Oded Lewinson

This paper demonstrates that weak organic acids combined with transition metals synergistically achieve rapid bactericidal and sporicidal activity against bacteria and spores at low concentrations.

The paper shows that mechanosensitive channels in prokaryotes, like E. coli, mediate copper influx, challenging the idea that cytoplasmic copper uptake is unnecessary in these organisms.

The paper develops a proteomic approach to study E. coli ABC importers, revealing abundance variations, inverse correlations between substrate-binding protein affinities and permease interactions, and counterintuitive stoichiometries.