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Education:

1988 Postdoctorate Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University
1983-1987 Doctorate in General Microbiology University of Amsterdam
1980 MSc degree in Aquatic Microbial Ecology University of Amsterdam
1977 BSc degree in Biology University of Amsterdam
 

Professional appointments:

2007 - Adjunct Scientist Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole
2004 - Full Professor Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2000 - 2004 Associate Professor Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1993 - 2000 Senior Lecturer Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1991 - 1993 Senior Research Associate Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1989 - 1991 Research Associate Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1988 - 1989 Lecturer Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam
1986 - 1987 Senior Research Assistant Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam
1980 - 1986 Research Assistant Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam
1978 - 1980 Teaching Assistant, Instructor Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam
 

Professional memberships:

American Society for Limnology and Oceanography
American Phycological Society
American Society for Microbiology
Israeli Society of Microbiology
 

Other activities:

1996 - Member "Moshe Shilo" Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, Minerva Research Centers, Munich, Germany
1999 - Member Board of Directors, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Eilat
2000 - Member of Advisory Board, International Review of Hydrobiology
2000 - Chair 2nd workshop on Molecular Ecology of Prochlorococcus, Eilat
2000 - 2003 Chair Marine Sciences Program, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Eilat
2002 - Member "Avron Ben Ari" Center for Photosynthesis, Minerva Research Centers, Munich, Germany
2003 - Editorial Board "Photosynthetica", Intl. Journal for Photosynthesis Research
2005 - Chair, Plant and Environmental Sciences Program, Hebrew University
2006 - Director "Moshe Shilo" Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, Minerva Research Centers, Munich, Germany
 

Publications:

Roos P.J., Post A.F. and Revier J.M. (1981). Dynamics and architecture of reed periphyton. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 21, 948-953.

Zevenboom W., Post A.F., Van Hes U.M. and Mur L.R. (1983). A new incubator for measuring photosynthetic activity of phototrophic organisms using the amperometric oxygen technique. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28, 787-791.

Zevenboom W. and Post A.F. (1983). Effects of growth conditions on photosynthesis. in: The measurement of primary production: problems and recommendations (Colijn F., Gieskes W.W.C. and Zevenboom W., eds.). Hydrobiol. Bull. 17,29-51.

Post A.F., Dubinsky Z., Wyman K. and Falkowski P.G. (1984). Kinetics of light intensity adaptation in a marine planktonic diatom. Mar. Biol. 83, 231-238.

Post A.F., Dubinsky Z., Wyman K. and Falkowski P.G. (1985). Physiological responses of a marine planktonic diatom to transitions in growth irradiance. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 25, 141-149.

Post A.F., De Wit R. and Mur L.R. (1985). Interactions between temperature and light intensity on the growth and photosynthesis of Oscillatoria agardhii. J. Plankton Res. 7, 487-495.

Post A.F., Loogman J.G. and Mur L.R. (1985). Regulation of growth and photosynthesis by Oscillatoria agardhii grown with a light/dark cycle. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 31, 97-102.

Post A.F., Eygenraam F. and Mur L.R. (1985). Influence of light period length on photosynthesis and synchronous growth of Scenedesmus protuberans. British Phycol. J. 20, 391-397.

Post A.F., Loogman J.G. and Mur L.R. (1986). Photosynthesis, carbon flows and growth of Oscillatoria agardhii in environments with a periodic supply of light energy. J. Gen. Microbiol. 132, 2129-2136.

Post A.F., Veen A. and Mur L.R. (1986). Regulation of cyanobacterial photosynthesis determined from variable fluorescence yields of photosystem II. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 35, 129-135.

Post A.F. (1986). Transient state characteristics of adaptation to changes in light conditions for the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. I. Pigmentation and photosynthesis. Arch. Microbiol. 145, 353-357.

Post A.F. (1986). Transient state characteristics of adaptation to changes in light conditions for the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. II. Dynamics in cellular contents and growth rates. Arch. Microbiol. 149, 19-23.

Dubinsky Z., Falkowski P.G., Post A.F. and Van Hes U.M. (1987). A system for measuring phytoplankton photosynthesis in a defined light field with an oxygen electrode. J. Plankton Res. 9, 607-612.

Post A.F. (1987). The nature of complementary chromatic adaptation in cyanobacteria. Functional organization of pigments and regulation of photosynthesis in monochromatic light. PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam, 128 pp.

Naes H. and Post A.F. (1988). Transient states in geosmin, pigments, carbohydrates and proteins in continuous cultures of Oscillatoria brevis induced by changes in nitrogen supply. Arch. Microbiol. 150, 333-337.

Naes H., Utkilen H.C. and Post A.F. (1988). Factors influencing geosmin production by the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. Wat. Sci. Tech. 20, 125-131.

