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Zvi Cohen

Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, 1978; Professor
Developing tools for fatty acid studies; Biosynthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); Production of arachidonic acid (AA) in algae.
Phone: 972-8-659-6801 | Fax: 972-8-659-6801
E-mail: cohen@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Publications

  • Zou, N., Zhang, C., Cohen, Z. and Richmond, A. 2000. Production of cell mass and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in ultrahigh cell density cultures of Nannochloropsis sp. (Eustigmatophyceae). Europ. J. Phycol. 35, 127-33.


  • Khozin-Goldberg, I., Hu Z. Y., Adlerstein, D., Didi, S., Cohen, S., Heimer, Y. M. and Cohen, Z. 2000. Triacylglycerols of the red microalga Porphyridium cruentum participate in the biosynthesis of eukaryotic galactolipids. Lipids 5, 881-9.


  • Cohen, Z., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Adlrestein, D. and Bigogno, C. 2000. The role of triacylglycerols as a reservoir of polyunsaturated fatty acids for the rapid production of chloroplastic lipids in certain microalgae. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 28, 740-3.


  • Cheng-Wu, Z., Cohen, Z., Khozin-Goldberg, I. and Richmond, A. 2002. Characterization of growth and arachidonic acid production of Parietochloris incisa comb. nov (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). J. Appl. Phycol. 14, 453-60.


  • Zhekisheva, M., Boussiba, S., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Zarka, A. and Cohen, Z. 2002. Accumulation of oleic acid in Haematococcus pluvialis (chlorophyceae) under nitrogen starvation or high light is correlated with that of astaxanthin esters. J. Phycol. 38, 325-31.


  • Bigogno, C., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Adlerstein, D. and Cohen, Z. 2002. Biosynthesis of arachidonic acid in the oleaginous microalga Parietochloris incisa (Chlorophyceae): Radiolabeling studies. Lipids 37, 209-16.


  • Bigogno, C., Khozin-Goldberg, I. and Cohen, Z. 2002. Accumulation of arachidonic acid and triacylglycerols in the microalga Parietochloris incisa (Chlorophyceae). Phytochemistry 60, 135-43.


  • Bigogno, C., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Boussiba, S., Vonshak, A. and. Cohen, Z. 2002. Lipid and fatty acid composition of the green alga Parietochloris incisa. Phytochemistry 60, 497-503.


  • Khozin-Goldberg, I., Didi-Cohen, S., and Cohen, Z. 2002. Biosynthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in the fresh water eustigmatophyte Monodus subterraneus. J. Phycol. 38, 745-56.


  • Liu, J.G., Cohen, Z., and Richmond, A. 2002. Fatty acid profile in a high cell density culture of arachidonic acid-rich Parietochloris incisa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) exposed to high PFD. Chi. J. Oceanol. Limnol. 20, 149-56.


  • Khozin-Goldberg, I., Bigogno, C. and Cohen, Z. 2002. Nitrogen starvation induced accumulation of arachidonic acid in the freshwater green alga Parietochloris incisa. J. Phycol. 38, 991-4.


  • Rozner, S., Eichler, J., Kolusheva, S., Cohen, Z., Dowhan, W. and Jelinek, R. 2003. Detection and analysis of membrane interactions by a biomimetic colorimetric lipid/polydiacetylene assay. Anal. Biochem. 319, 96-104.


  • Ivanova, A., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Kamenarska, Z., Nechev, J., Cohen, Z., Popov, S. and Stefanov, K. 2003. Lipophylic compounds from Euphorbia peplis L. - a halophytic plant from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Z. Naturforsch. 58c: 783-8.


  • Aricha, B., Cohen, Z., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Fishov, I., Dagan, R. and Porat, N. 2004. Differences in membrane fluidity between phenotypic variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Bacteriol. 186, 4638-44.


  • Ratledge, C., Streekstra, H., Cohen, Z. and Fichtali, J. 2004. Processing aspects of single cell oils. In: Dunford N.T. and Dunford, H.B. (eds.). Nutritionally enhanced edible oil processing', American Oil Chemists’ Society, Champaign IL , pp. 279-98.


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


  • Ratledge, C., Streekstra, H., Cohen, Z. and Fichtali, J. 2005. Down-stream processing, extraction and purification of single cell oils. In: Cohen, Z. and Ratledge, C. (eds.) Single Cell Oils, American Oil Chemists’ Society, Champaign IL pp. 202-19.