Barak Dror
About Me
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"
Albert Einstein
I'm a flavor enthusiastic and data savvy, leading an incredible team of scientists and data whizzes on an delectable quest.
We wield the powers of microbiology, chemistry, and machine learning to uncover novel flavor compounds that will tantalize taste buds.
Adding my huge interest in all things tiny, we coax microbial strains through fermentation to produce unique and crave-worthy flavors. Harnessing cutting-edge tools like predictive modeling and bioinformatics, we accelerate the discovery of these flavor gems.
Published Work
December 2020 (mSystems)
Barak Dror, Zongqiang Wang, Sean F. Brady, Edouard Jurkevitch, Eddie Cytryn
State-of-the-art methodologies to identify antimicrobial secondary metabolites in soil bacterial communities-A review
May 2020 (Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
Barak Dror, Eddie Cytryn and Edouard Jurkevitch
March 2019 (J. Systematics and Evolution)
Shira Penner, Barak Dror , Iris Aviezer , Yamit Bar‐Lev , Ayelet Salman‐Minkov, Terezie Mandakova , Petr Šmarda, Itay Mayrose and Yuval Sapir
October 2018 (Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
August 2017 (Microbial Biotechnology)
Yael Lampert, Barak Dror, Noa Sela, Paula Teper-Bamnolker, Avinoam Daus, Shlomo Sela and Dani Eshel
Awards and Scholarships (Partial)
'Lily Teper' Scholarship for Excellence (3000$)
2017
Data Scientist Intern, Indigo Agriculture, Boston, USA.
2018
Rieger Foundation Fellowship (5000$)
2018
The Greenstein Award (3000$)
2019
'Nathan Yaffe' Scholarship for Excellence (3000$)
2020
Smith Scholarship for Excellent PhD Students (13,000$)
2020