{"id":38390,"date":"2025-06-10T08:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/?p=38390"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:27:42","slug":"highlights-from-the-11th-annual-retreat-of-the-department-of-marine-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/highlights-from-the-11th-annual-retreat-of-the-department-of-marine-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from the 11th Annual Retreat of the Department of Marine Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38390\" class=\"elementor elementor-38390\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-143bce5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"143bce5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9bab0a7\" data-id=\"9bab0a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58ddb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c58ddb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>Highlights from the 11th Annual Retreat of the Department of Marine Biology<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d3d31c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d3d31c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e10ef62\" data-id=\"e10ef62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c80fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c80fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Department of Marine Biology held its 11th annual retreat, attended by approximately 90 participants, including MSc and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, principal investigators, lab managers, research associates, and representatives from six sponsoring companies.<br \/>The event opened with greetings from the University of Haifa Rector, Prof. Mouna Maroun, and the Dean of Research, Prof. Oren Gazal Ayal.<br \/>Throughout the retreat, participants presented high-quality oral and poster sessions, highlighting the department\u2019s multidisciplinary research and its contribution to advancing marine science and promoting ocean conservation.<\/p><p><strong>Award Recipients:<br \/><\/strong><em>Best Talk:<\/em><br \/>1st Place \u2013 Aman Prakash<br \/>2nd Place \u2013 Lina Ratinskaia<br \/>3rd Place \u2013 Efrat Beck<\/p><p><em>Best Poster:<\/em><br \/>1st Place \u2013 Prashant Tewari<br \/>2nd Place \u2013 Noga Barak<br \/>3rd Place \u2013 Chiara Conti<\/p><p><strong>Acknowledgments:<br \/><\/strong>We extend our sincere thanks to all who contributed to the success of the retreat:<\/p><ul><li>The organizing team: Prof. Smadar Ben-Tabou de-Leon (Head of Department), Prof. Tamar Lotan, Prof. Laura Steindler, Prof. Daniel Sher, Dr. Tal Luzzatto Knaan, Prof. Tali Mass, Nadine Awwad, Anat Overlander, and Daniela Zak<\/li><li>Our researchers and students for their excellent presentations<\/li><li>Chiara Conti for designing the retreat logo<\/li><li>Prashant Tewari, Miri Morgulis, Alhan Abu Hamoud, Mukaila Alhassan, and Aman Prakash for organizing a social activity that fostered community and engagement<\/li><\/ul><p>We are also grateful to our sponsors for their generous support. Getter Group and Rhenium Group presented recent innovations in microscopy and molecular biology. Additional thanks to Aquazone, Tivan Biotech, Biological Industries\/Sartorius, and Bioanalytics for their valuable contributions.<\/p><p>Photographer Dar Golomb documented the retreat\u2019s highlights. 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