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- Dear Ldm1954, The team of Prof. Amir Sagi approached a group that offered to write an article about him for a fee and it turned out that they fell victim to fraud and deception, and the result is what appears on this page. I am one of the retirees of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and am also engaged in writing articles on the Hebrew Wikipedia, but I also have some experience in writing and editing on the English Wikipedia. The department of research contracts at our university heard about me in this context, and the fraud that Amir Sagi's team fell into their network, and they asked me if I could help. I had no connection with what has been written so far, and my acquaintance with Prof. Amir Sagi is also very loose. Prof. Amir Sagi's team is in contact with Shaun from Legal Enforcement ( legal_enforcement@wikimedia.org ) to help him track down the fraudsters. May I ask you to bring about a complete deletion of this draft, and I will try to start all over, and in a much more proper way. Thank you so much in advance, Ronavni (talk) 11:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
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Amir Sagi | |
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| Born | 22 May 1956 |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Known for | Crustacean Biology, Sexual differentiation and Growth |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology, Life Sciences |
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Amir Sagi (Hebrew: אמיר שגיא, born May 22, 1956) is a professor of life sciences at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, whose field of expertise is crustacean biology, physiology, endocrinology, and functional genomics. He contributed to the study of sexual differentiation, growth and aquaculture.
Early life and education
editSagi completed his M.Sc., in Oceanography, Marine Biology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem which marked the start of his interest in crustacean reproduction strategies.[1] and during his Ph.D he addressed anatomical and physiological aspects of differentiation in prawn with special attention to the androgenic gland.[2]
Research and career
editHis postdoctoral training in comparative endocrinology was at the University of Connecticut and the Marine Biological laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. under Prof. Hans Laufer. Sagi than moved to Ben Gurion University of the Negev (1992) in which he was promoted to the degree of Full professor of Life sciences (2005), and Distinguished professor (2018 - present).[3]
He has also served, between 2011 - 2013, as president of the International Society for Invertebrate Reproduction and Development (ISIRD),[4] and held various roles within academic and professional committees such as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (2008 - 2011)[5] and as a board member of the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev.[5]
Sagi’s group has discovered the IAG physiological sexual switch,[6] and its associated signaling cascade in decapods with particular emphasis on investigating specific gene expression[7] investigating multigenic functions through multigene function in crustacean reproduction and growth[8] and the establishment of genome editing in prawns using application of CRISPR.[9]
His group established novel monosex biotechnologies in crustacean culture including the first application of temporal RNA interference (RNAi) in the field of aquaculture for all-male culture.[10] Crustacean monosex technologies are widely applied in Vietnam, Thailand, China, Malysia, Israel and further spreading.[11][12] He is a co-founder of the all-female culture biotech company Enzootic Ltd.[13]
Prawns are efficient predators thus might serve as sustainable and responsible biocontrol agents over various invasive and pest species.[14] The Sagi lab development of monosex prawn biotechnologies enables the application of responsible, efficient, and non-invasive biocontrol agents in various parts of the world.[15]
Crustaceans are experts in bio-mineralization, since shedding and hardening their exoskeleton occurs periodically in every molt cycle throughout their life.[16] The studies of the Sagi group focused on the examination of proteins and their corresponding encoding genes in the context of biomineralization, including calcium mobilization, during the molt cycle in crustaceans.[17]
Awards and honor
edit- Vice President and Dean of R&D Award for Breakthrough Research (2022)[18]
- ICA award for leading entrepreneurship in agriculture and biotechnology (2018)[19]
- The Crustacean Society Excellence in Research Award (2016)[20]
- The Landau Prize for Sciences and Arts (2014)[21]
- The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s inaugural Novus Global Aquaculture Innovation Award (2013)[22]
- Lily and Sidney Oelbaum Chair in Applied Biochemistry[5]
References
edit- ^ Ra'anan, Z. and Sagi, A., 1985. Alternative mating strategies in male morphotypes of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man). Biol. Bull., 169:592-601.
