Dr. Anat Lerner

Lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration

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About

Dr. Lerner is a Researcher at Ichilov Hospital in the Department of Molecular Epidemiology. Previously, conducted research collaboration on a unique project with the Israel Police Department of Forensics. Has extensive experience in the microbial ecology of ecosystems and bacterial physiology. Publication of articles in important scientific journals in the field.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tel Aviv University (2013)

Ph.D

Bacterial Physiology - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2008)

M.Sc

Microbial Ecology - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003)

B.Sc

Animal Science - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2000)

Teaching Areas

Academic Literacy, Cell Biology

Research interests

Antimicrobial ecology, antibiotic resistance to antibiotics, and infectious disease prevention

Selected Publications

Lerner, A., Adler, A., Abu-Hanna, J., Meitus, I., Navon-Venezia, S., Carmeli, Y. 2013. Methodological and environmental factors affecting the detection of environmental contamination by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Journal of Clinical Microbiology 51:177-181.
Baudoin, E., Lerner, A., Mirza, M. S., El Zemrany, H., Prigent-Combaret, C., Jurkevich, E., Spaepen, S., Vanderleyden, J., Nazaret, S., Okon, Y., Monne-Loccoz, Y. 2010. Effects of Azospirillum brasilense PGPR genetically modified with auxin production gene ipdC on the diversity of the indigenous microbiota of the wheat rhizosphere. Research in Microbiology 161:219-226.
Lerner, A., Castro-Sowinski, S., Lerner, H., Okon, Y., Burdman, S. 2009. Glycogen phosphorylase is involved in stress endurance and biofilm formation in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7. FEMS Microbiology Letters 300:75-82.
Lerner, A., Valverde, A., Castro-Sowinski, S., Lerner, H., Okon, Y., Burdman, S. 2010. Phenotypic variation in Azospirillum brasilense exposed to starvation. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2:577–586.
Lerner, A*., Romano, J*., Navon-Venezia, S., Edgar, R., Carmeli, Y. 2013. Rectal swabs are suitable for quantifying the carriage load of KPC-producer carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea (CRE). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 57:1474-1479.