Shimshon Belkin

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Shimshon Belkin
שמשון בלקין
Born17/07/1951
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forMicrobial life in extreme environments; whole-cell microbial biosensors
AwardsThe Donald Tucker Memorial Oceanography Fellowship (1977); Danish Ministry of Education grant (1977); EMBO fellowships (1977, 1979); Lady Davis Fellowship (1983); Chaim Weizmann fellowship (1985); The David and Pola Ben Gurion Prize (1988); The DuPont Company Excellence prize (1994); The Strage-BGU prize for Excellence in Environmental Sciences (2019).
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental microbiology; biosensors
Website https://shimshonbelkinslab.wixsite.com/home

Shimshon Belkin (born July 17, 1951, Tel Aviv, Israel) is an environmental microbiologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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Biography

Following an undergraduate degree in Biology and a PhD in oceanography (1983, Prof. Etana Padan, supervisor), both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Belkin was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Holger Jannasch [1] at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, MA; 1983-1984) and with Prof. Lester Packer [2] at the University of California, Berkeley (1984-1986). From 1986 to 1996 he was a faculty member at the J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. In 1993-95 he was a visiting scientist at Robert A. LaRossa’s group at Dupont Central Research and Development (Wilmington, Delaware). [3] He returned to the Hebrew University in 1996, first as an associate professor at the School of Applied Science (1996-2004) and later as a full professor at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences (2004-2021). He is now a Prof. Emeritus of Environmental Microbiology at the latter institute. Since 2011 he is the incumbent of the Ministry of Labor & Social Welfare Chair in Industrial Hygiene.

Selected Hebrew University positions

Selected ex-university activities

Research

Prof. Belkin’s research, from his student days to his current position, covers a broad range of topics, practically all of them at the interface between a study of microbiology and diverse environmental aspects. Since 1995, one of the main foci in his lab is the application of synthetic biology principles in the design, construction and testing of genetically engineered microorganisms as biosensors. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

The molecular engineering of such live bioreporters usually involves a fusion of a sensing element (often a gene promoter induced in the presence of the target compounds) to reporter gene(s), the expression of which can be monitored quantitatively. This approach, applied by the Belkin group towards the development of different types of sensors for environmental applications, has also diverged into related aspects such the integration of live sensor cells into miniaturized hardware platforms, polymer cellular encapsulation for field dispersal, and the development of algorithms for deciphering cell array signals.

One of the main topics currently occupying the Belkin team is the development of an innovative system for the remote detection of buried landmines and other explosive devices. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Landmines are not completely sealed, and traces of explosives escape out of the mine’s casing and accumulate in the soil above it; bacterial sensor strains have been developed in the Belkin lab that sensitively respond to the presence of these traces by the generation of an optical signal, either fluorescence or bioluminescence. These signals can be imaged remotely; thus alleviating the highly risky need for the presence of personnel on the minefield.

Additional research topics investigated by Prof. Belkin and his team over the years include cyanobacterial bioenergetics and hydrogen production, [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents (including several research dives in the submersible Alvin ), [29] [30] [31] [32] and the characterization and treatment of industrial wastewaters. [33] [34] [35] [36]

Also worth mentioning is the study of the bacterial populations inhabiting the external surfaces of the salt-excreting Tamarix tree. [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] This extreme environment is characterized by almost diurnal fluctuations between complete desiccation during the day, and a very high salinity (up to 4-fold higher than that of seawater) at night, when the salts excreted by the tree onto the leaves’ surface are dissolved by the prevalent dew.

Related Research Articles

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  16. ↑ Belkin, Shimshon; Yagur-Kroll, Sharon; Kabessa, Yossef; Korouma, Victor; Septon, Tali; Anati, Yonatan; Zohar-Perez, Cheinat; Rabinovitz, Zahi; Nussinovitch, Amos; Agranat, Aharon J. (April 2017). "Remote detection of buried landmines using a bacterial sensor". Nature Biotechnology. 35 (4): 308–310. doi:10.1038/nbt.3791. ISSN   1546-1696. PMID   28398330. S2CID   3645230.
  17. ↑ Shemer, Benjamin; Shpigel, Etai; Glozman, Anat; Yagur-Kroll, Sharon; Kabessa, Yosssef; Agranat, Aharon J.; Belkin, Shimshon (2020-11-25). "Genome-wide gene-deletion screening identifies mutations that significantly enhance explosives vapor detection by a microbial sensor". New Biotechnology. 59: 65–73. doi:10.1016/j.nbt.2020.06.002. ISSN   1871-6784. PMID   32622861. S2CID   220372346.
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  19. ↑ Shpigel, Etai; Shemer, Benjamin; Elad, Tal; Glozman, Anat; Belkin, Shimshon (2021-05-01). "Bacterial bioreporters for the detection of trace explosives: performance enhancement by DNA shuffling and random mutagenesis". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 105 (10): 4329–4337. doi:10.1007/s00253-021-11290-2. ISSN   1432-0614. PMID   33942130.
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  24. ↑ Belkin, Shimshon; Padan, Etana (1978-01-01). "Hydrogen metabolism in the facultative anoxygenic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) Oscillatoria limnetica and Aphanothece halophytica". Archives of Microbiology. 116 (1): 109–111. Bibcode:1978ArMic.116..109B. doi:10.1007/BF00408741. ISSN   1432-072X. PMID   414684. S2CID   20110544.
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  26. ↑ Belkin, Shimshon; Padan, Etana (1983-07-01). "Na-Dithionite Promotes Photosynthetic Sulfide Utilization by the Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica". Plant Physiology. 72 (3): 825–828. doi:10.1104/pp.72.3.825. ISSN   0032-0889. PMC   1066328 . PMID   16663093.
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  33. ↑ Belkin, Shimshon; Brenner, Asher; Abeliovich, Aharon (1993-04-01). "Biological Treatment of a High Salinity Chemical Industrial Wastewater". Water Science and Technology. 27 (7–8): 105–112. doi:10.2166/wst.1993.0540. ISSN   0273-1223.
  34. ↑ Abeliovich, Aharon; Ulitzur, Shimon; Belkin, Shimshon; Brenner, Asher (1993). "Fast Assessment of Toxicants Adsorption on Activated Carbon Using a Luminous Bacteria Bioassay". Water Science and Technology. 27 (7–8): 113–120. doi:10.2166/wst.1993.0541 . Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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  36. ↑ Abeliovich, A.; Belkin, S.; Brenner, A. (1994). "Development of a Pretreatment Program to Improve Biological Treatability of High Strength and Toxic Industrial Wastewater". Water Science and Technology. 29 (9): 29–37. doi:10.2166/wst.1994.0437 . Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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  40. ↑ Qvit-Raz, Noga; Finkel, Omri M.; Al-Deeb, Taghleb M.; Malkawi, Hanan I.; Hindiyeh, Muna Y.; Jurkevitch, Edouard; Belkin, Shimshon (2012-02-01). "Biogeographical diversity of leaf-associated microbial communities from salt-secreting Tamarix trees of the Dead Sea region". Research in Microbiology. 163 (2): 142–150. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2011.11.006. ISSN   0923-2508. PMID   22178498.
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  1. Shimshon Belkin at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences website
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  3. Shimshon Belkin ISI profile [1]
  4. The laboratory of Shimshon Belkin
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