| Expert Name | Dr. Avi Golan-Goldhirsh |
| Title | Senior Lecturer |
| Division | The J.B. Inst. for Desert Research |
| Institution | Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
| City | Sede Boker Campus |
| Country | Israel |
| Telephone | 972 7 6596753/4 |
| Email | avigolan(at)bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
| Work Experience | 1. Professional advisor to "Calavo-Growers of California" on prevention of enzymatic browning in avocado products.
2. Head of a project to establish a Pistacia genus germplasm collection. A cooperative project between Israel, Egypt and Belgium.
3. Head of a project to screen desert plants for their biotechnological potentials. Screened about 60 species and identified biologically active compounds of medicinal and agricultural importance. |
| Qualifications | Ph.D. Food Biochemistry, University of Alberta, 1979. |
| Number of Publications | 32 |
| Awards | The graduate student award for the best paper and presentation, the twenty first annual Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Conference. 1978, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
| Other Activities | 1. Membership in The Institute of Food Technologists since 1980
2. Membership in Sigma Xi since 1982
3. Membership in The American Society of Plant Physiologists since 1988
4. Membership in The American Society for Horticultural Science since 1988
5. Membership in The Israeli Botanical Society. |
| Publications | 1. Golan-Goldhirsh, A., Osuga, D.T., Chen, A.D. and Whitaker, J.R. 1992. Effect of ascorbic acid and copper on proteins. In "The Bioorganic Chemistry of Enzymatic Catalysis". pp 61-76, Feder, J. and D'Souza, V. eds, CRC Press Int. Boca Raton, Ann Arbor, London.
2. Golan-Goldhirsh, A. 1995. Proteins associated with reproductive male bud development in pistachio. Acta Horticulturae 419: 19-25.
3. Khandka, D., Nejidal, A. and Golan-Goldhirsh, A. 1996. Polymorphism and DNA markers for asparagus cultivars identified by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Euphytica 87(1): 39-44.
4. Khandka, D., Tuna, M., Tal, M., Nejida, A. and Golan-Goldhirsh A. 1997. Variability in the pattern of random amplified polymorphic DNA. Electrophoresis, 18:2852-2856.
5. Sathiyamoorthy, P., Van Damme, P., Oven, M. and Golan-Goldhirsh, A. 1997. Heavy metals in medicinal and fodder plants of the Negev. J. Env. Sci. and Health 32 (8): 2111-2123. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 15:29:00 |
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