{"id":3483,"date":"2025-08-24T06:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T06:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology-and-environment.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=3483"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:59:12","slug":"dr-alon-silberbush","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology-and-environment.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=3483&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Omer Lavy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3483\" class=\"elementor elementor-3483\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33f0593 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33f0593\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eab1a05\" data-id=\"eab1a05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb98ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adb98ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Dr. Omer Lavy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cc4a39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cc4a39\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2acef84\" data-id=\"2acef84\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281638d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"281638d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lecturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5deda5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5deda5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0dd118\" data-id=\"c0dd118\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dabefbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dabefbd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f85cdb\" data-id=\"9f85cdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8021660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8021660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/biology-and-environment.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Omer.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3610\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biology-and-environment.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Omer.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/biology-and-environment.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Omer-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-92623d2\" data-id=\"92623d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13bec43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13bec43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My lab focuses on how microbial communities assemble, function and can be intentionally modulated within multicellular hosts. We aim to predict microbiome dynamics and design general strategies to edit communities in vivo. To achieve these goals, we use insects as our primary models due to their high ecological and agricultural importance. Our research seeks to uncover broad principles of host\u2013microbe interactions that can inform microbiome-based interventions.<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><u>Academic Background<\/u><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">B.Sc. Biology and Environment, University of Haifa<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Ph.D. Zoology, Tel Aviv University<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69e1939 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69e1939\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f85df3\" data-id=\"6f85df3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecfe37d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecfe37d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b15cac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b15cac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80279fb\" data-id=\"80279fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f62c14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f62c14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., &amp; Ayali, A. (2019). The effect of density-dependent phase on the locust gut bacterial composition. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frontiers in Microbiology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a010(JAN). (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/microbiology\/articles\/10.3389\/fmicb.2018.03020\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavy, O., Sher, N., Malik, A., &amp; Chiel, E. (2015). Do bacterial symbionts govern aphid's dropping behavior? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental Entomology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a044(3),\u00a0588\u2013592. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ee\/article-abstract\/44\/3\/588\/2465177\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> )<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Ayali, A., Gihaz, S., Fishman, A., &amp; Gefen, E. (2021). The maternal foam plug constitutes a reservoir for the desert locust's bacterial symbionts. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental Microbiology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a023(5). (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/1462-2920.15448\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavy, O., Lewin-Epstein, O., Bendett, Y., Gophna, U, Gefen, E., Hadany, L., &amp; Ayali, A. (2022). Microbiome-related aspects of locust density-dependent phase transition. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental\u00a0Microbiology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a024(1),\u00a0507\u2013516. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/1462-2920.15883\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., &amp; Ayali, A. (2020). Dynamics of bacterial composition in the locust reproductive tract are affected by the density-dependent phase. <i><span>FEMS Microbiology Ecology<\/span><\/i><span>,\u00a096(4).( <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/femsec\/article\/96\/4\/fiaa044\/5807075\"><span>Link<\/span><\/a><span>)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e267c95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e267c95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-518edf6\" data-id=\"518edf6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf72f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cf72f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Teaching<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6d6201 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6d6201\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e39bdd\" data-id=\"0e39bdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-122b7d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"122b7d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Biology, Microbial Ecology, Introduction to R language<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Omer Lavy Lecturer My lab focuses on how microbial communities assemble, function and can be intentionally modulated within multicellular hosts. We aim to predict microbiome dynamics and design general strategies to edit communities in vivo. To achieve these goals, we use insects as our primary models due to their high ecological and agricultural importance. 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