world become a better place".

Yael Lev Mirom, 28, a graduate student in the field of Biotechnology, majoring in Agriculture. Originally from Kochav Yair, a town in the Center District of Israel. Currently lives in Kibbutz Dafna in northern Israel. “There are many beautiful things in the world. Flowers & trees people & landscapes, with one’s eyes open, anyone could see at least a hundred new things each day”, Leah Goldberg, Israeli poet.

David Moshe Zini, 27, an undergraduate student in the field of Biotechnology, majoring in Agriculture. Originally from Hadera, a city located in the Haifa District of northern Israel, currently lives in Beit Hillel, a Moshav in northern Israel. David enjoys cooking, gardening and freediving" "What I cannot create, I do not understand" ― Richard Feynman.

Allison Rosenberg, 25, an undergraduate student in the field of food science. Originally from Chicago, USA, and currently lives in Kiryat Shmona. “I love teaching, cooking, nature and sports.”

Oded Yair Menuhin, 25, an undergraduate student in the field of Biotechnology. Originally from Kibbutz Gevim, a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northwestern Negev desert near Sderot, currently lives in Kiryat Shmona. “I think that nothing is complicated unless you want to complicate it”."Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus." — Alexander Graham Bell.

David Lancry Abittan, 26, an undergraduate student in the field of Biotechnology. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, and currently lives in Kiryat Shmona. Also the head of the LGBT group in Tel Hai College. Cooking, travelling and new adventures are important parts of his personality. "No Day, But Today." – RENT

Almog Angel, 26, the first iGEM leader from Tel-Hai, who brought the IGEM Competition to Tel-Hai College. Almog is an undergraduate student in the field of Biotechnology. Originally from Holon, a city in the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, currently lives in Kiryat Shmona. "Entrepreneurship and innovations are the main reasons why I chose to study Biotechnology.

Michal Glikman, 23, an undergraduate student in the field of food science. Originally from Ramat Hasharon, a city located nearby Tel-Aviv, and currently lives in Kiryat Shmona. "I studied and worked as a pastry chef in Israel after studying in Israel and abroad. Out of that passion for food, I decided to study food science because of a deep wish to understand all the biochemical processes and science behind food in order to create better things by myself, and now I've developed a true love for science. In my free time, I like to swim, bake and of course SHOP :)"

Ortal Nisimi, 27, a graduate student in the field of food science. Originally from Tel-Aviv, and currently lives in Kiryat Shmona. “I love travelling, photography, sports and music. I definitely believe that what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!!!”

Team Supervisor

Dr. Avi Matityahu, Ph.D, The Hebrew Univerity of Jerusalem.
Lecturer in Tel – hai academic college. Research assistant in the Chromosome Instability and Dynamics Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine Bar-Ilan University.

Research area: studying the higher order organization of chromosomes and the Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) family of protein complexes, Cohesin and Condensin in relation to cancer and human genetic disorders.