Naes H., Utkilen H.C. and Post A.F. (1989). Regulation of geosmin production and pigment biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. Arch. Microbiol. 151, 407-410.

Burger-Wiersma T. and Post A.F. (1989). Functional analysis of the photosynthetic apparatus of Prochlorothrix hollandica (Prochlorales), a chlorophyll b containing prokaryote. Plant Physiol. 91, 770-774.

Ish-Shalom D., Post A.F., Kloppstech K. and Ohad I. (1990). Light regulation of the 22 kD heat-shock protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. in: Current Research in Photosynthesis (Baltscheffsky M., ed.), Kluwer Acad. Publ. Vol. IV. pp. 709-712.

Post A.F., Mimuro M. and Fujita Y. (1991). Light 2 directed changes in the effective absorption cross-section of photosystem II in Synechocystis 21270 are related to modified action on the donor side of the reaction center. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1060, 67-74.

Post A.F.(1991). The contribution of the microalga Chlorella to wastewater treatment. Israel Environm. Bull. 14, 19-24.

Hershkovitz N., Oren A., Post A.F. and Cohen Y. (1991). Induction of water stress proteins in cyanobacteria exposed to matric water stress. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 83, 169-172.

Post A.F., Gal A., Ohad I., Milbauer K.M. and Bullerjahn G.S. (1992). Characterization of light activated reversible phosphorylation of a chlorophyll a/b antenna apoproptein in the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1100, 75-82.

Bullerjahn G.S. and Post A.F. (1993). Prochlorophytes, are they more than just chlorophyll a/b containing cyanobacteria? CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 19(1), 43-59.

Mor T.S., Post A.F. and Ohad I. (1993). The manganese stabilising protein (MSP) of Prochlorothrix hollandica is a hydrophobic membrane-bound protein. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1141, 206-212.

Fruend C., Romem E. and Post A.F. (1993). Ecological physiology of an assembly of photosynthetic microalgae in wastewater oxidation ponds. Water Sci. Technol. 27(7/8), 143-149.

Cohen I. and Post A.F. (1993). The heterotrophic connection in a photoautotrophic Chlorella vulgaris dominant in wastewater oxidation ponds. Water Sci. Technol. 27(7/8), 151-155.

Post A.F., Ohad I., Warner K.M. and Bullerjahn G.S. (1993). Energy distribution between photosystems I and II in the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica involves a chlorophyll a/b antenna which associates with Photosystem I. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1144, 374-384.

Post A.F. (1993). Ammonia enhanced dark respiration in Chlorella vulgaris is related to the collapse of a transmembrane pH gradient. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 113, 9-14.

Post A.F. and Bullerjahn G.S. (1994). The photosynthetic machinery of Prochlorophytes: structural properties and ecological significance. FEMS Microbiol. Reviews 13, 393-414.

Post A.F., Cohen I. and Romem E. (1994). Characterization of two Chlorella vulgaris (Chlorophyceae) strains isolated from wastewater oxidation ponds. J. Phycol. 30, 950-954.

Lindell D. and Post A.F. (1995). Ultraphytoplankton succession is triggered by deep winter mixing in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat). Limnol. Oceanogr. 40(6), 1130-1141.

Dwivedi K., Post A.F. and Bullerjahn G.S. (1996). Cloning and functional analysis of the pmmA gene encoding phosphomannomutase from the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1290, 210-214.

Post A.F. and Arieli B. (1997). Photosynthesis of Prochlorothrix hollandica under sulfide-rich anoxic conditions. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 63(9), 3507-3511.

Lindell D., Padan E. and Post A.F. (1998). Regulation of ntcA expression and nitrite uptake in the marine Synechococcus sp. strain WH7803. J. Bacteriol. 180(7), 1878-1886.

Yahel G., Post A.F., Fabricius K., Marie D., Vaulot D. and Genin A. (1998). Phytoplankton distribution and grazing near coral reefs. Limnol. Oceanogr., 43(4), 551-563.

Li H. and Post A.F. (1998). Alkaline phosphatase activities among planktonic communities in the northern Red Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 173, 107-115.

Lindell D., Padan, E. and Post A.F. (1999). The effect of ammonium on ntcA expression, nitrate and nitrite uptake in marine Synechococcus sp. strain WH 7803. In: Marine Cyanoabacteria (L. Charpy and A.W. Larkum, eds.), Bulletin de l'Institut Oc‚anographique, Monaco, special issue N 19, pp. 273-278.

Wang Q., Li H. and Post A.F. (2000). The nitrate assimilation genes of the marine diazotrophic, filamentous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. strain WH9601. J. Bacteriol. 182 (6): 1764-1767.

