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Plant Science and Agronomy
Israel
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
70
Citations
17662
World Ranking
711
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Photosynthesis

His scientific interests lie mostly in Photosynthesis, Biochemistry, Cyanobacteria, Botany and Total inorganic carbon. His work on Photosystem II as part of his general Photosynthesis study is frequently connected to Bicarbonate transport, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. He combines subjects such as Inorganic chemistry and Algae with his study of Biochemistry.

His work carried out in the field of Cyanobacteria brings together such families of science as Arabidopsis thaliana, Membrane and Transgene. His work on RuBisCO, Dinoflagellate and Acclimatization is typically connected to Light intensity as part of general Botany study, connecting several disciplines of science. His Total inorganic carbon research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Carboxysome and Carbonic anhydrase.

His most cited work include:

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes (1151 citations)
  • CO2 CONCENTRATING MECHANISMS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS. (569 citations)
  • DNA Microarray Analysis of Cyanobacterial Gene Expression during Acclimation to High Light (414 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Photosynthesis, Biochemistry, Cyanobacteria, Botany and Total inorganic carbon. The various areas that Aaron Kaplan examines in his Photosynthesis study include Biophysics and Carbonic anhydrase. His Cyanobacteria research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Microorganism and Ecology.

His study in the fields of Desiccation under the domain of Botany overlaps with other disciplines such as Population. His studies in Total inorganic carbon integrate themes in fields like Environmental chemistry, Algae, Anabaena variabilis and Isotopes of carbon. Aaron Kaplan has included themes like Open reading frame and Synechococcus in his Mutant study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (52.75%)
  • Biochemistry (40.11%)
  • Cyanobacteria (37.36%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Cyanobacteria (37.36%)
  • Photosynthesis (52.75%)
  • Botany (38.46%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Aaron Kaplan mainly investigates Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis, Botany, Desiccation and Ecology. His Cyanobacteria research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Microcosm, Biochemistry, Biological soil crust and Microbial inoculant. His Biochemistry research includes elements of Total inorganic carbon, Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Function.

The Photosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Computational chemistry, Biophysics and Chlorella. His Biophysics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Extracellular and Photoinhibition. Aaron Kaplan regularly links together related areas like Abiotic component in his Botany studies.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Development of the polysaccharidic matrix in biocrusts induced by a cyanobacterium inoculated in sand microcosms (41 citations)
  • The mechanisms whereby the green alga Chlorella ohadii, isolated from desert soil crust, exhibits unparalleled photodamage resistance (39 citations)
  • Three-dimensional structure and cyanobacterial activity within a desert biological soil crust (39 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Bacteria

Aaron Kaplan mostly deals with Cyanobacteria, Botany, Photosynthesis, Light intensity and Desiccation. The study incorporates disciplines such as Microcosm and Microbial inoculant in addition to Cyanobacteria. His Microbial inoculant study combines topics in areas such as Nutrient, Agronomy, Incubation and Physical stability.

The concepts of his Photosynthesis study are interwoven with issues in Productivity and Biological soil crust. His Desiccation research integrates issues from Genome, Gene, Whole genome sequencing and Soil microbiology. His studies deal with areas such as Nostoc, PI curve and Chlorella as well as Photosystem II.

Best Publications

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

    Chris Bowler;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;Jonathan H. Badger;Jane Grimwood

  • CO2 CONCENTRATING MECHANISMS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS.

    Aaron Kaplan;Leonora Reinhold

  • Internal Inorganic Carbon Pool of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: EVIDENCE FOR A CARBON DIOXIDE-CONCENTRATING MECHANISM.

    Murray R. Badger;Aaron Kaplan;Joseph A. Berry

  • DNA Microarray Analysis of Cyanobacterial Gene Expression during Acclimation to High Light

    Yukako Hihara;Ayako Kamei;Minoru Kanehisa;Aaron Kaplan

  • A Model for Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Deduced from Comparative Whole Genome Analysis

    Peter G. Kroth;Anthony Chiovitti;Ansgar Gruber;Véronique Martin-Jézéquel

  • The cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin binds to proteins and increases the fitness of microcystis under oxidative stress conditions.

    Yvonne Zilliges;Jan-Christoph Kehr;Sven Meissner;Keishi Ishida

  • Photosynthesis and the intracellular inorganic carbon pool in the bluegreen alga Anabaena variabilis: Response to external CO2 concentration.

    Aaron Kaplan;Murray R. Badger;Joseph A. Berry

  • Programmed cell death of the dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense is mediated by CO2 limitation and oxidative stress

    Assaf Vardi;Ilana Berman-Frank;Taly Rozenberg;Ora Hadas

  • The photorespiratory glycolate metabolism is essential for cyanobacteria and might have been conveyed endosymbiontically to plants.

