"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature’s way"
Aristotle (4th century B.C.)
Just Published
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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. |
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Prudnikov E, Hamad H.A, Polishchuk I, Katsman A, Segal E* and Pokroy B*. Superhydrophobic Fatty Acid-Based Spray Coatings with Dual-mode Antifungal Activity. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2025, DOI:/10.1021/acsabm.5c00596. |
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
Congratulations to Arad Lang, a Ph.D. student from our lab, on receiving the prestigious 2021 Jacobs Award for publishing an Outstanding Paper in the field of Engineering! The Technion prize was awarded for a recent scientific paper of… Continue Reading The 2021 JACOBS AWARD goes to…..Arad Lang!!
Indeed! Our lab, and in particular a PhD student Nuphar Bianco-Stein, has shown for the first time that the structure of Jania alga, the specie of coralline red algae, has helical structure. This helical arrangement of the structure… Continue Reading Helix…Algae…See connection?
We are excited to announce that Dr. Boaz Pokroy has been promoted to Full Professor! Dr. Pokroy received his Ph.D degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Technion in 2006. He is currently an Associate Professor at… Continue Reading Full Professor Promotion!
Have you ever thought about making your routine laboratory experiment in Space? Visit our lab and we will share our experience on this! Our group is a part of collaboration project “SpaceLysis” between the Israeli Space Agency at the… Continue Reading How about science in Space?
Congratulations to all the students from our lab on receiving their Masters Degree! Well done, guys! We wish you much success in the future!
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