Schreiter P., Gillor O., Post A.F., Belkin S., Schmid R.D. and Bachmann T.T. (2000). Monitoring of phosphorus availability in water by an immobilized luminescent cyanobacterial reporter strain. Biosens. Bioelectron. 16, 811-818.

Stihl A., Sommer U. and Post A.F. (2001). Alkaline phosphatase activities among populations of the colony-forming, diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. in the Red Sea. J. Phycol. 62, 310-317

West N.J., Schoenhuber, W.A., Fuller N.J., Amann R.I., Rippka R., Post A.F. and Scanlan D.J. (2001). Closely related genotypes of Prochlorococcus show remarkably different depth distributions in two oceanic regions as revealed by in situ hybridisation using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. Microbiol. 147, 1731-1744.

Lindell D. and Post A.F. (2001). Expression of the nitrogen regulatory gene ntcA as an indicator of ammonium acquisition by marine unicellular cyanobacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 67, 3340-3349.

Lindell D., Erdner D., Marie D., Claustre H., Prasil O., Le Gall F., Rippka R., Partensky F., Scanlan D.J. and A.F. Post (2002). Contrasting expression of ntcA and amt in Prochlorococcus sp. strain PCC 9511. , J. Phycol. 38(6), 1113-1124.

Boelen P., Post A.F., Veldhuis M.J.W. and Buma A.G.J. (2002). Diel patterns of UVBR induced DNA damage in plankton size fractions from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Microbial Ecol. 44(2), 164-174.

Gillor O., Hadas O., Post A.F. and Belkin S. (2002). Phosphorus bioavailability monitoring in a bioluminescent cyanobacterial sensor strain. J. Phycol. 38(1), 107-115.

Moore L., Rocap G., Post A.F. and Chisholm S.W. (2002). Differential nitrogen utilization of the marine cyanobacteria, Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47(4), 989-996.

Post A.F., Dedej. Z., Gottlieb R., Thomas D., El-Absawi M., El-Naggar A., Gharabawi M., Sommer U. (2002). Spatial and temporal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the stratified Gulf of Aqaba (northern Red Sea). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239, 241-250.

Sommer U., Berninger U.-G., B”ttger-Schnack R., Hansen T., Stibor H.,. Schnack-Schiel S.B., Cornils A., Hagen W., Wickham S., Al-Najjar T., and Post A.F. (2002). Grazing during the spring bloom in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Northern Red Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239, 251-261.

Holtzendorff J., Marie D., Partensky F., Post A.F. and Hess W.R. (2002). Expression of ftsZ in natural Prochlorococcus populations of the Red Sea, analyzed by real-time PCR. Environ. Microbiol. 4(11), 644-653.

Zeidner G., Preston C.M., Delong E.F., Massana R, Post A.F. and Beja O. (2003). Extensive diversity among marine phytoplankton. Environ. Microbiol. 5 (3), 212-216.

Fuller N.J., Marie D., Partensky F., Vaulot D., Post A.F. and Scanlan D.J. (2003). Clade-specific 16S rDNA oligonucleotides reveal the dominance of a single marine Synechococcus clade throughout a stratified water column in the Red Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69 (5), 2430-2443.

Gillor O., Harush A., Hadas O., Post A.F. and Belkin S. (2003). Assessment of nitrogen bioavailability in a freshwater lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69 (3), 1465-1474.

Man D., Wang W., Sabihi G., Aravind L., Post A. F., Massana R., Spudich E. N. , Spudich J. L. and B‚j O. (2003). Diversification and a single-residue spectral tuning switch mechanism in marine proteorhodopsins. EMBO J. 22(8), 1725-1731.

Steglich C., Marie D., Post A.F. and Hess W.R. (2003). Analysis of natural populations of Prochlorococcus in the northern Red Sea using phycoerythrin gene sequences. Environ. Microbiol. 5(8), 681-690.

Rocap G., Larimer F.W., Lamerdin J., Malfatti S., Chain P., Ahlgren N.A., Arellano A., Coleman M., Hauser L.,. Hess W.R, Johnson Z.I., Land M., Lindell D., Post A.F., Regala W., Shah M., Shaw S.L., Steglich C., Sullivan M.B., Ting C.S., Tolonen A., Webb E.A., Zinser E. and S.W. Chisholm (2003) Niche differentiation viewed from whole genome comparison of two ecotypes of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Nature 424, 1042-1047.

Mhling M., Fuller N. J., Millard A, Scanlan D. J., Post A. F., Wilson W. H. and Mann N.H. (2005). Genetic diversity of marine picoplankton (Synechococcus) blooms and covariance of the associated virioplankton population. Environmental Microbiology 7(4), 499-508.

Fuller N. J., Marie D., Yallop M., Rivlin T., West N. J., Post A. F. and Scanlan D. J. (2005). Dynamics of community structure and P status of picocyanobacterial populations in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea during 1999-2000. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50(1), 363-375.

