Yakoby Fly Lab
Nir
Nir Yakoby

yakoby@camden.rutgers.edu

Education

2001 Ph.D., Hebrew University, Israel.
1994 B.Sc., Hebrew University, Israel.

Professional experience

2008- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Rutgers University.
2004-2008- Post-doctoral Associate, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University.
2000-2004- Post-doctoral Fellow, Biotech Center, Rutgers University.

Research interests

Signaling networks and cell fate determination. Unravel mechanisms of cell communication systems. Drosophila oogenesis, pattern formation and morphogenesis. Bone Morphogenetic Protein pathways dynamics and the evolution of morphologies.

Scholarships & Awards
  1. Postdoctoral poster award, Genetics Society of America, 48th Drosophila Annual Meeting, 2007.
  2. Vaadia-BARD Post-doctoral fellowship, number FI-302-2000, 2000.
  3. Outstanding Student Lecture. Israel Phytopathological Society 20th Convention, 1999.
  4. Future Leadership in Orchards. The Fruit Board of Israel and Agricultural Ministry, 1998-2000.
  5. Avigad and his daughter Dovrat. The Association of Trustees and Friends of Agricultural Research at the Volcani Center, 1998.
  6. Yehuda Horin. The Association of Trustees and Friends of Agricultural Research at the Volcani Center, 1996.
  7. Scholarship from The Fruit Board of Israel, 1995.
List of publications
  1. M. G. Niepielko, K. Ip, J. S. Kanodia, D. Lun, and N. Yakoby. The evolution of BMP signaling in Drosophila oogenesis: a receptor-based mechanism. Biophysical Journal. 2012 (Accepted).
  2. J. J. Zartman, L. S. Cheung, M. G. Niepielko, C. Bonini, B. Haley, N. Yakoby, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Pattern formation by a moving morphogen source. 2011. Physical Biology. [In Press].
  3. M.G. Niepielko, Y. Hernáiz-Hernández, and N. Yakoby. BMP signaling dynamics in the follicle cells of multiple Drosophila species. 2011. Developmental Biology. 354:151-159.
  4. J. Lembong, N. Yakoby, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Modeling of epithelial patterning by interacting signaling pathways. 2009. PNAS. 9:3213-3218.
  5. J. J. Zartman, J. S. Kanodia, N. Yakoby, X. Schafer, C. Watson, K. Schlichting, C. Dahmann and S. Y. Shvartsman. Expression patterns of cadherin genes in Drosophila oogenesis. 2009. Gene Expression Patterns. 9(1):31-36
  6. J. J. Zartman, N. Yakoby, C. A. Bristow, X. Zhou, K. Schlichting, K. Dahmann, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Cad74A is regulated by BR and is required for robust dorsal appendage formation in Drosophila oogenesis. 2008. Developmental Biology. 322:289-301.
  7. N. Yakoby, C. A. Bristow, D. Gong, X. Schafer, J. Lembong, J. J. Zartman, M. Halfon, T. Schupbach, and S. Y. Shvartsman. A combinatorial code for pattern formation in Drosophila oogenesis. 2008. Developmental Cell. 15:725-737.
  8. J. Lembong, N. Yakoby, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Spatial regulation of BMP signaling by patterned expression. 2008. Tissue Engineering. 14:1469-1477.
  9. N. Yakoby, J. Lembong, T. Schüpbach, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Drosophila eggshell is patterned by sequential action of feedforward and feedback loops. 2008. Development. 135:343-351.
  10. S. Komarnytsky, N. Borisjuk, N. Yakoby, A. Garvey, and I. Raskin. Co-secretion of proteinase inhibitor stabilizes antibodies produced by plant roots. 2006. Plant Physiology. 141:1185-1193.
  11. N. Yakoby, A. S., Garvey, and I. Raskin. Tobacco ribosomal DNA spacer element enhances BBI expression in tomato plants. 2006. Plant Cell Reports. 25:573-581.
  12. L. A. Goentoro, N. Yakoby, J. Goodhouse, T. Schüpbach, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Fluorescence-based quantitative analysis of GAL4/UAS systems in Drosophila oogenesis. 2006. Genesis. 44:66-74.
  13. N. Yakoby, C. A. Bristow, I. Gouzman, M. P. Rossi, Y. Gogotsi, T. Schüpbach, and S. Y. Shvartsman. Systems-level questions in Drosophila oogenesis. 2005. IEE Systems Biology. 152:169-302.
  14. N. Yakoby, and I. Raskin. A simple method to determine trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitory activity. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 2004. 59:241-251.
  15. D. Prusky, and N. Yakoby. Pathogenic fungi: leading or led by ambient pH? Molecular Plant Pathology. 2003. 6:509-516.
  16. I. Raskin, D.M. Ribnicky, S. Komarnytsky, N. Ilic, A. Poulev, N. Borisjuk, A. Brinker, D. A. Moreno, C. Ripoll, N. Yakoby, J. M O’Neal, T. Cornwell, I. Pastor, and B. Fridlender. Plants and human health in the twenty-first century. Trends in Biotechnology. 2002. 12:522-531.
  17. N. Yakoby, D. Beno-Moualem, I. Kobiler, and D. Prusky. The analysis of fruit protection mechanisms provided by reduced pathogenicity mutants of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides obtained by restriction enzyme mediated integration. Phytopathology. 2002. 92:1196-1201.
  18. N. Yakoby, D. Beno-Moualem, N. T. Keen, A. Dinoor, O. Pines, and D. Prusky. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides pelB is an important virulence factor in avocado fruit fungus interactions. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 2001. 14:988-995.
  19. D. Prusky, D. Eshel, I. Kobiler, N. Yakoby, D. Beno-Moualem, M. Akerman, Y. Zuthi, and R. Ben Arie. Post-harvest chlorine treatments for the control of the persimmon black spot disease caused by Alternaria Alternata. Post-harvest Biology and Technology. 2001. 22:271-277.
  20. N. Yakoby, R. Zhou, I. Kobiler, A. Dinoor, and D. Prusky. Development of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides restriction enzyme mediated integration mutants as biocontrol agents against anthracnose disease in avocado fruit. Phytopathology. 2001. 91:143-148.
  21. N. Yakoby, S. Freeman, A. Dinoor, N. T. Keen, and D. Prusky. Expression of pectate lyase from Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in C. magna promotes pathogenicity. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 2000. 13:887-891.
  22. N. Yakoby, I. Kobiler, A. Dinoor, and D. Prusky. pH regulation of pectate lyase secretion modulates the attack of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on avocado fruits. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2000. 66:1026-1030.
Chapter in Book
  1. D. Prusky, I. Kobiler, A. Dinoor, D. Beno-Moualem, and N. Yakoby. Mechanisms of defense of unripe avocado fruits against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides attack. pp. 232-244. Colletotrichum: Host Specificity, Pathology and Host Pathogen Interaction of Colletotrichum. eds: D. Prusky., S. Freeman, M.B. Dickman. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN. 2000.