Zvi Hayouka
Novel antimicrobial agents for food applications.
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Head of Institute: Prof. Ido Braslavsky
Administrative manager: Rakefet Kalev
Office Address:
Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition,
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, ISRAEL
Tel: +972 - (0)8-9489385
Fax: +972 - (0)8-9363208
Email Address: rakefetk@savion.huji.ac.il
Dr. Zvi Hayouka
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Fighting pathogenic bacteria using novel peptide-based antimicrobial agents
Novel antimicrobial agents for food applications
Food-borne and other infectious enteric diseases are significant sources of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The high demand for minimally processed, easily prepared and ready-to-eat ‘fresh’ food products poses a major challenge for food safety and quality.
Recent outbreaks of food-borne microbial pathogens have driven the search for innovative ways to inhibit microbial growth in foods while maintaining quality, freshness and safety.
In my lab we will develop chemical tools to inhibit microbial or fungal growth in food.
The interdisciplinary research program will combine food science, peptide chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology toward the design of novel antimicrobial agents for applications in food science.
In the media:
יוצאים מהקופסה: כנס ראשון בארץ לאריזות חכמות, יוזמה של ד״ צבי חיוקה
כתבה של רויטרס שהתפרסמה בסופש האחרון על המעבדה ועל הפפטידים האנטימיקרוביאלים שלנו
Reuters: Aug 17, 2017 - New peptide could help fight drug-resistant 'superbugs'. Israeli scientists develop a peptide that could be used in antimicrobial medicines that could hold the key to treating infections in a post-antibiotic era. Amy Pollock reports.
Fighting Back Against Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
חוקרים ישראלים פיתח אנטיביוטיקה לחיידקים עמידים
חוקרים פיתחו אנטיביוטיקה נגד חיידקים העמידים לאנטיביוטיקה
Israeli Discovery May Help Ward Off Famine
הצפרדע שתציל את העולם מרעב