The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research - ZIWR

25/05/2026

ZIWR - OPEN CALL - 2 positions for native Hebrew speakers are now open for applications.

19/05/2026

Science doesn't always happen in the lab. Sometimes it happens on a boat. ⛵🌊
Meet Ariel Goldberg (MSc student) and Dr. Elad Levintal (PI) out on the Sea of Galilee, putting two greenhouse gas flux chambers head to head — Licor's commercial smart GHG chamber vs. their own DIY version.
This approach, of affordable, open source systems, may enable a global increase of GHG flux measurements, increasing the knowledge that will shape future environmental policies and democratizing science.
This is field research at its finest: hands-on, creative, and asking the questions that matter for understanding water-atmosphere gas exchange in real-world conditions.
🎓 Interested in joining the lab?
Registration is coming up and we're actively looking for motivated students to be part of this exciting research!
The lab and dorms are located in the unique international student community of BGU's Sde-Boker campus. Dorms & scholarship guaranteed.
For more information about the Levintal Lab and available opportunities, visit 👉 www.levintal-lab.com
science

17/05/2026

Congrats Ajesh Jose!
New publication: Researchers from a collaborative team led by Prof. Avraham Be’er from the Water Institute in the Sde Boker Campus, together with Avigdor Eldar (TAU), Daniel Kearns (IU), and Gil Ariel (BIU), have published a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary scientific journals, shedding light on a fundamental question in biology: when does a single bacterial cell become a swarm? In their paper, “Initiation of swarming in Bacillus subtilis as a resolution for the sorites paradox in bacteria,” conducted as part of the PhD research of the first author Ajesh Jose, a doctoral student in Be’er’s group (now a postdoc in Australia), the team tracks individual cells placed on agar as they grow and organize, identifying four distinct stages that mark the transition from solitary, planktonic life to coordinated collective motion. By combining high-resolution observation with mutant strains, they uncover the specific cellular processes that drive this transformation, offering a concrete biological resolution to a classic philosophical problem and providing new insight into how bacteria adapt, spread, and gain strength through collective behavior, with potential implications for managing harmful bacterial populations.

As a single cell grows and multiplies, at what stage does it constitute a swarm? Here, we provide an answer for Bacillus subtilis. We place single ...

12/05/2026

כנס האגודה הישראלית למשאבי מים 3-4.6.26.
ההרשמה בעיצומה ⌛

התוכנית:
יום רביעי 3.6.26: הרצאות, מושב פוסטרים ומושבי מליאה
יום חמישי 4.6.26: שני סיורים מודרכים-
סיור 1 - צלילה הידרולוגית אל לב מכתש רמון - זרימה שיטפונית, מי תהום ותהליכי שיקום במכתש | בהובלת אריק צוריאלי (השירות ההידרולוגי, רשות המים) ואבשלום באב"ד (DHVmed )
מכתש רמון הוא תוצר של תהליכי בליה וסחיפה ומאפשר הצצה נדירה אל מעמקי האדמה.
סיור 2 : הידרולוגיה, חקלאות והמלחת קרקעות באגן נחל גרר
בהובלת אורי נחשון, מכון וולקני
תעשיה חקלאית ענפה מתקיימת על מישורי הלס של צפון הנגב בתנאי אקלים מדברי למחצה.

פרטים מלאים והרשמה:
https://lnkd.in/g4GP45bx
https://www.iawr.net/

מיקום: קמפוס שדה בוקר של אוניברסיטת בן גוריון במדרשת בן גוריון.

לינה: בכפר הנופש "משאבים" במשאבי שדה. מספר מקומות הלינה מוגבל, כל הקודם זוכה.

27/04/2026

ZIWR, BGU, is hiring!
Tenure-Track Position in Environmental Microbiology and Biogeochemistry.

We are looking for exceptional researchers with creative, innovative approaches in water and environmental microbiology to join a dynamic, international research environment.

Location: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Sde Boker | Sylvan Adams Campus, Israel

Join Our Research Team!
Details and Application
https://lnkd.in/d3D4pgPJ

12/03/2026

Call For Applications- extended deadline to April 16th. Apply, share, let everyone be aware! We look forward to hearing from you!!!

18/01/2026

Unlock the secret to a water-secure future! At ZIWR, we're pioneering innovative solutions to recycle and conserve this precious resource for global food and energy needs. Hear from Amit himself:

Prof. Amit Gross shares about a groundbreaking indoor aquaponic system that grows fish and lettuce, recycles most of the water, utilizes the energy contained...

06/01/2026

Open Call - yes! It's a fully funded Postdoc opening!
We invite you to apply, share, and spread the word! Come join us, we research solutions to current issues in various fields. See flyer for details.
Visit the link:
The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert - https://www.bgu.ac.il/en/u/faculties/bidr/
Write to: [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!

30/12/2025

Not all bacteria are bad. Come learn about the good bacteria and how they help not just us and the environment, but also plants. Join us on December 31, 2025, 13:15, Seminar Room, Building 9, as we host Dr. Sheila Roitman from the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

03/12/2025

Prof. Emeritus Yoram Oren.
Another day at the office....

21/09/2025

OPEN CALL - TENURE TRACK - Aquatic Microbiology
Come join the ZWIR staff

https://bgu-academic-recruitment.my.site.com/Recruiters/VF_BGUPositions?Id=02iTc00000FMnvtIAD