Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal
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Tomer Ventura

Biography

EDUCATION 2007-2011 Ph.D., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev. Title of thesis: Sex differentiation in the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii – characterization of an androgenic gland peptide and manipulations using sex-specific markers. 2005-2006 M.Sc., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev. Title of thesis: Molecular aspects of the control of sex determination and differentiation in decapod crustaceans – A search for sex specific genomic markers and characterization of a gene exclusively expressed in the androgenic gland as a sex specific transcriptomic marker. 2002-2004 B.Sc., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Department of Life Sciences. Average B.Sc. grade: 89

Research Interest

Molecular techniques (AFLP, cDNA libraries, RACE); Bioinformatics (next generation sequencing analysis; Protein 3D modeling; Nucleotide and amino acid sequence analysis; MSA; EST libraries assembly and analysis); Tissue and cell culture; Biochemistry (recombinant proteins; Raising antibodies, Western blot analysis, ELISA, LC-MS/MS) and Histology (in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry). Management of crustacean broodstock and hatchery, Experience in aquatic species physiology and functional genomics in vivo assays. Experience in project management and students mentoring.