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Sammy Boussiba is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their research primarily intersects the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to energy-related studies.

Their work is grounded in several main fields of study:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Energy

Subfields of focus include molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, and ecology.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology

Boussiba's major topics of research cover various aspects of algal biology and biofuel production, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, solar-powered water purification methods, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on lipid biology in microalgae and environmental biotechnology. Among these are:

  • "A Review of Diatom Lipid Droplets", 2020, Biology
  • "Lipidome Remodeling and Autophagic Respose in the Arachidonic-Acid-Rich Microalga Lobosphaera incisa Under Nitrogen and Phosphorous Deprivation", 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Advanced near-zero waste treatment of food processing wastewater with water, carbon, and nutrient recovery", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "High Resolution Proteome of Lipid Droplets Isolated from the Pennate Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae) Strain pt4 provides mechanistic insights into complex intracellular coordination during nitrogen deprivation", 2020, Journal of Phycology
  • "Multiplexed Genome Editing via an RNA Polymerase II Promoter-Driven sgRNA Array in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum: Insights Into the Role of StLDP", 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science

Boussiba frequently publishes in scientific venues including:

  • Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Fungi
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Phycology

Collaborative efforts feature recurring coauthors such as:

  • Inna Khozin-Goldberg
  • Aliza Zarka
  • Ben Leyland
  • Boris Zorin
  • Stefan Leu

Best Publications

  • Carotenogenesis in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis: Cellular physiology and stress response

    S. Boussiba

  • Astaxanthin Accumulation in the Green Alga Haematococcus pluvialis1

    Sammy Boussiba;Avigad Vonshak

  • The effect of light, salinity, and nitrogen availability on lipid production by Nannochloropsis sp.

    Dipasmita Pal;Inna Khozin-Goldberg;Zvi Cohen;Sammy Boussiba

  • Lipid and fatty acid composition of the green oleaginous alga Parietochloris incisa, the richest plant source of arachidonic acid

    Chiara Bigogno;Inna Khozin-Goldberg;Sammy Boussiba;Avigad Vonshak

  • Isolation and characterization of phycocyanins from the blue-green alga Spirulina platensis

    Samy Boussiba;Amos E. Richmond

  • ACCUMULATION OF OLEIC ACID IN HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS (CHLOROPHYCEAE) UNDER NITROGEN STARVATION OR HIGH LIGHT IS CORRELATED WITH THAT OF ASTAXANTHIN ESTERS 1

    Mirash Zhekisheva;Sammy Boussiba;Inna Khozin-Goldberg;Aliza Zarka

  • Changes in pigments profile in the green alga Haeamtococcus pluvialis exposed to environmental stresses

    Sammy Boussiba;Wang Bing;Jian-Ping Yuan;Aliza Zarka

  • Production of spirulina biomass: Effects of environmental factors and population density

    Avigad Vonshak;Aharon Abeliovich;Samy Boussiba;Shoshana Arad

  • A new tubular reactor for mass production of microalgae outdoors

    Amos Richmond;Sammy Boussiba;Avigad Vonshak;Reuven Kopel

  • Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 strains lacking photosystem I and phycobilisome function.

    Gaozhong Shen;Sammy Boussiba;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Lipid and biomass production by the halotolerant microalga Nannochloropsis salina

    Sammy Boussiba;Avigad Vonshak;Zvi Cohen;Yael Avissar

  • C-phycocyanin as a storage protein in the blue-green alga Spirulina platensis

    Samy Boussiba;Amos E. Richmond

  • ASTAXANTHIN ACCUMULATION IN HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS (CHLOROPHYCEAE) AS AN ACTIVE PHOTOPROTECTIVE PROCESS UNDER HIGH IRRADIANCE1

    Bing Wang;Aliza Zarka;Achim Trebst;Sammy Boussiba

  • On the Relative Efficiency of Two- vs. One-stage Production of Astaxanthin by the Green Alga Haematococcus pluvialis

    Claude Aflalo;Yuval Meshulam;Aliza Zarka;Sammy Boussiba

  • Enhancement and determination of astaxanthin accumulation in green alga Haematococcus pluvialis

    Sammy Boussiba;Lu Fan;Avigad Vonshak

  • Patterns of carbohydrate and fatty acid changes under nitrogen starvation in the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis and Nannochloropsis sp.

    Lee Recht;Aliza Zarka;Sammy Boussiba

  • Metabolic engineering toward enhanced LC-PUFA biosynthesis in Nannochloropsis oceanica: Overexpression of endogenous Δ12 desaturase driven by stress-inducible promoter leads to enhanced deposition of polyunsaturated fatty acids in TAG

    Yuval Kaye;Omer Grundman;Stefan Leu;Aliza Zarka

  • Recovery of c-phycocyanin from the cyanobacterium Spirulina maxima

    A. Herrera;S. Boussiba;V. Napoleone;A. Hohlberg

  • Resistance of Spirulina platensis to Ammonia at High pH Values

    Shimshon Belkin;Sammy Boussiba

  • Isolation and characterization of a novel chytrid species (phylum Blastocladiomycota), parasitic on the green alga Haematococcus

    Yoram Hoffman;Claude Aflalo;Aliza Zarka;Jenia Gutman

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvi Cohen
Zvi Cohen Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Alexei Solovchenko
Alexei Solovchenko Lomonosov Moscow State University
Avigad Vonshak
Avigad Vonshak Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Shimshon Belkin
Shimshon Belkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Victor Wepener
Victor Wepener North-West University
Uri Pick
Uri Pick Weizmann Institute of Science
Bhekie B. Mamba
Bhekie B. Mamba University of South Africa
Aaron Fait
Aaron Fait Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Wim F. J. Vermaas
Wim F. J. Vermaas Arizona State University
Amit Gross
Amit Gross Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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