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106
Citations
45460
World Ranking
942
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Israel Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Gregori Aminoff Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for their crystallographic studies of biomineralization processes, which have led to an understanding of mechanisms of mineral formation

Overview

Lia Addadi is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant work in biomaterials, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, materials chemistry, surgery, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers various aspects of biomineralization and calcium carbonate crystallization, exploring mechanisms of mineral formation and interactions with biological environments. Their research also intersects with marine biology and environmental chemistry as well as lipoproteins, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular diseases.

The most frequently covered main topics in their publications include:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Lia Addadi are:

  • "Ion Pathways in Biomineralization: Perspectives on Uptake, Transport, and Deposition of Calcium, Carbonate, and Phosphate," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Cellular pathways of calcium transport and concentration toward mineral formation in sea urchin larvae," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A highly reflective biogenic photonic material from core-shell birefringent nanoparticles," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Examining atherosclerotic lesions in three dimensions at the nanometer scale with cryo-FIB-SEM," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles to Label Metastatic Tumor Cells in Mineralized Bone Microenvironments," 2020, Small

Lia Addadi frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Steve Weiner (18 collaborations)
  • Neta Varsano (14 collaborations)
  • Katya Rechav (8 collaborations)
  • Dan Oron (6 collaborations)
  • Keren Kahil (5 collaborations)

The scientist has published multiple studies in leading venues, notably:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (2 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (2 publications)
  • Journal of Structural Biology (2 publications)

Lia Addadi has received recognition in the form of awards such as membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2017. Additionally, they were honored with the Gregori Aminoff Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2011 for crystallographic studies elucidating biomineralization processes and mechanisms of mineral formation.

Best Publications

  • Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates

    Nathalie Q. Balaban;Ulrich S. Schwarz;Daniel Riveline;Polina Goichberg

  • Control of Aragonite or Calcite Polymorphism by Mollusk Shell Macromolecules

    Giuseppe Falini;Shira Albeck;Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Taking Advantage of Disorder: Amorphous Calcium Carbonate and Its Roles in Biomineralization

    Lia Addadi;Sefi Raz;Stephen Weiner

  • Interactions between Acidic Proteins and Crystals: Stereochemical Requirements in Biomineralization

    L Addadi;S Weiner

  • Design strategies in mineralized biological materials

    Stephen Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Mollusk shell formation: a source of new concepts for understanding biomineralization processes.

    Lia Addadi;Derk Joester;Fabio Nudelman;Steve Weiner

  • Control and Design Principles in Biological Mineralization

    Lia Addadi;Stephen Weiner

  • Sea urchin spine calcite forms via a transient amorphous calcium carbonate phase.

    Yael Politi;Talmon Arad;Eugenia Klein;Steve Weiner

  • Amorphous calcium carbonate transforms into calcite during sea urchin larval spicule growth

    Elia Beniash;Joanna Aizenberg;Lia Addadi;Stephen Weiner

  • Mollusc larval shell formation: amorphous calcium carbonate is a precursor phase for aragonite.

    Ingrid Maria Weiss;Noreen Tuross;Lia Addadi;Steve Weiner

  • A Chemical model for the cooperation of sulfates and carboxylates in calcite crystal nucleation : relevance to biomineralization

    L. Addadi;J. Moradian;E. Shay;N. G. Maroudas

  • Calcitic microlenses as part of the photoreceptor system in brittlestars

    Joanna Aizenberg;Alexei Tkachenko;Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Hierarchical assembly of cell-matrix adhesion complexes.

    R. Zaidel-Bar;M. Cohen;L. Addadi;B. Geiger

  • Interactions of sea-urchin skeleton macromolecules with growing calcite crystals— a study of intracrystalline proteins

    A. Herman;L. Addadi;S. Weiner

  • Amorphous calcium phosphate is a major component of the forming fin bones of zebrafish: Indications for an amorphous precursor phase

    Julia Mahamid;Amnon Sharir;Lia Addadi;Steve Weiner

  • Crystallization Pathways in Biomineralization

    Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Structure of the nacreous organic matrix of a bivalve mollusk shell examined in the hydrated state using cryo-TEM.

    Yael Levi-Kalisman;Giuseppe Falini;Lia Addadi;Steve Weiner

  • Molecular recognition at crystal interfaces

    I. Weissbuch;L. Addadi;M. Lahav;L. Leiserowitz

  • Factors Involved in the Formation of Amorphous and Crystalline Calcium Carbonate: A Study of an Ascidian Skeleton

    Joanna Aizenberg;Gretchen Lambert;Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Formation of High-Magnesian Calcites via an Amorphous Precursor Phase: Possible Biological Implications

    S. Raz;S. Weiner;L. Addadi

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Leiserowitz
Leslie Leiserowitz Weizmann Institute of Science
Meir Lahav
Meir Lahav Weizmann Institute of Science
Michal Lahav
Michal Lahav Weizmann Institute of Science
Benjamin Geiger
Benjamin Geiger Weizmann Institute of Science
Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Leeor Kronik
Leeor Kronik Weizmann Institute of Science
Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Linda J. W. Shimon
Linda J. W. Shimon Weizmann Institute of Science
Eyal Shimoni
Eyal Shimoni Weizmann Institute of Science
Irit Sagi
Irit Sagi Weizmann Institute of Science

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