Shay Tal

Researcher at the National Center for Mariculture, Eilat, Israel

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

Deeply saddened by the loss of Prof. Apeloig. During my time at the Technion, he was a professor, Dean & President, but above all, a revered colleague. We held his commanding presence in absolute awe, yet he was always incredibly warm & kind to us students. RIP.

[Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion @SchulichT]

Deeply saddened by the passing of Research Professor Yitzhak Apeloig (1944–2026), former President of the Technion and longtime faculty member of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, World-class scientist and inspiring leader. May his memory be a blessing

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

Tired of reading in student drafts that plasmids must carry beneficial genes to survive their fitness costs, I finally wrote this! In @FrontMicrobiol, we show how plasmid burdens can actually be evolutionarily silent. Read: https://t.co/RQxNuZu5nv @AndrosiukLucy

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

@roi_gazit רועי, בתור מדען אתה יודע שאין בעיה לפרסם שפתרת בעיה, ופחות משנה אחרי זה לפתור אותה שוב...

[Tal Shay @tal_shay]

היורדים אילתה ובני משפחותיהם #fiseb2026🐜🐛🐚 מוזמנים ביום שלישי הבא 24/2 לערב הרצאות מדעיות קצרצרות ומרתקות לקהל הרחב. 🌏🦠🧬

[משרד החקלאות וביטחון המזון @AgricultureGov]

ד"ר שי טל, חוקר במרכז הלאומי לחקלאות ימית, מציג דרך חדשנית לניטור חקלאות מים: באמצעות טכנולוגיית שמע המקליטה את הדגים בזמן ההאכילה, ניתן לזהות את מצבם הבריאותי בתוך המיכל בזמן אמת.

צילום: ארן דולב

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

Can you hear when fish are hungry? 👂🐟
Our new paper shows how passive acoustics can quantify feeding intensity in real time - opening the door to smarter, more sustainable aquaculture.
In collaboration with @BarakFish

https://t.co/VlujpIYg6j

@IOLR_Israel

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

How does a fish sound when it eats? 🐟🎧
Check out our new preprint:
Optimized Aquaculture Feeding through Matched Filter Audio Signal Processing and Machine Learning
@SSRN 👉 https://t.co/vVgLoy6Vxn

[Fernando de la Cruz @FdlC61]

A new encyclopedic review, for plasmid lovers:
https://t.co/2ANVSvbeAX
We (Mapi, Eduardo and I) hope you like it!

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

@fernpizza @baym Great work!
When I saw the summary, I thought about Johan. No surprise he is also on the paper...

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

@MoranYassour @SmilingChiara Congrats! Well deserved!

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

CRISPR spacers acquired from plasmids primarily target backbone genes, making them valuable for predicting potential hosts and host range | Microbiology Spectrum https://t.co/CWQw9MvjHk

Finally out!
Great job, @AndrosiukLucy

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

@BruriaSamuel @Nature Congratulations! Great work!

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

Just got back from #ISPB2024 in Hamamatsu, Japan. Incredible scientists sharing their groundbreaking work. What more could we ask for?
@PlasmidSociety
Now heading to #IC2AR2024 in Caparica, Portugal.

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

@YMerbl @WeizmannScience @Sys_Immunology Well deserved! Waiting for the Nobel announcement... 😉

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

@BarakRotblat @AndrosiukLucy Thank you, Barak! It is only the preprint. Let's see what the reviewers have to say...

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

This paper started as a small project by a talented undergraduate student (Sivan Maane) under the supervision of a skilled graduate student (@AndrosiukLucy) and evolved into a paper that I am proud of.

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

CRISPR Spacers Acquired from Plasmids Primarily Target Backbone Genes, Making Them Valuable for Predicting Potential Hosts and Host Range https://t.co/EGaXIxmMjv #biorxiv_micrbio

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

Another surprising result is that, while generally mobilizable plasmids exhibit a broader host range, the majority of plasmids that can populate different class and phylum are actually non-mobilizable plasmids.

[Shay Tal @ShayTal5]

We found that the majority of anti-plasmid CRISPR spacers were acquired from plasmid backbone genes and mobility genes. We could not identify any spacers targeting resistance genes.

[Postdoc in Israel @PostdocIsrael]

Postdoc position available!

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