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Yair Motro

computational biologist

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
2005 - 2008

BSc in Computer Science

Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
2000 - 2004

BSc in Biotechnology

Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
2000 - 2004

Languages

  • English (Native)
  • Hebrew (Native)

Interests

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Career Profile

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Experiences

Bioinformatics lead

2016 - Present
MAGICAL, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, BeerSheva, Israel

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Post doctoral fellow

2014 - 2016
Theoretical chemistry, Prof. Yifat Miller's lab, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, BeerSheva, Israel

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Publications

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  • Genomic Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence, and Phylogeny of the Genus Ochrobactrum
    • Yagel Y, Sestito S, Motro Y, Shnaiderman-Torban A, Khalfin B, Sagi O, Navon-Venezia S, Steinman A, Moran-Gilad J.
    Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Apr 13;9(4):E177.
  • Cyber security threats in the microbial genomics era: implications for public health
    • Fayans I, Motro Y, Rokach L, Oren Y, Moran-Gilad J.
    Euro Surveill. 2020 Feb;25(6):1900574.
  • Discordant bioinformatic predictions of antimicrobial resistance from whole-genome sequencing data of bacterial isolates: an inter-laboratory study
    • Doyle RM, O'Sullivan DM, Aller SD, Bruchmann S, Clark T, Coello Pelegrin A, Cormican M, Diez Benavente E, Ellington MJ, McGrath E, Motro Y, Phuong Thuy Nguyen T, Phelan J, Shaw LP, Stabler RA, van Belkum A, van Dorp L, Woodford N, Moran-Gilad J, Huggett JF, Harris KA.
    Microb Genom. 2020 Feb;6(2):e000335.
  • ESCMID postgraduate education course: regional capacity building for integration of next-generation sequencing in the clinical microlab
    • Motro Y, Carriço JA, Friedrich AW, Rossen JWA, Moran-Gilad J.
    Microbes Infect. 2018 May;20(5):275-280.
  • Next-generation sequencing applications in clinical bacteriology
    • Motro Y, Moran-Gilad J.
    Biomol Detect Quantif. 2017 Oct 23;14:1-6.
  • Emergence of native peptide sequences in prebiotic replication networks
    • Nanda J, Rubinov B, Ivnitski D, Mukherjee R, Shtelman E, Motro Y, Miller Y, Wagner N, Cohen-Luria R, Ashkenasy G.
    Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 5;8(1):434.
  • Reaction Mechanism for Direct Proton Transfer from Carbonic Acid to a Strong Base in Aqueous Solution II: Solvent Coordinate-Dependent Reaction Path
    • Daschakraborty S, Kiefer PM, Miller Y, Motro Y, Pines D, Pines E, Hynes JT.
    J Phys Chem B. 2016 Mar 10;120(9):2281-90.
  • Reaction Mechanism for Direct Proton Transfer from Carbonic Acid to a Strong Base in Aqueous Solution I: Acid and Base Coordinate and Charge Dynamics
    • Daschakraborty S, Kiefer PM, Miller Y, Motro Y, Pines D, Pines E, Hynes JT.
    J Phys Chem B. 2016 Mar 10;120(9):2271-80.
  • Carotenoid derivatives inhibit nuclear factor kappa B activity in bone and cancer cells by targeting key thiol groups
    • Linnewiel-Hermoni K, Motro Y, Miller Y, Levy J, Sharoni Y.
    Free Radic Biol Med. 2014 Oct;75:105-20.
  • Identification of genes associated with prophage-like gene transfer agents in the pathogenic intestinal spirochaetes Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Brachyspira pilosicoli and Brachyspira intermedia
    • Motro Y, La T, Bellgard MI, Dunn DS, Phillips ND, Hampson DJ.
    Vet Microbiol. 2009 Mar 2;134(3-4):340-5.
  • Genome sequence of the pathogenic intestinal spirochete brachyspira hyodysenteriae reveals adaptations to its lifestyle in the porcine large intestine
    • Bellgard MI, Wanchanthuek P, La T, Ryan K, Moolhuijzen P, Albertyn Z, Shaban B, Motro Y, Dunn DS, Schibeci D, Hunter A, Barrero R, Phillips ND, Hampson DJ.
    PLoS One. 2009;4(3):e4641.
  • Ten years of bacterial genome sequencing: comparative-genomics-based discoveries
    • Binnewies TT, Motro Y, Hallin PF, Lund O, Dunn D, La T, Hampson DJ, Bellgard M, Wassenaar TM, Ussery DW.
    Funct Integr Genomics. 2006 Jul;6(3):165-85.

    Skills & Proficiency

    Python & Django

    Javascript & jQuery

    Angular

    HTML5 & CSS

    Ruby on Rails

    Sketch & Photoshop