Lindell D., Penno S., Al Qutob M., David E., Korpal T., Lazar B. and Post, A.F. (2005). Expression of the N-stress response gene ntcA reveals N-sufficient Synechococcus populations in the oligotrophic northern Red Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50, 1932-1944.

Penno, S., Lindell D. and Post A.F. (2006). Diversity of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus populations determined from DNA sequences of the N-regulatory gene ntcA. Environ. Microbiol., 8(7), 1200-1211.

Mhling M., Fuller N.J., Somerfield P.J., Post A.F., Wilson W.H., Scanlan D.J., Joint I., Mann N.H. (2006) High resolution genetic diversity studies of marine Synechococcus using rpoC1-based RFLP. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 45, 263-275.

Mackey K.R.M., Calhoun M., Labiosa R.G., Street J.H., Post A.F., and A. Paytan (2007). Phosphorus availability controls phytoplankton community dynamics and taxon specific nutrient status in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52 (2), 873-885.

Chen Y., Street J., Golan, D., Post A.F. and Paytan A. (2007). Estimate of atmospheric dry deposition fluxes and associate input of nutrients in the Gulf of Aqaba. J. Geophys. Res. 112, D04309.

Garczarek L., Dufresne A., Rousvoal1 S., West N., Mazard S., Marie D., Claustre H., Raimbault P., Post A.F., Scanlan D., and Partensky F. (2007). High vertical and low horizontal microdiversity of Prochlorococcus genotypes in the Mediterranean Sea in summer. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 60, 189-206.

Loogman J.G., Post A.F. and Mur L.R. (1980). The influence of the periodicity in light conditions as determined by the trophic state of the water, on the growth of the green alga Scenedesmus protuberans and the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. in: Hypertrophic Ecosystems (Barica J. and Mur L.R., eds.), Junk Publ., Den Haag, pp. 79-82.

Post A.F., Zwart G., Sweers J.P., Veen A., Rensman D., Van Den Heuvel A. and Mur L.R. (1989). Chromatic regulation of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria. in: Microbial Mats, Physiological Ecology of Benthic Microbial Communities. (Cohen Y. and Rosenberg E., eds.), ASM press, pp. 305-312.

Mor T.S., Post A.F. and Ohad I. (1992). Characterization of the oxygen evolving complex of Prochlorothrix hollandica. in: Regulation of Chloroplast Biosynthesis (Agyroudi-Akoyunoglou J.A., ed.), Plenum Press, NY, pp. 427-432.

Mor T.S., Post A.F. and Ohad I. (1992). Prochlorothrix hollandica is more sensitive to photoinhibition than Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. in: Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis (Agyroudi-Akoyunoglou J.A., ed.), Plenum Press, NY, pp. 433-437.

Fruend C., Romem E. and Post A.F. (1992). Ecological physiology of an assembly of photosynthetic microalgae in wastewater oxidation ponds. in: Series of Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (Adin A., Gasith A., Fattal B. and Kanarek A.,eds.), volume V-A, pp 77-83.

Cohen I. and Post A.F. (1992). The heterotrophic connection in a photoautotrophic Chlorella vulgaris dominant in wastewater oxidation ponds. in: Series of Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (Adin A., Gasith A., Fattal B. and Kanarek A.,eds.), volume V-A, pp. 39-43.

Post A.F. (1999). The Prochlorophytes - An Algal Enigma. Biology of chlorophyll a/b containing photosynthetic prokaryotes. In: Enigmatic microorganisms and life in extreme environments (Seckbach J. ed.), Kluwer academic publishers, pp. 115-125.

Post A.F. (2005). Nutrient Limitation of Marine Cyanobacteria: Molecular Ecology of Nitrogen Limitation in an Oligotrophic Sea. In: Harmful Cyanobacteria (Huisman, J, Matthijs H.C.P and Visser P.M., eds.). Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 87-107.

Post A.F. (2005). The genus Prochlorococcus. In: The Prokaryotes (Dvorkin M., Falkow S., Rosenberg E., Schleifer K.H. and E. Stackebrandt, eds.), Springer Verlag New York, Inc., electronic and printed edition (invited chapter).

Scanlan D.F. and Post A.F. (2007). Aspects of marine cyanobacterial N-physiology and connection to the N-cycle. In: Nitrogen in the Marine Environment (Capone D.G, Bronk D.A., Mulholland M.G., and Carpenter E.J., eds.). Academic Press. in press.

Post A.F., Golan D., Zandbank K. and S. Penno (2007). Phytoplankton communities of the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea. In: A Pocket-Sized Ocean, the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat), Environment and Biodiversity, ( F.D. Por, ed.). Magna Press, Jerusalem. in press.

 
     
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