Beyond Zero speaks with Prof Ron Milo

 Prof. Ron Milo earned a BSc in Physics and Mathematics at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD in Biological Physics at
the Weizmann Institute of Science. Ron and his lab members bring
the tools of systems biology to bear on the challenges of
sustainability. His research aims to understand the cellular
highways of energy and carbon transformations known as central
carbon metabolism in quantitative terms. His research team employs
a combination of computational and experimental synthetic biology
tools with a focus on carbon fixation. He aims to understand the
fundamentals of its design principles with the goal of improving
the ability of humanity to produce food and fuel more
efficiently.  In 2018, the Weizmann Institute was ranked
ninth in the world in terms of research quality according to the
prestigious CWTS Leiden Ranking.  This is the second time in
the last five years that it has been ranked in the top 10 research
institutes in the world.