Dr. Nilli Zmora
Associate Professor · Non-Tenure Track
Department of Marine Biotechnology
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
2021-current, Research Associate Professor. University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of Marine Biotechnology. Earned my PhD from the Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel studying Crustacean Endocrinology. Then a PostDoc position in Prof. Zohar lab and a Research Assistant Faculty.Research interests
My research field is reproductive neuroendocrinology of fish. Specifically, I am focused on understanding the process of puberty and ways to manipulate (delay or accelerate) the process. In addition, I am exploring the possiblity of developing a DNA based avaccine against mycobacterium marinu,Teaching interests
I am interested in teaching Endocrinology to undergraduate and graduate students.Education
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Ph D, Crustacean reproductive Endocrinology
— Ben-Gurion University at the Negev (2009) Endocrine regulation of reproduction in the female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus by neuropeptides of the XO- Sinus gland complex
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MS, Fish reproductive Neuroendocrinology
— Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University at the Negev (2001) Development of tools for studying the GnRH system in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and their utilization
- BA, Biochemistry — Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University at the Negev Beer-Sheva, Israel (1983)