Dr.Talal Salti

Academic Education:

2019 – 2024:    Ph.D. Degree in the Medical Sciences with a thesis in the Technion Faculty of Medicine Advisor: Prof. Moran Benhar.

2015 – 2017:    M.Sc. Degree in the Medical Sciences with a thesis in the Bar-Ilan University Advisor: Prof. Batya Kristal and Dr. Idan Cohen- Graduated with distinction.

2012 – 2015:    B.Sc. Degree in the Medical Sciences Laboratory in the Zefat Academic College – Graduated with distinction.

Academic Appointments

2024:Post-Doctorate Fellow at Technion Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Reichman University, mentored by Dr. Naama Lang Yona and Dr. Ilana Kolodkin, conducting research on Bacillus strains from dust storms to reveal novel antimicrobial clusters and their potential for developing antibiotics effective against resistant bacteria.

Teaching Experience

2022: Teaching assistant in Microbiology course 274372 in Technion for medical students.

Publications

Thesis

2015-2017: M.Sc thesis, Medical Sciences, Bar Ilan University, School of Medicine, Thesis Title : “Characterization of the role and contribution of granulocytes in sterile inflammatory process in patients with end stage renal disease”. Advisor: Prof. Batya Kristal and Dr. Idan Cohen – Graduated with distinction.

2019-2024: Ph.D thesis, Medical Sciences, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Thesis Title : ” Roles of protein persulfidation in the cellular inflammatory response “. Advisor: Prof. Moran Benhar. 

Refereed papers in professional journals:

Lang-Yona N, Levy Barazany H, Rahamin Ben-Navi L, Salti T, Kolodkin-Gal I. Biofilm Formation and Niche Adaptation Play Fundamental Role in Shaping Long-Distance Transported Dust Microbial Community. bioRxiv. 2024:2024-11.

Salti T, Braunstein I, Haimovich Y, Ziv T, Benhar M, Widespread S persulfidation in activated macrophages as a protective mechanism against oxidative-inflammatory stress, Redox Biology (2024), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2024.103125. (IF 11.4)

Ye, J.; Salti T.; Zanditenas, E.; Trebicz-Geffen, M.; Benhar, M.; Ankri, S. Impact of Reactive Sulfur Species on Entamoeba histolytica: Modulating Viability, Motility, and Biofilm Degradation Capacity. Antioxidants 2024, 13, 245. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox13020245. (IF 7)

Abu Hariri H, Braunstein I, Salti T, Glaser F, Gefen T, Geva-Zatorsky N, Ziv T, Benhar M. Global Thiol Proteome Analysis Provides Novel Insights into the Macrophage Inflammatory Response and Its Regulation by the Thioredoxin System. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2023 Feb;38(4-6):388-402.. Epub 2022 Oct 18.https:// doi: 10.1089/ars.2022.0026. (IF 7)

Salti T, Mona K, Karem A, Yaniv L, Reut HM, Ariel S, Moran AK, Harel E, Campisi-Pinto S, Mahmoud AA, Raul C, David T, Gil BS, Idan C. Neutrophil degranulation and severely impaired extracellular trap formation at the basis of susceptibility to infections of hemodialysis patients. BMC Med. 2022 Oct 26;20(1):364. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02564-1. (IF 9.3)

Mahmoud Abu-Amna, Salti T, Mona Khoury, Idan Cohen, and Gil Bar-Sela. Medical Cannabis in Oncology: A valuable unappreciated remedy or an undesirable risk? Curr Treat Options Oncol.2021 Jan 13;22(2):16. https://doi: 10.1007/s11864-020-00811-2. (IF 5)

 Salti T, Khazim K, Haddad R, Campisi-Pinto S, Bar-Sela G, Cohen I. Glucose Induces IL-1α-Dependent Inflammation and Extracellular Matrix Proteins Expression and Deposition in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Front Immunol. 2020;11:1270. Published 2020 Jul 7. https://doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.01270.  (IF 7.3) 

Presentations

Talal Salti, Moran Benhar.  Induction of hydrogen sulfide production and protein persulfidation in activated human and mouse macrophages, the 25^th Redox Medicine Conference,Paris,France 2023.

 (poster presentation). Awarded as best poster

Talal Salti, Moran Benhar.  Induction of hydrogen sulfide production and protein persulfidation in activated human and mouse macrophages, the 10^th FISEB/ILANIT Conference,Eilat 2023. (poster presentation)

Talal Salti, Moran Benhar.  Induction of hydrogen sulfide production and protein persulfidation in activated human and mouse macrophages, the 35^th annual meeting of the Israel Society for Oxygen and Free Radical Research (ISOFRR),2022. (poster presentation)

Talal Salti, Idan Cohen, Gil Bar-Sela.  Cannabis augments neutrophil functions and bacterial killing by enhancing neutrophil extracellular traps, the 8^th yearly research day in the Emek medical center Afula, 2021. (poster presentation)

Talal Salti, Khaled Khazim,Idan Cohen ,Batya Kristal.  The contribution of neutrophils in sterile inflammatory process in patients with end stage renal disease, the 7^th yearly research day in the Bar-Ilan Medical Faculty, 2018. (poster presentation)

Awards and Achievements:  

Teva’s Bio-Innovation Fellowship & Mentorship Program, 2021.

Best poster presentation award of Redox Medicine Conference Paris,France 2023.