Heterogeneity of bacterial populations have been shown to be crucial for their survival under antibiotic treatments, as well as for evading the immune system during infections. I am interested in the identification of phenotypic heterogeneity that involves virulence mechanisms in the highly abundant diarrheal pathogen, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. To address these goals, I use high-throughput sequencing approaches at a single cell resolution as well as microscopy techniques. 

I received a BSc in Chemistry and Computer Science and a MSc in Neurobiology from Tel Aviv University. In my MSc I studied novel treatments of poorly differentiated endometrial carcinoma at the lab of the late Prof. Yoel Kloog. I received a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for my work in the lab of Prof. Hanah Margalit studying small RNA regulation in bacteria at the system level. I joined the lab of Prof. Balaban in 2021 for postdoctoral studies.