Adi Zaltsman, Ph.D |   Curriculum VitaePlant Genetic Engineering, Inc.25 Health Sciences DriveLIHTI Suite 111Stony Brook NY 11790adizaltsman@gmail.com , P 1-631-503-8029 C516-4492959

ExperienceChief executive officer — Plant Genetic Engineering, IncFounder and CEO

2013 —Present

Research Assistant Professor — State University of NY at Stony Brook Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Main research: Plant Bacterial interactions

2011 — 2013

Postdoctoral (Research Fellow) - State University of NY at Stony Brook

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Advisor: Prof Vitaly Citovsky

Main research: Agrobacterium T-DNA and host cell interactions.

2005 — 2011

EducationPh.D. studies: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment Advisor: Prof. Zach Adam Thesis topic: Characterization of chloroplast FtsH proteases in Arabidopsis plants

2000 — 2005

B.Sc studies: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

1997 — 1999

Home address 125 Oakwood Road Port Jefferson, NY 11790

Publications1. Zaltsman, A. (2012) Plant Self Nitrogen Fixing by mimicking prokaryotic pathways (USPTO pending) 2. Zaltsman, A., Lacroix, B., Citovsky, V. (2012) Proteasomal degradation of VirE2/Vip1 During Genetic Transformation of Plant Cells by Agrobacterium (in Review PANS) 3. Krichevsky, A., Zaltsman, A., King, L., Citovsky, V. (2012) Expression of complete metabolic pathways in transgenic plants. Biotechnology & genetic engineering reviews 28:1-13. 4. Krichevsky, A., Zaltsman, A., Lacroix, B., and Citovsky, V (2011) Involvement of KDM1C histone demethylase-OTLD1 otubain-like histone deubiquitinase complexes in plant gene repression. PANS in press 06/2011 5. Zaltsman, A., Krichevsky, A., Kozlovsky, S. V., Yasmin, Y., and Citovsky, V.(2010) Plant defense pathways subverted by Agrobacterium for genetic transformation, Plant Signaling & Behavior 5, 1-4. 6. Lacroix, B., Zaltsman, A., Citovsky, V. (2010) Host Factors Involved in Genetic Transformation of Plant Cells by Agrobacterium, Plant Transformation Technologies 3-30 (Book Chapter). 7. Meyers, B., Zaltsman, A., Lacroix, B., Kozlovsky, S. V., and Krichevsky, A. (2010) Nuclear and plastid genetic engineering of plants: Comparison of opportunities and challenges, Biotechnol Adv. 8. Zaltsman, A., Krichevsky, A., Loyter, A., and Citovsky, V. (2010) Agrobacterium induces expression of a host F-box protein required for tumorigenicity, Cell Host Microbe 7, 197-209. 9. Krichevsky, A., Zaltsman, A., Kozlovsky, S. V., Tian, G. W., and Citovsky, V. (2009) Regulation of root elongation by histone acetylation in Arabidopsis, J Mol Biol 385, 45-50. 10. Citovsky, V., Zaltsman, A., Kozlovsky, S. V., Gafni, Y., and Krichevsky, A. (2009) Proteasomal degradation in plant-pathogen interactions, Semin Cell Dev Biol 20, 1048-1054. 11. Zaltsman, A., Yi, B. Y., Krichevsky, A., Gafni, Y., and Citovsky, V. (2007) Yeast-plant coupled vector system for identification of nuclear proteins, Plant Physiol 145, 1264-1271. 12. Krichevsky, A., Kozlovsky, S. V., Tian, G. W., Chen, M. H., Zaltsman, A., and Citovsky, V. (2007) How pollen tubes grow, Dev Biol 303, 405-420. 13. Citovsky, V., Kozlovsky, S. V., Lacroix, B., Zaltsman, A., Dafny-Yelin, M., Vyas, S., Tovkach, A., and Tzfira, T. (2007) Biological systems of the host cell involved in Agrobacterium infection, Cell Microbiol 9, 9-20. 14. Tian, G. W., Chen, M. H., Zaltsman, A., and Citovsky, V. (2006) Pollen-specific pectin methylesterase involved in pollen tube growth, Dev Biol 294, 83-91. 15. Zaltsman, A., Ori, N., and Adam, Z. (2005) Two types of FtsH protease subunits are required for chloroplast biogenesis and Photosystem II repair in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell 17, 2782-2790. 16. Zaltsman, A., Feder, A., and Adam, Z. (2005) Developmental and light effects on the accumulation of FtsH protease in Arabidopsis chloroplasts—implications for thylakoid formation and photosystem II maintenance, Plant J 42, 609-617. 17. Sinvany-Villalobo, G., Davydov, O., Ben-Ari, G., Zaltsman, A., Raskind, A., and

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Adam, Z. (2004) Expression in multigene families. Analysis of chloroplast and mitochondrial proteases, Plant Physiol 135, 1336-1345. 18. Adam, Z., Zaltsman, A., Sinvany-Villalobo, G., and Sakamoto, W. (2004) FtsH proteases in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria, Physiol Plant 123, 386-390. 19. Sakamoto, W., Zaltsman, A., Adam, Z., and Takahashi, Y. (2003) Coordinated regulation and complex formation of yellow variegated1 and yellow variegated2, chloroplastic FtsH

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Oral presentation Zaltsman,A., "The First Green Plant with Self Biological Nitrogen Fixation (sBNF) Made by Genetically Engineering for Chloroplast Nitrogenase" Gordon Research Conference on Chloroplast Biotechnology, CA, USA.

2015

Zaltsman, A., Krichevsky, A., and Citovsky, V. Agrobacterium induces expression of a host F-box protein required for tumorigenicity. 30th Annual Crown Gall Conference at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA.

2009

Zaltsman, A., Krichevsky, A., and Citovsky, V. To shield or not to shield: that is the question. 29th Annual Crown Gall Conference at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

2008

Zaltsman, A., Bu Young, Y., and Citovsky, V. The roles of plant F-box proteins in genetic transformation by Agrobacterium. 27th Annual Crown Gall Conference at Williams College Williamstown, MA, USA.

2006

Zaltsman, A., Feder, A., and Adam, Z. The role of FtsH proteases in Arabidopsis plants. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Journal Seminar, Stony Brook, NY, USA.

2006

Zaltsman, A., and Adam, Z. The FtsH gene family in Arabidopsis. European Workshop on Chloroplast Proteases, Göteborg, Sweden.

2003

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AwardsPostdoctoral Scholarship The United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD).

2005-2007

Horowitz Fellowship for Excellence in Ph.D. study 2003-2005“Zraim Gadera” Prize of Excellence 1999The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Scholarship for Excellence 1997-1999

Related ExperiencesCEO and CTO — Plant Genetic Engineering, Inc (PGE)Served as CEO and CTO leads the team of executives, and run the business and served as the chief technology officer (CTO).

2013-presnt

State University of New York Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Providing guidance to graduate and undergraduate students in research projects Main research techniques: Agrobacterium transformation and infection, developing new tools for molecular biology, gene cloning and manipulation, yeast two-hybrid system, plant tissue culture, confocal microscopy, protein-protein interactions. Plant tissue culture.

2006-2013

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Teaching assistant for the course: Chloroplast Proteases, Teaching assistant for the course: Plant Physiology , Teaching assistant for the course: Introduction to Plant Science.

2000-2004

Professional serviceReviewer for Plant Signaling & Behavior 2012

Reviewer for Quarterly Review of Biology 2010-2012

Reviewer for Plant Cell Reports 2008

Science Judge for Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF, Inc.)

2006-2010

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Judge at Rohm Haas Invitational Science Fair 2006-2010

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