Prof Adi Avni (cv)
PhD The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1990 Phone (Office) 972-3-640-9840 (Fax) 972-3-641-0195 (Lab) 972-3-640-5323 (Home) 972-4-6288957 628 Britannia Bldg [email protected] Address School of Plant Sciences and Food Security Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 69978 ISRAEL |
Internet of Things (Agro-IoT) unit comprised of the biosensor
Our lab has two main research areas: 1. We focus on understanding the signal transduction pathway by which a fungal protein effector (MAMP) induces innate immunity in plants. We address this question from several angles: We use a genetic approach, gene editing (CRISPR) to isolate the plant gene controlling the plant response to the fungal protein. 2. We develop biosensors for agriculture where we use micro and nano-scale technologies in collaboration with electrical engineering. Our goal is to develop low-cost sensors that will be integrated into the plant (i.e. leaves, stem, rhizosphere, etc.) for early detection of various parameters that are of interest to the key factors in the food chain (i.e. farmers, wholesalers, transportation, government, and the food industry in general and the customers). To do that we use bio-convergence for direct sensing of plants’ health status, using the plants as sensors themselves. In our research, we integrate methods of synthetic biology, biotechnology, and electrochemical and electronic impedance spectroscopy (EIS). |