Yael Heifetz

H E B R E W U N I V E R S I T Y O F J E R U S A L E M
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
DEPARTMENT of ENTOMOLOGY

Yael Heifetz
Ph.D. 1997, Hebrew University; Lecturer 2001

Department Of Entomology
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
P.O Box 12, Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL
Tel: 972-8-9489313
Fax: 972-8-9466768
e-mail address: heifetz@agri.huji.ac.il

Research Areas:

Elucidating the sequence of events leading to initiation of fertilization in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster:

Genes involved in initiating fertilization
Mechanisms of egg activation
The role of female accessory glands gene products in fertilization
Sperm-egg interaction
Aging and Reproductive Success

Teaching:

Biology of agricultural pests
Laboratory in Entomology (non majors)
Chapters in Development of plants and arthropods

Selected peer-reviewed publications:

Bloch Qazi, M., Heifetz, Y. & Wolfner, M. F. The Developments between gametogenesis and fertilization:
ovulation and female sperm storage in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. (in press).

Heifetz, Y., Yu, J. & Wolfner, M.F. (2001) Ovulation Triggers Activation of Drosophila Oocytes. Dev.
Biol. 234, 416-424.

Chapman, T., Herndon, L. A., Heifetz, Y., Partridge, L. & Wolfner, M. F. (2001) The Acp26Aa seminal fluid
protein is a modulator of early egg hatchability in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. R Soc. Lond.
B Biol. Sci. 268, 1647-54.

Heifetz, Y., Tram, U. & Wolfner, M.F. (2001) Male contributions to egg production: the role of accessory
gland products and sperm in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci.
268, 175-80.

Heifetz, Y., Lung, O., Frongillo, Jr. E.A. & Wolfner, M.F. (2000) The Drosophila seminal fluid protein
Acp26Aa stimulates release of oocytes by the ovary. Curr. Biol. 10, 99-102.

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