Assaf Verdi

Algal cells respond in different ways to identical stress conditions. Illustration: Prof. Assaf Vardi's laboratory, Weizmann Institute

survival of the few

The naval arms race

Algal bloom. Illustration: shutterstock

Sea Breeze

Members of the research team, from the right: Dr. Yoav Lian, Dr. Assaf Vardi, Daniela Shatz, Shlomit Sharoni, Dr. Miguel Perda and Uri Shein

The Great Blue

The single-celled algae Emiliania Huxleyi, a "coccolithophore" type (top right, scanning electron microscope photo courtesy of Steve Geschmeissner), forms a carpet of blooms on the beaches of Scandinavia. Photo from NASA's MODIS satellite, courtesy of Jacques Decloueter

The bloom of the oceans