Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein

2008 – Postdoc, Salk Institute (mentor: Prof. Joanne Chory)
2003 – PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science (mentor: Prof. Robert Fluhr)

Our lab investigates fundamental aspects that regulate plant growth and development. Using both classical and state-of-art tools, we study the role of hormonal signaling, tissue identity, and mechanical constraints, that together dictate a developmental output. In parallel, we investigate how these processes are tuned by distinct environmental conditions.

• The Cooper Prize for Academic Excellence
• Landau Fellow in the Technion program “Leaders in Science and Technology”
• Yigal Alon Fellowship for outstanding starting investigators awarded by the Israeli Council for Higher Education
• NSF travel award
• BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship

Ackerman-Lavert, M., Fridman, Y., Matosevich, R., Khandal, H., Friedlander-Shani, L., Vragovic, K., Ben El, R., Horev, G., Tarkowska, D., Efroni, I., and Savaldi-Goldstein, S. Auxin requirements for a meristematic state in roots depend on a dual brassinosteroid function. Curr Biol. (2021).

Ackerman-Lavert and Savaldi-Goldstein S. Growth models from a brassinosteroid perspective. COPB, 53:90-97 (2020).

Motivated students are always welcome to join us!