Education

Ph.D. in Plant Science, Tel Aviv University, Department of Plant Sciences, 2010

Current position

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

Publications

1. Sorek N, Yeats T, Szemenyei H, Young H and Somerville C. (2014). The implications of lignocellulosic biomass chemical composition for the production of advanced biofuels. BioScience.
   
2. Sorek, N., Henis, Y. and Yalovsky, S. (2011). How prenylation and S-acylation regulate subcellular targeting and function of ROP GTPases. Plant signaling & behavior 6(7): 1026-1029.
   
3. Sorek, N., Akerman, A. and Yalovsky, S. (2013). Analysis of Protein Prenylation and S-Acylation Using Gas Chromatography–Coupled Mass Spectrometry. G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Plants, Springer: 121-134.
   
4. Sorek, N., Gutman, O., Bar, E., Abu-Abied, M., Feng, X., Running, M. P., Lewinsohn, E., Ori, N., Sadot, E. and Henis, Y. I. (2011). Differential effects of prenylation and s-acylation on type I and II ROPS membrane interaction and function. Plant physiology 155(2): 706-720.
   
5. Sorek, N., Segev, O., Gutman, O., Bar, E., Richter, S., Poraty, L., Hirsch, J. A., Henis, Y. I., Lewinsohn, E., Jurgens, G. and Yalovsky, S. (2010). An S-acylation switch of conserved G domain cysteines is required for polarity signaling by ROP GTPases. Curr Biol 20(10): 914-920.
   
6. Sorek, N. and Yalovsky, S. (2010). Analysis of protein S-acylation by gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry using purified proteins. Nat Protoc 5(5): 834-840.
   
7. Sorek, N. and Yalovsky, S. (2010). Protein–Lipid Modifications and Targeting of ROP/RAC and Heterotrimeric G Proteins. Integrated G Proteins Signaling in Plants, Springer: 71-90.
   
8. Sorek, N., Bloch, D. and Yalovsky, S. (2009). Protein lipid modifications in signaling and subcellular targeting. Curr Opin Plant Biol 12(6): 714-720.
   
9. Yalovsky, S., Bloch, D., Sorek, N. and Kost, B. (2008). Regulation of membrane trafficking, cytoskeleton dynamics, and cell polarity by ROP/RAC GTPases. Plant Physiol 147(4): 1527-1543.
   
10. Batistic, O., Sorek, N., Schultke, S., Yalovsky, S. and Kudla, J. (2008). Dual fatty acyl modification determines the localization and plasma membrane targeting of CBL/CIPK Ca²⁺ signaling complexes in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20(5): 1346-1362.
    
11. Lavy, M., Bloch, D., Hazak, O., Gutman, I., Poraty, L., Sorek, N., Sternberg, H. and Yalovsky, S. (2007). A Novel ROP/RAC effector links cell polarity, root-meristem maintenance, and vesicle trafficking. Curr Biol 17(11): 947-952.
    
12. Sorek, N., Poraty, L., Sternberg, H., Bar, E., Lewinsohn, E. and Yalovsky, S. (2007). Activation status-coupled transient S acylation determines membrane partitioning of a plant Rho-related GTPase. Mol Cell Biol 27(6): 2144-2154.