Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have “genetically bar-coded” 80% of the 540 species of fish living on Eilat’s coral reef. They can match pictures of the larvae to their DNA sequence. This information will help monitor the health of the … Continue reading →

Technion Professor Uri Shavit and his team are conducting research that will contribute to helping secure the world’s coral reefs. Using a Particle Image Velocimeter (PIV) laboratory, they measure flows in Eilat – one of the few places in the … Continue reading →

(Thanks to ajewishisrael.com) Tel Aviv University’s Eugene Rosenberg has used a natural therapeutic virus BA3 to protect Eilat’s corals from “white plague” bacteria. Professor Rosenberg discovered that some corals had immunity from Vibrio coralliilyticus because they already contained BA3. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/bleaching-threatens-coral-phage-therapy-could-prevent-ghost-coral

Israeli organizations presenting at last month’s International Conference on Food from the Sea and the Desert in Eilat (see here previously) included Colors Farm (bio-friendly aquaponics); algaenite (nitrogen-fixing microalgae); Brevel (protein-rich microalgae); V-Corals (reefs) and Aquacultech (network). https://www.agrisrael-sea-desert.org/ https://www.colors-farm.com/ https://www.algaenite.com/ … Continue reading →

Here are some virtual opportunities to watch webinars about what Israel’s Ben Gurion University scientists have been doing to save Eilat’s coral reef, and to combat cancer. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_INmHoirYTXqkPGalKY0ObA https://aabgu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BtyIu9q5QzqKCpyZaVBOtw