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Vice Dean, Resource Development

Prof. Omry Koren

פרופ' מן המניין Professor
Vice Dean, Resource Development
Telephone
072-2644954
Email
korenomry@gmail.com
Bar-Ilan Email
Omry.Koren@biu.ac.il
Fields of Interest

Microbiome

Personal Website
Academic field
Microbiology
Research field
The Microbiome in Health and Disease
Research Center
Bar-Ilan University Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Safed
CV

Omry Koren is a Professor at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine and Vice Dean Resource Development. His principle field of research is the human microbiome. Prof. Koren received his MSc and his PhD in Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology from Tel-Aviv University in Israel. At that time, he was involved with the innovative paper The Coral Probiotic Hypothesis which has now been expanded to The Hologenome Theory of Evolution. His team’s research aims to better understand the interactions between microbiota and the host endocrine system, host behaviour, and host development, in health and in disease states. He has received the prestigious Minerva Award for Research Cooperation and High Excellence in Science, the Alon Fellowship for outstanding young scientists and was also recently awarded an ERC consolidator grant to study the microbiome and social behavior. For the past five years Prof. Koren has also been part of the world’s highly cited researchers (top 0.1%).

Research

 

 

Publications
  1. Pinto Y*, Frishman S*, … Koren O.  First Trimester Gut Microbiome Induces Inflammation-Dependent Gestational Diabetes Phenotype in Mice. (Under revisions in Gut).
  2. Eshel A*, Sharon I*, … Koren O*, and Shouval R*. (2022) Origins of Bloodstream Infections Following Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: A Strain-Level Analysis. Blood Adv. 6 (2): 568–573.
  3. Grinberg M, …Koren O. (2022) Antibiotics Increase Aggression Behavior and Aggression-Related Pheromones and Receptors in Drosophila melanogaster. iScience. 25(6):104371.
  4. Hiltunen H*, Hanani H*, … Koren O*, and Rautava S*. (2021) Preterm Infant Meconium Microbiota Transplant Induces Growth Failure, Inflammatory Activation, and Metabolic Disturbances in Germ-Free Mice. Cell Rep Med. 2(11):100447.
  5. Uzan-Yulzari A*, Turta O*, … Koren O*. (2021) Neonatal Antibiotic Exposure Impairs Child Growth During the First Six Years of Life by Perturbing Intestinal Microbial Colonization. Nat Commun. 26;12(1):1-2.
  6. Kennedy KM. et al. (2021) Over-Celling Fetal Microbial Exposure. Cell. 184(24):5839-41.
  7. Baruch EN, et al. Fecal Microbiota Transplant Promotes Response in Immunotherapy-Refractory Melanoma Patients. (2020) Science. 371(6529):602-9.
  8. Goldberg MR*, Mor H*, … Koren O*. (2020) Microbial Signature in IgE-Mediated Food Allergies. Genome Med. 12(1):1-8.
  9. Binyamin D, … Koren O. (2020) The Aging Mouse Microbiome Has Obesogenic Characteristics. Genome Med. 12;12(1):87. 
  10. Shouval R, … Koren O. (2020) Patterns of Salivary Microbiota Injury and Oral Mucositis in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Blood Adv. 4(13):2912-2917.
  11. van der Giessen J*, Binyamin D*, … Koren O*, and Fuhler GM*. (2019) Modulation of Cytokine Patterns and Microbiome During Pregnancy in IBD. Gut. 69(3):473-486. *These authors contributed equally.
  12. Nuriel-Ohayon M, … Koren O. (2019) Progesterone Increases Bifidobacterium Relative Abundance during Late Pregnancy. Cell Rep. 27(3):730-736.e3.
  13. Neuman H, … Koren O. (2019) Helminth-Based Product and the Microbiome of Mice with Lupus. mSystems. 4(1).
  14. Neuman H, … Koren O*. Antibiotics in Early Life: Dysbiosis and the Damage Done. (2018) FEMS Microbiol Rev. 42(4): 489-499. *These authors contributed equally.
  15. Nunberg M*, Werbner N*, … Koren O. (2018) IL-1α Deficient Mice Have an Altered Gut Microbiota Leading to Protection from DSS-Induced Colitis. mSystems. 3:e00213-17. *These authors contributed equally. Editor’s Choice and Cover Image.
  16. Neuman H,  … Koren O. (2015) Microbial Endocrinology: The Interplay Between Microbiota and the Endocrine System. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 39(4): 509-521.
  17. Koren O, … Ley RE. (2012) Host Remodeling of the Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Changes During Pregnancy. Cell. 150(3), 470-480.

Last Updated Date : 23/07/2023