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34634
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1455
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Rotem Sorek is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. Within these fields, their work focuses especially on molecular biology, ecology, immunology, genetics, and epidemiology.

The primary scientific topics covered by Rotem Sorek include bacteriophages and microbial interactions, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, interferon and immune responses, and Toxoplasma gondii research studies.

They have published extensively in several prominent venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Cell, Nature Microbiology, and Science. Their publication record indicates a strong presence in both preprint platforms and high-impact peer-reviewed journals.

Some recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Rotem Sorek include:

  • "Abortive Infection: Bacterial Suicide as an Antiviral Immune Strategy," 2020, Annual Review of Virology
  • "Targeted suppression of human IBD-associated gut microbiota commensals by phage consortia for treatment of intestinal inflammation," 2022, Cell
  • "Bacterial Retrons Function In Anti-Phage Defense," 2020, Cell
  • "An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages," 2022, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "STING cyclic dinucleotide sensing originated in bacteria," 2020, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rotem Sorek include Gil Amitai, Adi Millman, Philip J. Kranzusch, Erez Yirmiya, and Azita Leavitt. These collaborations suggest a network of researchers focused on microbial immunity and molecular biology.

Rotem Sorek has received recognition such as membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), indicating engagement with the wider molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • Topology of the human and mouse m6A RNA methylomes revealed by m6A-seq

    Dan Dominissini;Sharon Moshitch-Moshkovitz;Schraga Schwartz;Schraga Schwartz;Mali Salmon-Divon

  • Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite.

    Falk Warnecke;Peter Luginbühl;Natalia Ivanova;Majid Ghassemian

  • CRISPR--a widespread system that provides acquired resistance against phages in bacteria and archaea.

    Rotem Sorek;Victor Kunin;Philip Hugenholtz

  • Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome

    Shany Doron;Sarah Melamed;Gal Ofir;Azita Leavitt

  • CRISPR-Mediated Adaptive Immune Systems in Bacteria and Archaea

    Rotem Sorek;C. Martin Lawrence;Blake Wiedenheft

  • Widespread occurrence of antisense transcription in the human genome

    Rodrigo Yelin;Dvir Dahary;Rotem Sorek;Erez Y. Levanon

  • Communication between viruses guides lysis–lysogeny decisions

    Zohar Erez;Ida Steinberger-Levy;Ida Steinberger-Levy;Maya Shamir;Shany Doron

  • Evolutionary conservation of sequence and secondary structures in CRISPR repeats

    Victor Kunin;Rotem Sorek;Philip Hugenholtz

  • Transcriptome-wide discovery of circular RNAs in Archaea

    Miri Danan;Schraga Schwartz;Sarit Edelheit;Rotem Sorek

  • The phage-host arms race: Shaping the evolution of microbes

    Adi Stern;Rotem Sorek

  • Alu-containing exons are alternatively spliced

    Rotem Sorek;Gil Ast;Dan Graur

  • Prokaryotic transcriptomics: a new view on regulation, physiology and pathogenicity

    Rotem Sorek;Pascale Cossart

  • The pan-immune system of bacteria: antiviral defence as a community resource.

    Aude Bernheim;Rotem Sorek

  • The Birth of an Alternatively Spliced Exon: 3' Splice-Site Selection in Alu Exons

    Galit Lev-Maor;Rotem Sorek;Noam Shomron;Gil Ast

  • BREX is a novel phage resistance system widespread in microbial genomes

    Tamara Goldfarb;Hila Sberro;Eyal Weinstock;Ofir Cohen

  • Genome-Wide Experimental Determination of Barriers to Horizontal Gene Transfer

    Rotem Sorek;Yiwen Zhu;Christopher J. Creevey;M. Pilar Francino

  • Growth dynamics of gut microbiota in health and disease inferred from single metagenomic samples

    Tal Korem;David Zeevi;Jotham Suez;Adina Weinberger

  • How prevalent is functional alternative splicing in the human genome

    Rotem Sorek;Ron Shamir;Gil Ast

  • Cyclic GMP-AMP signalling protects bacteria against viral infection.

    Daniel Cohen;Sarah Melamed;Adi Millman;Gabriela Shulman

  • Self-targeting by CRISPR: gene regulation or autoimmunity?

    Adi Stern;Leeat Keren;Omri Wurtzel;Gil Amitai

Frequent Co-Authors

Erez Y. Levanon
Erez Y. Levanon Bar-Ilan University
Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart Institut Pasteur
Gil Ast
Gil Ast Tel Aviv University
Philip Hugenholtz
Philip Hugenholtz University of Queensland
Ron Shamir
Ron Shamir Tel Aviv University
Edward M. Rubin
Edward M. Rubin Joint Genome Institute
Dan Graur
Dan Graur University of Houston
Schraga Schwartz
Schraga Schwartz Weizmann Institute of Science
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Gideon Rechavi
Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center

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