"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature’s way"
Aristotle (4th century B.C.)
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Shmueli Z, Polishchuk I, Katsman A, Pokroy B*. Controlling Cristobalite Formation in Fused Silica via Particle Size and Treatment Atmosphere Adjustment during Ceramic Processing. Ceram Int, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.08.124. |
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Amini S , Zaslansky P, Pokroy B, and Fratzl P. Elastic Energy Storage in Biological Materials: Internal Stresses and Their Functionality. Adv Mater, 2025, DOI:10.1002/adma.202508442. |
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Li S, Liu X, Zheng Z, Oshima K, Zhu L, Kato Y, Negishi L, Kurumizaka H, Okumura T, Nagata K, Pokroy B, and Michio Suzuki. The Gln-rich protein twip1 promotes high-density {110} twins formation in the shell of the limpet Cellana rota. PNAS, 2025, DOI:10.1073/pnas.250333612. |
Current EU Projects
SafeWax is an EU-funded project, which joins an international research network with 5 organizations from 3 different EU countries, coordinated by the Technion. Prof. Boaz Pokroy, a principal investigator and a project manager, will spearhead the development of the SafeWax technology. SafeWax will develop bio-derived non-toxic fatty acid-based formulations to create a protective multifunctional coating for plants with anti-adhesive, self-cleaning and antifungal properties. SafeWax technology will be demonstrated on grapevines and will pave the way to protect other commodity crops. Follow the project's progress on Twitter and via LinkedIn.
PataFEST project aims to provide a powerful European initiative, focusing on sustainable Integrated Pest Management strategies to treat and control the presence of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum pest and its vector in plant, and address the incidence of soil-borne pathogens during potato postharvest storage. Technion, and our Lab, in particular, is a leader of the WP3 related to the development of sustainable solutions to prevent pest spread in potato plants. Follow the project here.
News
A proud moment from the Spring 2025 Final-Year Project Poster Session! Best Poster Award and 2nd Place Prize awarded to undergraduate project students from our lab! Huge congratulations to young researchers Ariel Lizmi and Lana Furman, mentored by… Continue Reading Future is bright!
Four posters and two talks! Our students presented their research on bio-inspired functional materials. A special moment was the talk by Dr. Arad Lang, our former PhD student and now a postdoc at Cambridge Uni, who shared his… Continue Reading IMEC20 Recap
Yasmin Soltsman, our first graduate from the prestigious “Gvishim” Master’s program, delivered an exceptional seminar. A year of hard work and dedication pays off—congratulations, Yasmin!
Congratulations, Dr. Hadar Shaked, on the successful doctoral seminar that you presented to the faculty! We look forward to your continued success!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukka, and Happy New Year! Here’s to another year of scientific exploration and innovation together! Wishing you all a joyous holiday season and a bright start to 2025 from all of us at @pokroy_lab!
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