Vadim Khasdan (Ph.D.)
Manager of Genetic Laboratory
Ben-Gurion University
Dept. of Life Sciences
POB 653
Be’er Sheva 84105, Israel
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Research Interests

  Population genetic.  Biodiversity.   Genome analysis.

Curriculum Vitae

  Date of Birth: October 26, 1963
Place of Birth: Belarus
Nationality: Israeli
Marital status:  Married + 2 children
Military Service: 1983-1985 (Soviet Union)

 

1986-1991: B.Sc. & M.Sc., Department of Life Sciences, Gomel State University, Gomel, Belarus.                                                                                                                                    Thesis: Swallowtails of Belarus and their investigation by the example of Parnassius mnemosyne (L.).                                                                                                          Supervisor:  Prof. Grigory G. Goncharenko.
1998-2002: Ph.D., Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.                                                                                                                            Thesis: Cloning combinations of four genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and tmf for expression in various bacteria to enhance mosquito biocontrol. [pdf]                                                                                                                               Supervisors: Prof. A. Zaritsky, Prof. S. Boussiba and Prof. D. Borovsky.
2002- 2006:  Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Entomology, ARO, Gilat Research Center, M.P. Negev, Israel
2006-present Manager of Genetic Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.   

Awards Received

2001 Third place in the Poster presentations. Toxicity and synergism in recombinant Escherichia coli expressing Cry and Cyt from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. 34th Annual Meeting of Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. Vol. 34(3).
2003 Second place in the Poster presentations. Identification of different biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in Israel by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR). 20th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Israel, Bet Dagan, Israel.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

 1.  Berlinger M.J., Lebiush-Mordechi S., Frija D., Khasdan V., Siti E. and Rodman R. (1997) Western Flower Thrips Phenology in Israel. Symposium on the "Integrated Control in Protected Crops "Mediterranean Climate". IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 20(4):153-155.

 

 2.   Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S., & Zaritsky, A. (2001). Mosquito larvicidal Escherichia coli expresing three synergistic toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Annu. Meet. Isr. Soc. Microbiol., ISM News No’ 33, p. 40.

 

 3.   Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S., & Zaritsky, A. (2001). Toxicity and synergism in recombinant Escherichia coli expresing Cry and Cyt from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. 34th Annu. Meet. Soc. Invertebr. Pathol. (Abstract, p. 43), August 25-30, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

  

 4.   Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S., & Zaritsky, A. (2003). Mosquito larvicidity 
      and synergism in transgenic Anabaena expressing four genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. 
       israelensis. 36th Annu. Meet. Soc. Invertebr. Pathol. (Abstract B-8, p 85), July 26-30, 
       Burlington, USA.
  
 5.   Wirth, M., Walton, W. E., Manasherob, R., Khasdan, V.,  Ben-Dov, E., Boussiba, S., & Zaritsky. (2003). 
       Larvicidal activities of transgenic Escherichia coli against susceptible and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp.
       israelensis-resistant strains of Culex quinquefasciatus. IOBC/WPRS study group - Ecological 
        Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms. (Abstract, p. 52), November 26-29, Prague, Czech Republic.

 6.   Khasdan V., Kontsedalov S. and Horowitz A.R. (2003) Identification of different biotypes of Bemisia tabaci in Israel by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR). 20th Annu. Meet. Entom. Soc. Isr., Bet Dagan, Israel.

7.   Khasdan V., Ben-Dov E., Manasherob R., Boussiba S. and Zaritsky A. (2003) Mosquito larvicidity and synergism in transgenic Anabaena expressing four genes from B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. 36th Annu. Meet. of Soc. Invertebr. Pathol. (Abstract, p. 55), Burlington , Vermont .

8.   Horowitz A.R., Kontsedalov S., Khasdan V. and Ishaaya I. (2003) The biotypes of Bemisia tabaci in Israel: distribution and implications for pest management. Phytoparasitica 31(3):309-310.

 

9.   Itsko M., Manasherob R., Ben-Dov E., Baranes N., Khasdan V. and Zaritsky A. (2003) Toxicity against  larvae of Aedes aegypti and synergism with Cry toxins by 3 different Cyt proteins from  B.     thuringiensis. 36th Annu. Meet. of Soc. Invertebr. Pathol. (Abstract, p. 47), Burlington , Vermont.

 

 10.   Horowitz A.R., Devine E., Kontsedalov S., Khasdan V., Gorman K., Cenis J., Denholm I. and   Ishaaya I. (2004) Distribution of Bemisia tabaci biotypes in the Mediterranean region and their relation  to insecticide resistance. Plant protection towards the 21st century, Proceedings of the 15th IPPC. (Abstract, p. 517), Beijing, China.  

11.  Menin M., Khasdan V., Ben-Dov E., Manasherob R., Boussiba S., Horowitz R. and Zaritsky A. (2004) Larvicidal activity of transgenic Escherichia coli expressing toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to susceptible Lepidoptera. 37th Annu. Meet. of .Soc. Invertebr. Pathol, 7th International Conference on Bacillus thuringiensis. (Abstract, p. 5), Helsinki, Finland.

 

12.  Khasdan V., Levin I., Rosner A., Kontsedalov S., Morin S. and Horowitz A.R. (2004) Development and use of DNA markers to distinguish between B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci in Israel. 2nd European Whitefly Symposium. (Abstract, p. 55), Cavtat, Croatia.

