ofir.tal@ocean.org.il
Tel: 04-9008232
Senior Scientist
Ph.D. 2013 Technion, Israel.
At IOLR since 2022
Research interests:
I research bioinformatics and data science within a systems ecology framework. Our focus is on cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) in freshwater ecosystems, using computational methods to understand their dynamics. We develop computational tools and predictive models, explore causality, and investigate metagenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.
Selected publications:
Berihu, M., Somera, T. S., Malik, A., Medina, S., Piombo, E., Tal, O., … & Freilich, S. (2023). A framework for the targeted recruitment of crop-beneficial soil taxa based on network analysis of metagenomics data. Microbiome, 11(1), 8.
Gonda, I., Milavski, R., Adler, C., Abu-Abied, M., Tal, O., Faigenboim, A., … & Dudai, N. (2022). Genome-based high-resolution mapping of fusarium wilt resistance in sweet basil. Plant Science, 321, 111316.
Tal, O., Bartuv, R., Vetcos, M., Medina, S., Jiang, J., & Freilich, S. (2021). NetCom: a network-based tool for predicting metabolic activities of microbial communities based on interpretation of metagenomics data. Microorganisms, 9(9), 1838.
Tal, O., Selvaraj, G., Medina, S., Ofaim, S., & Freilich, S. (2020). NetMet: A network-based tool for predicting metabolic capacities of microbial species and their interactions. Microorganisms, 8(6), 840.
Tal, O., & Shapira, S. (2019, November). Early Diagnosis of Stroke and Internal Hemorrhage via Deep Neural Network Inference of Microwave Signals. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Antennas, Communications and Electronic Systems (COMCAS) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
Yelin, I., Snitser, O., Novich, G., Katz, R., Tal, O., Parizade, M., … & Kishony, R. (2019). Personal clinical history predicts antibiotic resistance of urinary tract infections. Nature medicine, 25(7), 1143-1152.
Harris, D., Tal, O., Jallet, D., Wilson, A., Kirilovsky, D., & Adir, N. (2016). Orange carotenoid protein burrows into the phycobilisome to provide photoprotection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(12), E1655-E1662.
Tal, O., Trabelcy, B., Gerchman, Y., & Adir, N. (2014). Investigation of phycobilisome subunit interaction interfaces by coupled cross-linking and mass spectrometry. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289(48), 33084-33097.
Tal, O., Haim, A., Harel, O., & Gerchman, Y. (2011). Melatonin as an antioxidant and its semi-lunar rhythm in green macroalga Ulva sp. Journal of experimental botany, 62(6), 1903-1910.