- ^ Sagi, A., Cohen, D. and Y. Milner, 1990. Effect of androgenic gland ablation on morphotypic differentiation and sexual characteristics of male freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 77:15-22.
- ^ "Amir Sagi". Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
- ^ "ISIRD History - Past Presidents of the Society". International Society of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.
- ^ a b c "University Develops Gene-Silencing to Develop Prawn Aquaculture". FS - The Fish Site, 6 December 2012. 6 December 2012.
- ^ Levy, and Sagi, 2020. The “IAG-switch” – a key controlling element in decapod crustacean sex differentiation. Frontiers in Endocrinology 11: 651.
- ^ Shechter, A., Aflalo, E. D., Davis, C., and Sagi A. 2005, Expression of the reproductive female specific vitellogenin gene in endocrinologically induced male and intersex crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Biol. Reprod., 73:72–79.
- ^ Shechter A., Tom M., Yudkovski Y., Weil, S., Chang S.A., Chang E.S, Chalifa- Caspi, V., Berman A., and Sagi, A. 2007. Search for hepatopancreatic ecdysteroid-responsive genes during the crayfish molt cycle: from a single gene to multigenicity. J. Exp. Biol., 210:3525-3537
- ^ Molcho et al., 2022. On genome editing in embryos and cells of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture. 558: 738391.
- ^ Ventura, T., Manor, R., Aflalo, E.D., Weil, S., Rosen, O., and Sagi, A. 2012. Timing sexual differentiation: full functional sex reversal achieved in Macrobrachium rosenbergii through silencing of a single insulin-like gene. Biol. Reprod., 86 (3): 90, 1-6.
- ^ Phansawat, P., Keetanon, A., Rairat, T., Pichitkul, P., Poldetch, P., & Chuchird, N., 2022. Benefits of Male Monosex Culture of Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): Improving Growth Performance, Production Yield, and Profitability. Journal of Fisheries and Environment, 46, pp.157-168.
- ^ "Biotechnology to boost Malaysian freshwater prawn seed production". Hatchery Feed Management, July 22, 2022.
- ^ "Enzootic Team". Enzootic - All-female Shrimp Aquaculture, 26.3.2023.
- ^ Savaya-Alkalay, A., Ovadia, O., Barki, A and Sagi, A., 2018. Size-selective predation by all-male prawns - implications for sustainable biocontrol of snail invasions. Biological invasions, 20:137-149.
- ^ Hoover et al., 2019. Modelled effects of prawn aquaculture on poverty alleviation and schistosomiasis control. Nature Sustainability 2: 611-620.
- ^ Abehsera, S., Weill, S., Manor, R. and Sagi, A. 2018. The search for proteins involved in the formation of crustacean cuticular structures. Hydrobiologia. 825(1), 29-45.
- ^ Shaked, S. A., Abehsera, S., Levy, T., Chalifa-Caspi, V. and Sagi, A. 2020. From sporadic single genes to a broader transcriptomic approach: insights into the formation of the biomineralized exoskeleton in decapod crustaceans. Journal of Structural Biology 212(2): 107612.
- ^ The Vice President of the University and Dean for Research and Development, Prof. Raz Yelinek, were awarded to outstanding researchers in recognition of their scientific achievements during the 2021-2022 academic year. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, June 2, 2022 (in Hebrew)
- ^ ICA in Israel (25 November 2018). "(in Hebrew with English subtitles) ICA award to Enzotik and Peronit Compenies". YouTube, 2018.
- ^ "The Crustacean Society bestows its 2016 Excellence in Research Award on Prof. Amir Sagi". Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jan. 22, 2017.
- ^ "Landau Arts and Sciences Prize Winners 2014". Mifal Hapais, November 20, 2014 (in Hebrew).
- ^ "Ben Gurion University Professor Wins Inaugural Aquaculture Innovation Award". Global Seafood Alliance, 25 February 2015. 25 February 2015.