Dr. Nilli Zmora
Associate Professor · Non-Tenure Track
Department of Marine Biotechnology
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
2021-current, Research Associate Professor. University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of Marine Biotechnology. Earned my PhD from the Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel studying Crustacean Endocrinology. Then a PostDoc position in Prof. Zohar lab and a Research Assistant Faculty.
Research interests
My research field is reproductive neuroendocrinology of fish. Specifically, I am focused on understanding the process of puberty and ways to manipulate (delay or accelerate) the process. In addition, I am exploring the possiblity of developing a DNA based avaccine against mycobacterium marinu,
Teaching interests
I am interested in teaching Endocrinology to undergraduate and graduate students.
Education
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Ph D, Crustacean reproductive Endocrinology
— Ben-Gurion University at the Negev (2009) Endocrine regulation of reproduction in the female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus by neuropeptides of the XO- Sinus gland complex
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MS, Fish reproductive Neuroendocrinology
— Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University at the Negev (2001) Development of tools for studying the GnRH system in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and their utilization
- BA, Biochemistry — Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University at the Negev Beer-Sheva, Israel (1983)
Publications
- GnRH-gonadotropes interactions revealed by single-cell transcriptomics in zebrafish. 2024
- The gonadotropin-releasing hormones- lessons from fish 2020
- The GNIH (Lpxrfa) system’s regulation of reproduction in the brain-pituitary axis of the zebrafish (Danio rerio). 2017
- Chemogenetic depletion of hypophysiotropic GnRH neurons does not affect fertility in mature female zebrafish
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2 (Gnrh2) is necessary for reproductive success and oocyte maturation in fasted zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Presentations
- Possible roles for GnRH3 in regulating pituitaryorganization in female zebrafish as revealed by neuronal ablation and snRNA sequencing 2023
Grants and Contracts
- Developing a plasmid-based hormonal treatment to accelerate puberty without compromising fecundity in salmonids 2022
- Rethinking the Control of Reproduction in the Zebrafish Model: Examination of the Roles of Gnrh Neurons in Reproduction. 2020
- Unraveling the neuropeptide network modulating photoperiod-induced reproduction and growth in fish