Throughout billions of years of evolution, bacteria have constantly competed with one another for space and resources, driving the development of diverse strategies.
As a Schmidt Science Fellow, Erez will investigate interbacterial conflicts in medically relevant environments. Uncovering how bacteria compete with, exploit, and manipulate other bacterial species will shed light on previously unknown biology and reveal novel enzymes, antibacterial toxins, and molecular machines shaped by ongoing microbial conflicts.
Erez aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying these conflicts and reveal powerful molecular tools that can be harnessed for therapeutics, biotechnology, and basic research.
Erez will pivot from Computational Biology to Immunology
(Photo: Ifat Golan, for The Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Foundation)