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Assaf Vardi

alagal bloom in the North Sea
13.07.2015

Sea breezes may play an unwitting role in the decimation of giant algal blooms

The Coral Sweepstakes
04.11.2014

High-speed films of coral reveal how tiny hairs are used for housekeeping

Satellite image showing a patch of bright waters associated with a bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea off Norway. Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
21.10.2014

Understanding how viruses attack giant algal blooms may help us understand their role in fixing global carbon
 

Diatom cells expressing ROS-sensitive proteins in the nucleus (green) and chlorophyll (red)
09.04.2014

Ocean plankton turn a toxic byproduct into a sophisticated stress indicator

Invisible Coral Flows, the winning photography entry
18.03.2014

An image tracing the unseen flow generated by small hairs on corals wins for beauty as well as science
 

Seagoing research team (l-r) Uri Sheyn, Dr. Miguel Frada, Shlomit Sharoni, Daniella Schatz, Dr. Assaf Vardi and Dr. Yoav Lehan
06.08.2012

Dr. Assaf Vardi and his Weizmann team joined a month-long research cruise to study the life cycle of a tiny microorganism

Scanning electron microscope image of Emiliania huxleyi superimposed on a MODIS satellite image of an E. huxleyi bloom in the Barents Sea from 27 July 2004. Satellite image courtesy of Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA; Inset SEM photo by Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers, Inc.
01.02.2011
Tiny phytoplankton are key to the oceans' health – as well as our own

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