Ella Pasternak

• Tel Aviv University

The State of Nature Reports have been published since 2010 by Hamaarag. The reports present ecosystem trends and processes in Israel and provide a glimpse into the state of nature in Israel. The State of Nature Report 2023 – Biodiversity Volume is largely based on analyses of data accumulated during the first decade of the National Terrestrial Moni...

While the molecular mechanisms underlying variation in chronotypes within populations have been studied extensively, the ultimate selective forces governing it are poorly understood. The proximate cause is variation in clock genes and protein expression, which produces variation in tau (period length of the circadian clock), with early individuals...

Numerous factors have been shown to influence microbiome composition, including host genetics, diet and environmental variables. Recent studies have explored how host genetics influence human gut microbial communities, and those of pre-clinical models e.g. mice. However to date no studies have determined the influence of host genetics and extreme e...