    Marion Eisenhut;Wolfgang Ruth;Maya Haimovich;Hermann Bauwe

  • Membrane Transport of Sugars and Amino Acids

    Leonora Reinhold;Aaron Kaplan

  • Genes Encoding A-Type Flavoproteins Are Essential for Photoreduction of O2 in Cyanobacteria

    Yael Helman;Dan Tchernov;Leonora Reinhold;Mari Shibata

  • Genes essential to sodium-dependent bicarbonate transport in cyanobacteria : function and phylogenetic analysis

    Mari Shibata;Hirokazu Katoh;Masatoshi Sonoda;Hiroshi Ohkawa

  • Distinct constitutive and low-CO2-induced CO2 uptake systems in cyanobacteria: Genes involved and their phylogenetic relationship with homologous genes in other organisms

    Mari Shibata;Hiroshi Ohkawa;Takakazu Kaneko;Hideya Fukuzawa

  • Towards clarification of the biological role of microcystins, a family of cyanobacterial toxins

    Daniella Schatz;Yael Keren;Assaf Vardi;Assaf Sukenik

  • Molecular and biochemical mechanisms associated with dormancy and drought tolerance in the desert legume Retama raetam

    Lilach Pnueli;Elza Hallak-Herr;Mira Rozenberg;Mira Cohen

  • Invasion of Nostocales (cyanobacteria) to Subtropical and Temperate Freshwater Lakes - Physiological, Regional, and Global Driving Forces.

    Assaf Sukenik;Ora Hadas;Aaron Kaplan;Antonio Quesada

  • Dinoflagellate-Cyanobacterium Communication May Determine the Composition of Phytoplankton Assemblage in a Mesotrophic Lake

    Assaf Vardi;Daniella Schatz;Karen Beeri;Uzi Motro

  • Regulation of CO2 Concentrating Mechanism in Cyanobacteria.

    Robert L. Burnap;Martin Hagemann;Aaron Kaplan

  • Inhibition of growth and photosynthesis of the dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense by Microcystis sp. (cyanobacteria): A novel allelopathic mechanism

    Assaf Sukenik;Rachel Eshkol;Alexander Livne;Ora Hadas

  • Growth and photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a function of CO2 concentration

    J. Berry;J. Boynton;A. Kaplan;M. Badger

  • Fractionation of the Three Stable Oxygen Isotopes by Oxygen-Producing and Oxygen-Consuming Reactions in Photosynthetic Organisms

    Yael Helman;Eugeni Barkan;Doron Eisenstadt;Boaz Luz

  • Nature of the Inorganic Carbon Species Actively Taken Up by the Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis

    Micha Volokita;Drora Zenvirth;Aaron Kaplan;Leonora Reinhold

  • The Plant-Like C2 Glycolate Cycle and the Bacterial-Like Glycerate Pathway Cooperate in Phosphoglycolate Metabolism in Cyanobacteria

    Marion Eisenhut;Shira Kahlon;Dirk Hasse;Ralph Ewald

  • Thylakoid membrane perforations and connectivity enable intracellular traffic in cyanobacteria.

    Reinat Nevo;Dana Charuvi;Dana Charuvi;Eyal Shimoni;Rakefet Schwarz

  • A model for inorganic carbon fluxes and photosynthesis in cyanobacterial carboxysomes

    Leonora Reinhold;Ronnie Kosloff;Aaron Kaplan

  • Enhanced photosynthesis and growth of transgenic plants that express ictB, a gene involved in HCO3− accumulation in cyanobacteria

    Judy Lieman-Hurwitz;Shimon Rachmilevitch;Ron Mittler;Yehouda Marcus

  • Sustained net CO2 evolution during photosynthesis by marine microorganism

    Dan Tchernov;Miriam Hassidim;Boaz Luz;Assaf Sukenik

  • Activation of Photosynthesis and Resistance to Photoinhibition in Cyanobacteria within

    Yariv Harel;Itzhak Ohad;Aaron Kaplan;Minerva Arid

Frequent Co-Authors

Assaf Sukenik
Assaf Sukenik Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Martin Hagemann
Martin Hagemann University of Rostock
Nir Keren
Nir Keren Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Teruo Ogawa
Teruo Ogawa Nagoya University
Dan Tchernov
Dan Tchernov University of Haifa
Itzhak Ohad
Itzhak Ohad Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Assaf Vardi
Assaf Vardi Weizmann Institute of Science
Shmuel Carmeli
Shmuel Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Boaz Luz
Boaz Luz Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ron Mittler
Ron Mittler University of Missouri

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