 

13.  Horowitz A.R., Kontsedalov S., Khasdan V. and Ishaaya I. (2004) Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci – does Man affect their balance? 2nd European Whitefly Symposium. (Abstract, p. 11), Cavtat, Croatia.

 

14.  Kleitman S., Khasdan V., Rippa M. and Horowitz A.R. (2005) The effect of insecticides on the predatory bug Cytropeltis tenius – a potential natural enemy to the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and other pests in greenhouses. 21st Annu. Meet. Entom. Soc. Isr., Bet Dagan, Israel.


 15.  Ben-Dov, E., Wirth, M., Sela, N., Menin, M., Manasherob, R., Khasdan, V., Horowitz, R., Walton, 
        W., Boussiba, S. & Zaritsky, A. (2005). Transgenic bacteria to raise efficacies of Bacillus thuringiensis. 
       Bacterial Toxins for Insect Control, COST 862 Workshop (program of abstracts) September 15-17, 
       Nitra, Slovakia.
 

16.  Khasdan V., Levin I. , Rosner A., Morin S., Konsedalov S., Rippa M., Kleitman S., Mory R., Bhatt H. and Horowitz A.R. (2005) Using DNA markers to identify biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci in population dynamics studies in Israel. 21st Annu. Meet. Entom. Soc. Isr., Bet Dagan, Israel.

 

18.  Horowitz A.R., Kontsedalov S., Khasdan V., Kleitman S., Rippa M., Breslow H. and Ishaaya I. (2005) Biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci and their relevance to insecticide resistance. 21st Annu. Meet. Entom. Soc. Isr., Bet Dagan, Israel.

 

19.  Rippa M., Khasdan V., Bhatt H., Kleitman S., Mory R. and Horowitz A.R. (2005) Effect of refuges to Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella damage on transgenic cotton under greenhouse condition. 21st Annu. Meet. Entom. Soc. Isr., Bet Dagan, Israel.

 

20.  Menin M., Khasdan V., Ben-Dov E., Manasherob R., Davidovich M., Boussiba S., Horowitz A.R. and Zaritsky A. (2005) Larvicidal activity of transgenic Escherichia coli expressing combinations of toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to susceptible Lepidoptera. 21st Annu. Meet. Entom. Soc. Isr., Bet Dagan, Israel.

 

21.    Khasdan, V., Menin, M., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S., Horowitz, R. and Zaritsky, A. (2006). Lepidopteran larvicidity of transgenic Escherichia coli expressing combinations of four genes from Bacillus thuringiensis. Annu. Meet. Isr. Soc. Microbiol. (Abstract, p 93), February 21-22, Be'er-Sheva,  Israel.  

 22. Khasdan, V., Breslauer, H., Kontsedalov S., Morin, S., Rippa, M. and Horowitz, R. (2006). DNA   markers for identifying Bemisia tabaci B and Q biotypes originated from various locations in Israel. 

       5th National Integr. Pest Management Symp. (Abstract, p. 93), April 4-6, St. Louis, USA .  

 23. Horowitz, R., Kontsedalov S., Khasdan, V., Breslauer, H. and Ishaaya I. (2006). The biotypes   B and Q of Bemisia tabaci in Israel – distribution, resistance to insecticides and implications for pest management. 4th International Bemisia Workshop and International Whitefly Genomics Workshop (Abstract, p. 6), December 3-8, Duck Key, Florida, USA.

Links

 Online poster presented in http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposiumv/posters/036.pdf

Publications  

1.   Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S. and Zaritsky, A. (2001) Toxicity and synergism in transgenic Escherichia coli expressing four genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Environmental Microbiology 3: 798-806.

 

2.    Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S. and Zaritsky, A. (2003) Mosquito larvicidal activity of transgenic Anabaena PCC7120 expressing toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. FEMS Microbiology Letters 227:189-195.

 

3.    Horowitz, A.R., Kontsedalov, S., Khasdan, V. and Ishaaya, I. (2005) Biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci and their relevance to neonicotinoid and pyriproxyfen resistance. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 58:216-225.

 

4.    Khasdan, V., Levin, I. , Rosner, A., Morin, S., Kontsedalov, S., Maslenin, L. and Horowitz, A.R. (2005) DNA  markers for identifying biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci and studying populations dynamics. Bulletin of Entomological Research 95: 605-613.

 

5.    Ishaaya, I. , Khasdan, V., and Horowitz, A.R. (2006). Effect of Zohar LQ- 215, a biorational surfactant, on the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (biotype B). Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences 71: 295-303.

 

6.    Wirth, M.C., Zaritsky, A., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Khasdan, V., Boussiba, S., and Walton, W.E. (2007). Cross-resistance spectra of Culex quinquefasciatus resistant to mosquitocidal toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis towards recombinant Escherichia coli expressing genes from B. thuringiensis. subsp. israelensis. Environmental Microbiology 9: 1393-1401.

 

7.    Khasdan, V., Sapojnik, M., Zaritsky, A., Horowitz, A.R., Boussiba, S., Rippa, M., Manasherob, R., and Ben-Dov, E. (2007). Larvicidal activities against agricultural pests of transgenic Escherichia coli expressing combinations of four genes from Bacillus thuringiensis. Archives of Microbiology (in press).