Contact:
French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
BGU, Sede-Boqer 84990, Israel
Telephone: +972-8-6563478
Fax: +972-8-65966742
E-mail: khozin@bgu.ac.il

Research interests:

 Biosynthesis and production of PUFA by microalgae.
Genes encoding for enzymes of PUFA and lipid biosynthesis in microalgae:  isolation and functional characterization. 
Dietary supplementation of microalgae to induce stress and disease-resistance in aquaculture

Education:

B.Sc./M.Sc. 1975-1981    D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia 

                                      Department of Biotechnology, Moscow, Russia

Ph.D.           1981-1986   Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Departments of Plant
                                      Physiology and Microbiology, Russia

Scientific Publications (since 2004):

Refereed articles in scientific journals

• B. Aricha, Z. Cohen, I. Khozin-Goldberg, I. Fishov, R. Dagan and N. Porat (2004) Differences in membrane fluidity between phenotypic variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Bacteriol. 186: 4638-44.
• M. Zhekisheva, A. Zarka, I. Khozin-Goldberg, Z. Cohen and S. Boussiba. (2005) Inhibition of astaxanthin synthesis under high irradiance does not abolish triacylglycerols accumulation in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis (chlorophyceae). J. Phycol. 41: 819-826.
• I. Khozin-Goldberg, P. Shrestha and Z. Cohen (2005) Mobilization of arachidonyl moieties from triacylglycerols into chloroplastic lipids following recovery from nitrogen starvation of the microalga Parietochloris incisa. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1739: 63-71.
• I. Khozin-Goldberg, Z. Cohen, M. Pimenta-Leibowitz, J. Nechev, and D. Zilberg. (2006) Feeding with arachidonic acid-rich triacylglycerols from the microalga Parietochoris incisa increased recovery of guppies from infection with Tetrahymena sp. Aquaculture 255: 142-150.
• I. Khozin-Goldberg and Z. Cohen (2006) Effect of phosphate starvation on lipid and fatty acid composition of Monodus subterraneus. Phytochemistry 67: 696-701.
• S. Pesakhov, R. Benisty, N. Sikron, Z. Cohen, P. Gomelsky, I. Khozin-Goldberg , R. Dagan, N. Porat (2007). Effect of hydrogen peroxide production and the Fenton reaction on membrane composition of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1768: 590-597.  
• M. Merzlyak, O. Chivkunova, I. Reshetnikova, A. Solovchenko, I. Khozin-Goldberg, Z. Cohen (2007) Effect of nitrogen starvation on optical properties, pigments, and arachidonic acid content of the unicellular green alga Parietochloris incisa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). J. Phycology 43: 833-843.  
• A. Solovchenko, I. Khozin-Goldberg, M.N. Merzlyak, and Z. Cohen (2008) Effects of light intensity and nitrogen starvation on growth, total fatty acids and arachidonic acid in the green microalga Parietochloris incisa. Effect of light irradiance and cell density. J. Appl. Phycol. 20: 245-251. DOI 10.1007/s10811-007-9233-0.
• E. Zeiman, C. L.Greenblatt, S. Elgavish, I. Khozin-Goldberg, J. Golenser (2008) Mode of action of fenarimol against Leishmania spp. J. Parasitology  94: 280-286.
• A. Solovchenko, I. Khozin-Goldberg, S. Didi-Cohen, Z. Cohen, and M.N. Merzlyak (2008) Effects of light and nitrogen starvation on the content and composition of carotenoids of the green microalga Parietochloris incisa. Russian J. Plant Physiol. 55: 507–515. DOI: 10.1134/S1021443708040043.
• A. Solovchenko, I. Khozin-Goldberg, Z. Cohen and M.N. Merzlyak (2009) Carotenoid-to-chlorophyll ratio as a proxy for assay of total fatty acids and arachidonic acid content in the green microalga Parietochloris incisa. J Appl Phycol 21:361–366.
• U. Iskandarov, I. Khozin-Goldberg, R. Ofir,  Z. Cohen (2009) Cloning and characterization of the ∆6 polyunsaturated fatty acid elongase from the green microalga Parietochloris incisa. Lipids 44:545–554
•  M. D. McCue, O. Amitai, I. Khozin-Goldberg, S. R. McWilliams, B. Pinshow (2009) Effect of dietary fatty acid composition on fatty acid profiles of polar and neutral lipid tissue fractions in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata. (2009)  Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A 154:  165–172
• A. Dagar, D. Zilberg, Z. Cohen, S. Boussiba, I. Khozin-Goldberg (2009) Short-term dietary supplementation with the microalga Parietochloris incisa induces stress resistance in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Aquaculture research (in press) doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02329.x

• Iskandarov U, Khozin-Goldberg I, Cohen Z. (2010 ) Identification and Characterization of D12, D6, and D5 Desaturases from the Green Microalga Parietochloris incise. Lipids 45: 519-530.

• Solovchenko A, Khozin-Goldberg I, Cohen Z, Boussiba S, Merzlyak M. (2010) Coordinated carotenoid and lipid syntheses induced in Parietochloris incise (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae) mutant deficient in ?5 desaturase by nitrogen starvation and high light. J. Phycol. 46: 763-772.

• Dagar A, Zilberg D, Cohen Z, Boussiba S, Khozin-Goldberg I. (2010) Short-term dietary supplementation with the microalga Parietochloris incise induces stress resistance in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Aquaculture Research, 2010, 41:267-277.

• Khozin-Goldberg I and Boussiba S.(2011) Concerns over the reporting of inconsistent data on fatty acid composition for microalgae of the genus Nannochloropsis (Eustigmatophyceae)J Appl Phycol Online First DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9659-2

• Pal D, Khozin-Goldberg I, Cohen Z, Boussiba S. (2011) The effect of light, salinity and nitrogen availability on lipid production by Nannochloropsis sp. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 90: 1429–1441

• Ventura Y, Wuddineh WA, Myrzabayeva M, Khozin-Goldberg I, Shpigel M, Samocha TM, Sagi M. (2011) The effect of seawater level on the productivity and nutritional value of annual and perennial Salicornia as leafy vegetable halophytes. Scientia Horticulturae 128: 189-196

• Iskandarov U, Khozin-Goldberg I, Cohen Z. (2011) LC-PUFA-rich photosynthetic microalgae: occurrence, biosynthesis and biotechnological perspectives. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3441-x Online First

• Solovchenko A, Khozin-Goldberg I, Reicht L, Boussiba S. (2011) Stress-induced changes in optical properties, pigment and fatty acid content of Nannochloropsis sp.: implications for non-destructive assay of total fatty acids. Mar. Biotechnol. 13:527-535.

• Khozin-Goldberg I, Cohen Z.(2011) Unravelling algal lipid metabolism: recent advances in gene identification. BIOCHIMIE 93: 91-100

• Peled E, Leu S, Zarka A, Weiss M, Pick U, Khozin-Goldberg I, Boussiba S. (2011) Isolation of a novel Oil globule protein from the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae). Lipids 10.1007/s11745-011-3579-4

Chapters in books

Z. Cohen and I. Khozin-Goldberg (2005) Searching for PUFA-rich microalgae. In: Z. Cohen and C. Ratledge (eds.) Single Cell Oils, American Oil Chemists’ Society, Champaign IL , pp. 53-72.

Z. Cohen and I. Khozin-Goldberg (2009) Searching for PUFA-rich microalgae. In: Z. Cohen and C. Ratledge (eds.) Single Cell Oils, 2^-nd edition, American Oil Chemists’ Society, Champaign IL , in press.